33rd International Auction

1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 420, 40c orange (2), SG 594, $1 black and brown and SG 597, $5 black and scarlet (2) tied by Shanghai date stamp '3rd Dec 1941', endorsed 'Pan American Airways' erased (Transpacific and Transatlantic service) however was suspended owing to the fall of Hong Kong to the Japanese the cover took two years to arrive in the U.K. perhaps via Burma, India and South Africa and censored on arrival 'Opened by Examiner/337' and endorsed 'Recd 8/2/43'. A very interesting Service Suspended item. Catalog Price 200,00