Ref: DR13748
- £275.00
China. (Switzerland - India). 1941. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Indo-China SG 179,8c lake, SG 186, 20c carmine and SG 214, $2 orange (2) tied by Saigon Central/ Cochinchine date stamp '16th Sept 41' with registered label, hand-stamped 'Vue Par La Douane' on reverse (seen by customs) and dated in m/s '16.9.41.' endorsed 'via Bagdad' with India 'P.C. 90/ Opened By Examiner' label tied by framed (Crown) Passed By DHA/ 9' hand-stamp and India/ Censorship' wax seal in red on face and reverse with Geneve arrival '7th and 8th Jan 1946' (struck twice on reverse).
Lovely item of condemned/ interrupted mail held for five years by the Indian authorities until released.
