Single lots Philately Overseas & Europe. Auction #39 Day 4

Argentinien: 1941. Envelope addressed to Harbin, Manchuria bearing Argentina Yvert 364, 1c bistre (p
1941. Envelope addressed to Harbin, Manchuria bearing Argentina Yvert 364, 1c bistre (pair) and Air Mail Yvert 20, 30c orange tied by Buenos Aires date stamp '24th Dec 1941' with framed instructional 'Devuelvase Al Remitente Por/Ser lmposible Comunicarse/Con La Localidad De Destino' in red on face (Return to Sender because it is impossible to communicate with the country of destination). This letter should have gone surface mail via the United States but the U.S.A. had declared war on Japan on the 8th Dec 1941. Argentina was a neutral country but Manchuria was occupied by the Japenese and was therefore enemy territory. A fabulous item of Service Suspended mail to Manchuria. Illustrated in the Society of Postal Historians and the Collectors Club, New York.
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