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Auction: 19009 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part 1
Lot: 1203

Hankow
Covers
1893 (21 Oct.) neat Diercking envelope registered to Amoy bearing second issue 2c. and 20c. tied by Hankow Local Post c.d.s. in blue with a superb strike of the squared circle "registered - shanghai" c.d.s. (26.10) in blue and with manuscript "Registered" in red ink; the reverse with good to fine strikes of Hankow Local Post, Shanghai Local Post (25.10) and Local Post Agency Amoy arrival (29.10) in different shades of blue. Fresh and very fine. Thought to be one of two examples known. Photo

provenance:
Richard Canman, December 1988


1893年10月21日漢口寄廈門掛號封, 貼漢口第二次版二分及二角洋錢各一枚, 銷藍色漢口工部日戳, 旁有上海藍色外方內圓型10月25日掛號日戳, 封面頂部另有紅墨手寫"Registered"; 封面分別蓋不同藍色的漢口工部戳, 10月25日上海工部中轉日戳及10月29日上海工部之廈門代辦到達日戳; 罕有的由三個工部郵政局聯遞, 存世相信極少._x000D_ _x000D_ 源流: 1988年12月Richard Canman.

Sold for
HK$24,000