Posted : Aug 7, 1941 at Dairen

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Notes : Rare registered airmail cover with high value Japanese stamps used in Manchuria, Northern China. The typed docketing instructions on the cover read - Airmail via Fukuoka, Shanghai, Hong Kong, then By Clipper to San Francisco . Based on the dates of the backstamps, I am not certain the cover went by this route. The rate of 3.31 yen is a very high franking, and definitely paid for airmail service, as the registered surface rate to the USA was only .36 yen. More research is needed for this cover.

Rate : 3.31 yen