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Auction: CSS60 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5311

Foreign Post Offices
Japanese Post Office
1893 (16 May) envelope to U.S.A. "Via Japan" bearing Koban 5s. blue tied by a fine strike of the type IV c.d.s. for Meiji 26 and, on the reverse, Shanghai Local Post (16.5) in blue, Yokohama (25.5), San Francisco (18.6) and part arrival c.d.s. This Shanghai postmark, with larger letters, was employed from 1893-94. Photo

Sold for
HK$1,500

Starting price
HK$1500