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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2229

Chefoo
Postal Stationery
Letter Cards
Japanese Post Office: 1894 (14 Aug.) 1c. red card to England "via Shanghai and Japan" uprated with first issue 10c. brown (to pay the foreign postage) cancelled by fine strikes of the Local Post c.d.s. in black; and with Japan Koban 15s. violet tied by Kobe c.d.s. (24.8) with a second strike tying the 10c. stamp; the reverse with further despatch c.d.s., Shanghai Local Post (16.8), Yokohama (25.8) and Penryn arrival (26.9) c.d.s. The card has been rejoined along the central fold and was sent from a sailor on H.M.S. 'Linnet'

The Sino-Japanese was began in northern China on 25 July 1894 and the Japanese Post Office was closed from 14th August thus the mail had to be carried unofficially to Japan for onward transmission. A rare and highly important card used during these turbulent times. Photo

provenance:
Richard W. Canman, December 1988


The letter reads, "We leave this afternoon for Shanghai, the best place in the station, but very hot at present. I hope that this will reach you safely, but owing to the war between China + Japan, society out here is in rather an unsettled state & there is great excitement every where. The Japanese fleet are off the coast & have fired a few shots at Wei Hai Wei - a Chinese dockyard 40 miles east of here & are supposed to be near Port Arthur ... The Archer is left as senior officer at Chemulpo, where they have 40 men on shore to protect the British Consul, while the rest of the fleet are expected here this afternoon when we shall leave with our mails"


日本客郵局: 1894年8月14日煙台 "經上海及日本" 寄英國一分郵簡片， 加貼第一次版煙台十分票， 銷黑色上海工部日戳， 另再加貼日本小判15錢， 銷8月24日神户日戳， 煙台十分票上亦蓋一枚神户日戳; 片背蓋另一枚黑色同日煙台工部雙圈分發日戳， 8月16日上海工部日戳， 8月25日橫濱中轉戳， 及9月26日英國Penryn到達戳; 此郵簡片由水手寄自英國皇家海軍"Linnet"號; 中間摺位曾修補， 難得罕見的煙台郵簡片與日本客郵混貼郵件. 源流: 1988年12月Richard Canman; 片中内容大約為投寄人從上海離開， 天氣十分淡熱， 由於處於中日間之戰事， 這裡的社會處於相當不稳定狀態， 日本艦隊於海岸外發起對距此東四十英哩處威海䘙的攻擊， 並敍述旅順戰况及保護當地英國領事， 及將帶着郵件舆其餘艦隊離開.

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