£920
Mongolia - Tannu Touva. 1939 (Mar 29) Long registered A.R cover from USA to The Postmaster, Kazil, Tannu Touva, franked 2c + 3c, other USA stamps lost in transit with seven Chinese Post Office Officially Sealed labels applied and tied by Peking datestamps. Twice handstamped "SERVICE TEMPORARILY / SUSPENDED / RETURN TO SENDER" (due to the war between China & Japan) and returned, backstamped at Hong Kong and Shanghai, the front endorsed "Recd from Tientsin in Bad Order" alongside an unusual small "U.S TRANSPACIFIC SEA POST / No. 22 / SEP 8 / 1939 / KEITH KOONS" c.d.s (not recorded by Roger Hosking in "Seaposts of the USA"). Some creasing and two paperclip stains (where the A.R form was attached), an exceptionally unusual cover.
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