- £750.00
China. (Spain Under Cover Mail). 1941. Letter written from 'Father Maupeu, Monastere de N. D. de Liesse, Cheng-Ting-Fu, China' date '2nd Juillet 1941' addressed to his mother in Auch, Gers, France, mail carried undercover via Spain and enclosed in envelope and forwarded from the 'Monasterio de Santa Maria la Real, Osera Spain date '16th Nov 1941' envelope bearing Spain Yvert 682, 30c blue and Yvert 683, 40c grey tied by Osera date stamp, routed via Madrid with censor label with m/s endorsement 'received 26/11'. Father Maupeu was originally sent to "Yang-Kia-P'ing" Monastery in Hwailai Province as the War progressed he travelled to Cheng-Ting-Fu, Monastery. Superb item of under cover mail from China via Spain. (One of three such covers from this amazing new archive).
