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LATVIA
Latvia (3)
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1938 (Nov 3) airmail to NSW with Riga cds, German 'MARIENBURG-EYDTKUHNEN/ BAHNPOST' oval TPO transit & Sydney arrival backstamp, a few blemishes. Per Imperial Airways/QANTAS flying boat service SE44 delayed at Rangoon when Canopus collided with an oil barge on 10.11.1938. Sanford #38
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1938 (Dec 14) 'Vecriga' real photo PPC airmail to Australia with Anniversary 35s & Arms 1L tied by Riga cds, via Germany per TPO to join the Imperial Airways/QANTAS flying boat service, minor staining. The rate was 20s foreign postcard plus 1L15s airmail surcharge. A scarce pre-war a
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1940 (Jan 25) cover airmail to Australia with Arms 50s x3 tied 'RIGA/GAISA-PASTS' cds, censored only on arrival with Melbourne label & boxed cachet in violet, a few blemishes. No transits but presumably by air via Sweden to avoid German censorship. This is the only airmail cover from
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