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Auction: CSS40 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 951

China
Postal History
Chekiang Province History
1883 (Sept.) Hong Kong 3c. postage card, handcarry from Hangchow to Shanghai, tied by British Post in Shanghai c.d.s. (14.9). Since the postal system was not opened in Hangchow in 1883, the postage card was taken to Shanghai. Card with Hong Kong transit c.d.s. (16.9). Well-preserved, pre-historic mail for Hangchow Post, rare


1883年杭州寄英國香港維多利亞女王3仙郵資片1件，背面書信內容手寫寄自杭州，因1883年杭州還未開設郵政系統，因此郵資片背帶至上海，交上海英國客郵局寄遞，銷上海9月14日英國客郵局戳，有香港16日中轉戳，保存完好，為杭州郵政史前郵件，少見

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HK$15,000