Auction: 19008 - The Lam Man Yin Collection of Small Dragons, Dowagers and 1897 Surcharges
Lot: 597
1885-88 Small Dragon Issues
Covers
International 9 candareen Rate plus 6 candareen Registration
1887 (4 Nov.) double weight envelope registered to Berlin bearing, on the reverse, perf.12½ 1ca. green (10), 3ca. light mauve (3) and 5ca. yellow-ochre cancelled by Peking seal in blue with "
The single 3ca. is with variety imperforate between stamp and left margin. Very early use of the Peking registration handstamp, possibly the earliest example on complete cover. A remarkable and highly desirable cover. Signed by Peter Holcombe. Photo
'Ming', March 1987
The earliest recorded example of this registration handstamp is on a piece dated September 1887
1887年11月4日北京寄柏林雙倍郵資掛號封,封背貼壹分票十枚,三分票三枚及伍分票一枚,銷藍色北京橢圓中文戳,北京I.G.海關戳,及一枚配發戳,旁有藍色方框型掛號戳,11月10日上海海關中轉戳,柏林到達戳. 在封面加貼法國75仙郵資,銷上海法國客郵日戳,及另一方框型掛號戳,再有一枚紅色法國掛號戳,11月16日法國定期郵輪戳; 又三分票中,有一枚與邊紙間漏齒,同時此封亦是北京掛號戳最早使用在信封的實件,十分珍貴及罕有的小龍掛號實寄封._x000D_
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源流:1987年3月"Ming"; 記䤸上此枚最早掛號戳是出現在1887年9月的剪片上
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