Here we have an unusual group of five Argentine and U.S. stamps bearing stamps honoring the Chinese leader Sun Yat-Sen. They are unusual in that they bear Chinese characters. They have some bumps, creases etc. from international postal handling, mainly on the thin airmail Argentine cover. 

1. A small, neat air mail envelope with the |Argentine 1966 8-peso Sun Yat-Sen stamp plus a 20-peso value to Belgium. This is a hard stamp to find on cover. The handstamp postmark is partial but the wording "Servicio Aeroporto" can be made out. The rest of the postmark presumably is of Buenos Aires, as that was the address of the sender. The address was clarified in Belgium

2. A 1948 single franking of the 5-cent surface rate stamp picturing the Chinese leader and Lincoln on a neat and small envelope from one Louis Banzen, Jackson St., Gary Indiana, to Gunther Termeer in the British Zone of Germany -- an unusual destination. The cover has some gum toning, mainly on the back. 

3. A 1971 logical but unusual air mail usage of five 4c Sun Yat-Sen stamps on an Andre of Forest Hills NY corner card cover to France. The stamps are tied by Flushing NY machine cancels of January 1971. The recipient was one Theodore Champion, Rue Druout, Paris, France. 

4. A 1961 illustrated Artmaster FDC of the 4c Sun Yat-Sen stamps, with a strip of three paying the surface rate to the  unusual destination of Malaya.

5. An unusual FDC of the same issue that translates the Chinese characters on it. It is addressed to Texas. It has two vertical folds and some bumps and creases.

6. A 1961 illustrated Art Craft FDC of the 4c Sun Yat-Sen stamps, with a strip of three paying the surface rate. The cover, which is somewhat rumpled and has some gum toning on the back, is addressed to Spain.

An eye-catching and unusual group of three Sun Yat-Sen stamp designs to Europe or Asia and good examples of Chinese characters on stamps of other countries. This group has been expanded.

The postage on this lot is higher than I would like, which is down to Royal Mail rates and other charges beyond my control such as eBay and PayPal commissions. I recommend that buyers of items worth $40 or more pay for the Royal Mail signed-for-service. I use good British stamps to send all my lots and these should result in collectable stamps cancelled by hand in my village post office for the buyer.

As I have some buy-it-now lots, anyone who makes a purchase might want to look at them before paying. If you buy more than one item, please wait for my invoice so I can combine postage

When payment is received by teatime British time (it is usually dished up about 4:30) I normally post the item the next morning. Our village post office is closed on Saturdays, however, so if you pay on Friday the item will not go out until the following Monday.

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