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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5372

Chinkiang
Covers
International Mail
French Post Office: 1896 (4 Nov.) envelope to England bearing second issue 1c. blue tied by the 29mm double-circle "chinkiang/postal service" c.d.s. with French "Chine" 25c. tied by "shang-hai/chine" c.d.s. (9.11) with indistinct red transit alongside and, on the reverse, further despatch c.d.s. and Birmingham arrival (21,12). Light vertical fold, an attractive cover. Photo

provenance:
Lyons Livingston, December 1973,

'Ming', March 1987,

Christie's auction, November 1994

Sold for
HK$20,000