- £350.00
United States. (Cyprus - Hong Kong - Trans Pacific Mail). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Cyprus Mining Corps' bearing United States SG A630, 20c yellow-green (3) and SG 885, 10c brown tied by Mesa duplex, endorsed 'via Trans-Pacific Air Mail/ via Singapore/ via Palestine' with 'Par Avion' label, routed via Hong Kong with triangular framed 'Passed Censor/ Hong Kong/ 9' in violet on face with framed '11' on reverse and Egypt slogan transit 'You are wanted on the Telephone' dated '20th Nov' and circular 'M/ Censorship' with Cyprus 'Opened By Censor' label and Passed Censor/ 24'in carmine and Skouriotissa/ Cyprus double ring arrival 'Nov 25'.
Scarce postal agency held by the Cyprus Mines Corporation at the nearby copper mines.
Lovely item of Trans-Pacific mail. Very rare item sent over the Pacific to Hong Kong and Egypt with censorship.
