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Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 260

Foreign Post Offices
French Post Office
Peking
1901 (19 Mar.) picture post card (water colour illustration) registered to Germany bearing C.I.P. 4c. and 10c. tied by Peking bilingual dated oval with a superb strike of boxed "R/peking" registration handstamp struck in red, with France "Chine" 10c. and 25c. (small defects) tied by "shang-hai/chine" c.d.s. (25.3), Shanghai bilingual c.d.s., boxed "R" and Hof arrival c.d.s. (27.4). A fine example of this scarce Peking registry mark. Photo

Sold for
HK$2,400

Starting price
HK$1400