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Lot 342

1,500 HKD

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1915 Tsining (13 Aug) to Jamaica, returned to sender. Flag of ROC 1c PSC, uprated by Junk 3c, tied by Tsining bilingual cds. Transit

1915 Tsining (13 Aug) to Jamaica, returned to sender. Flag of ROC 1c PSC, uprated by Junk 3c, tied by Tsining bilingual cds. Transit Shanghai (16 Aug). Returned to sender with "REBUT", "returned for Better Directions" and "INDEFINITE" cachets. Transit Moukden (12 Oct). Very scarce destination. Transit at Shanghai indicated Pacific route while transit at Moukden indicated Sibierian route for return? Peculiar.1915.8.13 濟寧寄牙買加，退回寄件人。五色旗1分郵資片，加貼帆船3分，銷濟寧州腰框英漢日戳。8.16經上海。後因地址不清而退回寄件人，鈐“REBUT”、“returned for better directions”及“INDEFINITIE”橫戳。10.21經奉天府。十分少見難得之美洲目的地。去程經上海意味著太平洋郵路，退回卻經奉天走西伯利亞，奇特。

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Lot 2046

1,500 HKD

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1934 Japanese 1-1/2s stationery card posted onboard paquebot, returned to Japan and forwarded to Harbin, applied with PAQUEBOT h.s. Arrived

1934 Japanese 1-1/2s stationery card posted onboard paquebot, returned to Japan and forwarded to Harbin, applied with PAQUEBOT h.s. Arrived Shanghai (14 Dec) but applied with "SERVICE SUSPENDED / RETURN TO SENDER" horizontal h.s due to postal war. Arrived Harbin (29 Dec).1934年日本1錢5分郵資片於船上投遞寄上海，退回日本改寄哈爾濱，鈐PAQUEBOT橫戳。12.14抵上海後因東北撤郵而退回日本。12.29改寄哈爾濱。

United States Postal stationery

Lot 2100

1,600 HKD

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1947 USA (18 Sep) to Harbin, returned to sender due to civil war. US 10c airmail stationery cover, ied by Los Angeles wavy line d.s.

1947 USA (18 Sep) to Harbin, returned to sender due to civil war. US 10c airmail stationery cover, ied by Los Angeles wavy line d.s. Transit Shanghai (22 Sep), Changchun (26 Sep) but applied with “Mail route to destination blockaded return to sender” cachet due to liberation of Harbin. Returned to USA via Shenyang (28 Sep). Cover opened out for display.1947.9.18 美國寄哈爾濱。10分航空郵簡，銷洛杉磯機戳。9.22經上海，9.26經長春。因解放哈爾濱而鈐 “Mail route to destination blockaded, return to sender”（前途受阻退回原寄）指示戳。9.28經瀋陽退回美國。封剖開以作展示。