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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 107

Ichang
Covers
Combination with Chungking Stamps
1895 (1 May) large Gunzburg envelope registered to Shanghai bearing Chungking third issue 2ca. (2) and 24ca. tied by Ichang boxed datestamp in purple with another strike alongside, block of four wide setting ½ca. cancelled by the circular "ichang/post office" cancellation in purple and there is a fine strike of the boxed registered handstamp numbered "25", the reverse with Hankow Local Post (14.5) and Shanghai Local Post (17.5) c.d.s. With the handstamp of the postmaster Joseph Olsen and complete red wax seal. There is a vertical folding crease, otherwise clean and fine.


A very scarce cover, there are thought to be only three such combination covers. Photo


1895年5月1日宜昌寄上海大型掛號封, 貼重慶信局第三版銀貳分两枚及銀貳錢四分一枚, 銷宜昌分局紫色方框型日戳, 旁蓋有另一枚相同的戳; 封左上端再混貼宜昌紋銀伍毫票四方連一件, 銷宜昌郵局中英文紫色小圓戳四枚, 此外另蓋黑色框型掛號戳, 戳内有手寫 "25" 數字; 封背蓋5月14日漢口工部日戳及5月17日上海工部到達戳, 歐爾森 (Joseph Olsen) 手蓋印及一完整的火漆. 異常罕見的两商埠票混貼實寄封, 相信存世只得三件, 彌足珍貴.

Estimate
HK$24,000 to HK$30,000

Starting price
HK$20000