Lot
398 
China, Airmail, 1946, C.N.C. surcharge on Peking printing, $53 on 15c blue green & $73 on 25¢ orange yellow, o.g., never hinged (slightly disturbed as usual), fresh & Extremely Fine. Scott Nos. C41-C42 $1,751.
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Realized: $2,000
Lot
399 
China, 1923 Peking - Tientsin First Return Flight, cover franked with 1921, 15¢ Airmail + 1923, 1¢ Junk (C1+249) tied by Peking cds's, with "To be despatched by Aerial Service cachet" handstamp, reverse with purple Aeroplane Service, Tientsin G.P.O., 28 May, 23 receiving backstamp; missing backflap, otherwise Very Fine. Starr-Mills Nos. 5 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $150
Lot
400
China, 1928 Shanghai - Canton "Spirit of Canton" Flight, cover franked with 1923, 1¢ Temple + 13¢ Reaping (270+259) tied by Shanghai cds, purple and green flight cachets, reverse with Hong Kong transit and Canton receiving cds's, Very Fine. Starr-Mills Nos. 11 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $150
Lot
401
China, 1929 Canton - Shanghai, Rignot & Arrachart Flight, corner card cover franked with 1929, 4¢ + 10¢ Unification issues + 1¢ Junk, vertical pair on reverse (281-282+249) tied by Canton cds's, cover without red cachet and manuscript "Paris-Tokyo air-flight" endorsement, reverse with Shanghai receiving cds and of green Express Delivery tab, Very Fine, a rare uncacheted flight cover, with 300 carried with the cachet and only around 50 without. Starr-Mills Nos. 18 Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $150
Lot
402
China, 1931 Shanghai - Berlin First Regular Flight, legal size registered cover franked with 1929 Airmail set complete + six regular issues (C6-C10) tied by Shanghai flight cds's, red German flight cachet and registry etiquette, reverse with "Berlin, 11.6.31" receiving cds, Very Fine. Starr-Mills Nos. 40 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $220
Lot
403
China, 1932 Shanghai to Manila Flight Cover, 4 tied adhesives, from "Universal Pictures Corporation of China" to CS Cole in Manila with letter from Norman Westwood (manager of the Shanghai office for many year) dated September 21st, includes Frankenstein label tied by the violet flight cachet, opened at right, a Fine cover, 306 flown. Chan Nos. 88 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $120
Lot
404
China, 1932 Shanghai to Manila Flight Cover, 1929 30c Airmail and 30c adhesive, tied by Shanghai cancels on Airmail flight cover commemorating Wolfgang von Gronau Round-the-World Flight, Shanghai - Manila Segment, September 24-27, 1932; envelope with purple cachet identifying the flight; typewritten text at top "By the German round the world flight Captain Wolfgang von Gronau with his flying boat The Dornier Wahl" and violet "Via 'Dornier Greenland…" on reverse, some light toning, a Fine cover, 306 flown. Chan Nos. 88 Estimate $150 - 200.