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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 653

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
Official Mail
1911 (22 June) large stampless red band envelope double registered to T. Piry, Postmaster General, Peking, marked "On Postal Service" and "Via Shanghai". The Chinese address side marked with superb strikes of Yatung type C3 c.d.s., boxed Yatung registered handstamp and large "AR" in double-circle (CR1) and three indistinct circular handstamp, one being Peking arrival; the English address side bearing the registration label "yatung - tibet/via siliguri", a fine strike of Shanghai B.P.O. registered oval (12.8) and Peking arrival (19.8), there are also the remains of a label, traces of green ink suggest this was for express. There is some creasing and wrinkling.


A remarkable cover which is thought to be the only Chinese-style on postal service cover recorded. Photo

Apparently the earliest recorded dates of use of the two Yatung registered handstamps


1911年6月22日寄北京郵政總長 T. Piry 的無貼票大型紅條雙掛號封, 註記"On Postal Service"及"經上海", 在封的中文地址則蓋有亞東C3型 日戳, 並有方框型掛號戳及蓋大型雙圈 "AR" 印, 及三枚模糊不清的圓形戳印, 其一應是北京到達戳. 而英文地址則就有 "Yatung-Tibet/via Siliguri" 掛號標貼, 8月12日上海英國客郵㰐圓型掛號戳及8月19日北京到達戳, 還有某標籤的遺跡, 綠色墨水的痕跡表明這是快遞. 封有些摺痕和起皺. 一個意義非凡的信封, 被認為是唯一有記錄的中國風格郵政信封.

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HK$230,000

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HK$40000