Mount Lavinia, Colombo, Ceylon, India: 1937 (Mar. 20) to Pennsylvania, A new earliest-known cover with an unlisted five-line inscription. JP 68:5 (p. 296) states, "These covers are uncommon and are known to be sent between December 1937 and 19 July 1939." This cover predates the prior earliest known by nine months. The cachet depicts the Mt. Lavinia hotel sitting on a peninsula, with the cover franked by four King George V Ceylon pictorials, all but the 6c at lower left tied by strikes of the "Colombo/20MR/37/4" c.d.s. Blue ") N (" and double-ringed kan handstamps on reverse. A lovely cover from a difficult location., Very Fine.
Estimate HK$ 2,800 - 3,200. Est. HK$2,800-3,200 (Image1)

Est. HK$2,800-3,200