379th Auction

½ a., 4 copies, tied to reverse of cover to Tchahbahar, underpaid by ½ a. and taxed on arrival, franked with 2 copies Iran 1938, 50 d., tied by Tchahbahar cds.; a very rare combination cover

"DAMAGED BY SEA WATER", 2-line boxed marking on airmail cover from "SHANGHAI 18.8.47" to London, crashed with the Flying Boat "Portland" at Bahrain on 23.8.47; a very rare item of desaster mail with Chinese origin

Im Mai1932, Imperial Airways Erstflug Bagdad-Bahrein, R-Brief, retour mit Transit- und Ankunfststempeln, 30 Belege geflogen (Muller 38)

1903/49 (ca.), ungebrauchte und gestempelte saubere Sammlung, in den Hauptnummern weitgehend komplett einschließlich Britische Post in China