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Auction: 15026 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 316

(x) China
Foreign Post Offices
British Post Office
Shanghai: 1898 (21 Aug.) picture post card to Germany bearing I.C.P. 1c. with C.I.P. ½c. (2) and 1c. (2) tied by pa-kua with the Shanghai Dollar chop in lower corner; a pair of Hong Kong 2c. carmine partly overlap the other adhesives and are tied by Shanghai c.d.s. with Hong Kong (26.8) alongside plus Hamburg arrival (26.9). The post card illustrates a Chinese wedding and is a very early date for a picture post card and a good combination of adhesives. Photo

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Sold for
£320