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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2221

Chefoo
Postal Stationery
Post Cards
Japanese Post Office: 1898 (28 Apr.) ½c. green card (PC2) to Germany "via Amerika" cancelled by a clean strike of the double-circle c.d.s. in blue and without any further postage. Carried privately by steamer to Japan where it entered the mail system, with Yokohama (16.6) c.d.s. Much redirected in Germany but only with Hartzburg (13.7) arrival and another for the same date.

A most unusual card which was used well after the local post was accepted outside of its port. It is amazing that this passed through so many postal authorities without any postage due required. Carl H. Lange guarantee on the reverse. Photo

This card was not routed through Shanghai but left Chefoo directly. The Japanese Post Office there had closed may years earlier and the long delay between the Chefoo and Yokohama datestamps indicates that this letter was waiting for a suitable boat to begin its journey.


日本在華郵政局: 1898年4月28日煙台寄德國半分郵資片(PC2)綠色， 銷藍色雙圈煙台書信館日戳， 此外並沒有其他追加的郵資， 應是先由私人携往日本， 於該地進入郵遞系統， 蓋6月16日橫濱日戳， 於7月13日到達德國柏林， 同日轉遞Hartzburg， 本片甚為奇特， 首先它在未加貼两錢日本客郵資， 其次亦未被處以欠資. 片背有Carl H. Lanre保真戳. 此片未經上海， 而由煙台直接發往日本， 而當地的日本客郵局已關閉了年餘， 因可能要等得船期， 以致延遲了很久才從煙台到橫濱， 之後再開始其遙遠旅途.

Estimate
HK$20,000 to HK$25,000