Lot# 5331

1941 (Jul 28) WWII Shanghai to Germany airmail censored cover, f.w. SYS 30c and $1, tied by Shanghai bilingual cds., sealed by censor label, with German censor mark and Germany arrival cds. This cover was sent via Pacific and Altantic Ocean as the German invaded U.S.S.R. and made Trans-Siberian route no longer available since Jun 1941. However, this route was also not availalbe after the outbreak of Pacific War in Dec 1941. Therefore, examples of this short-lived route are rare.