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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 121

China
Foreign Post Offices
British Post Office
I.P.O. Tieprints
Pakhoi: 1904 (15 June) a long envelope to Rugby, England "By courier service via Kamchow, Nanning, Mengtze, Yunnanfu, Yungchang, Tengyueh and Burma" and similar instructions in Chinese, bearing I.C.P. 10c. tied by Pakhoi bilingual c.d.s. with Hong Kong 2c. green cancelled by the boxed "I.P.O." tieprint only plus a superb strike of Tengyueh bilingual c.d.s. and Hopei lunar c.d.s.; a fine array of backstamps chart the journey with Mengtze, Yamchow, Hsiakuan, Poyai, Yungchang, Yunnanfu and Nanning. There is a vertical crease and light soiling. An extraordinary cover sent overland to Burma. Photo

provenance:
Sir Percival David
Gerald Davis, March 1990

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Sold for
£8,500

Starting price
£3200