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Auction: CSS40 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 427

China
Postal History
Imperial Post
1887 (1 Feb.) an envelope to U.S.A. cancelled by Peking Custom c.d.s. transit via Tientsin with Tientsin Custom c.d.s. (2.2), bearing Japan 5s tied by a seal showing I.J.P.A in Shanghai (25.2) alongside, with Yokohama (8.3), San Francisco (24.3) transit c.d.s., and (31.3) arrival c.d.s., fine cover.


1887年北京寄美國實寄封1件，貼日本郵票5錢1枚，銷北京2月1日海關戳，經天津，上海中轉，有天津2日藍色海關戳，上海2月黑色海關戳，日本票於上海日本客郵局蓋銷，並銷上海2月25日日本客郵局戳，另有橫濱3月8日戳，三藩市3月24日紅色中轉戳，及3月30日到達戳，郵路清晰，保存完好

Sold for
HK$20,000