Lot 567

1923 Peking (4 Jun) to Shanghai. Airmail cover, f.w. Peking 1st print airmail issue complete set (Chan A1-5) on front and Junk 8c on reverse, tied by Peking bisected bilingual cds. On front with "To be despatched by Aerial Service" bilingual cachet and Peking registered mark. Transit Tientsin (13 May). Arrived Shanghai (8 Jun). Cover folded. Peking-Tientsin air route was inaugurated on 23 May 1923. Example of the first few flights.

1923.6.4 北京寄上海。航空封，正貼北京一版航空票全（陳目A1-5），背貼帆船8分，銷北京半切漢英日戳。正鈐“由航空傳遞”指示戳。5.13天津落地，6.8抵上海。封有折。北京-天津航線於1923年5月23日運營，此封出自首數趟航班。