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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 114

China
Foreign Post Offices
British Post Office
I.P.O. Tieprints
Hankow: Type 2; 1899 (5 Aug.) grey envelope registered to Germany, bearing I.C.P. ½c., 2c., 4c. 10c. and 20c. tied by Hankow bilingual c.d.s., Hong Kong 1891 20c. on 30c. grey-green pair cancelled by a fine strike of the small boxed "I.P.O." tieprint and Shanghai c.d.s. (9.8), with Chinese and British P.O. "R" handstamps; the reverse with Shanghai and Hong Kong transit c.d.s. and Goldberg arrival (18.9). A fine and highly appealing cover. The tieprint is RR in Webb;s guide. Photo

provenance:
Ryohei Ishikawa, December 1980
Christopher D'Almada, November 1990

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