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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 216

China
Foreign Post Offices
Japanese Post Office
I.P.O. Tieprints
Soochow: 1900 (10 Feb.) opened-out envelope to U.S.A., bearing I.C.P. 2c. (5) tied by Soochow bilingual c.d.s. with a further strike alongside and Shanghai bilingual c.d.s., the reverse with Koban 1s. green in a left margin block of ten cancelled by the very rare boxed "I.P.O." tieprint and Shanghai I.J.P.O. c.d.s. (12.2). A spectacular and highly important cover. Photo

provenance:
Major James Starr, September 1991

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Sold for
£2,900

Starting price
£1500