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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2267

Wei-Hai-Wei
Local Courier Service
The First Issue
Covers
1898 (28 Dec.) envelope addressed to Southampton bearing 2c. and 5c. black on red tied by a light strike of Chefoo Dollar dater; the 2c. stamp with the variety "P C" for "C P" and bearing, on the reverse, Shanghai Dollar dater (2.1) and Southampton arrival (5.2). A large part of the right side of the front of the envelope is missing and has been repaired, this presumably contained the Chinese and Hong Kong stamps, nevertheless and rare and remarkable cover which was sent by Capt. J.A. Harrison. Only three covers bearing the "P C" error are known. Photo

provenance:
Elling O. Eide, November 2014


1898年12月28日威海䘙寄英國修咸頓封， 貼跑差票5分及2分各一枚， 銷煙台大圓日戳; 2分票下票角"C P" 誤寫變體為 "P C" ， 封背蓋1月2日上海大圓日戳及2月5日英國修咸頓到達戳; 信封面的右邊大部份撕下缺失並曾修善， 被撕下部份應貼有蟠龍壹角及英國客郵香港十仙票， 用以支付國際郵資; 據知存世只有三封貼上變體為 "P C" 的跑差票實寄封. 源流: 2014年11月Elling O. Eide.

Estimate
HK$25,000 to HK$30,000