Ref: DR20157
- £550.00
China. (Interrupted Mail). 1940. Envelope addressed to Amsterdam, Netherlands bearing SG 390, 2c olive (2), SG 418, 20c brown-lake, SG 420, 8c orange, SG 455, 8c on 40c orange and SG 456, 10c on 25c blue tied by Shanghai date stamp '27th April 40', endorsed 'via Siberia' with German censor tape tied by censor cachet in red with circular 'C' (Berlin) and framed instructional 'No Service/ Returned To Sender' in violet on face with hand-stamp 'Reexpedie apres avoir ete/ retourne a Shanghai' and returned with vernacular slogan '19th Aug 40'.
Translation for the hand-stamp 'Forwarded after to have Summer/ returned to Shanghai.
The Netherlands was occupied by the German forces May 10th.
