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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2025

Foochow
Shanghai Agency
Through Foreign Post Offices
United States
1893 (May) commercial envelope to Ohio bearing a fine strike of the bilingual "local post agency/foochow" in greenish blue with U.S. 1890-93 5c. Grant tied by a very fine strike of U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai duplex (3.6) and, on the reverse, Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (23.5) in blue, San Francisco (26.6) and Kingsville arrival (30.6) c.d.s. Some light soiling but a good cover showing late use of the bilingual postmark. Photo

provenance:
'Ming', March 1987

Beckeman Collection, 2001


1893年5月福州寄美國商業封， 蓋綠藍色上海工部信館福州代辦所福州雙語戳， 另貼美國1890-93年5仙票， 銷十分清晰的6月3日上海美國客郵代理戳， 封背蓋5月23日藍色上海工部日戳， 6月26日三藩市中轉戳， 及6月30日美國Kingsville到達戳. 信封有些少污染， 但此封的代辦所福州雙語戳應是難得之晚期使用例. 源流: 1987年3月"Ming"， 2110年Beckeman 藏集.

Estimate
HK$30,000 to HK$40,000