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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 109

Ichang
Covers
Internal Mail
1897 (8 Jan.) envelope registered to Hall & Holtz in Shanghai bearing 5ca. tied by Ichang oblong datestamp in purple with a faint strike of the large "R" in double-circle in purple at left; the envelope crossed with blue crayon and manuscript "No 129" also in blue crayon plus, on the reverse, Hankow Local Post (14.1) and Shanghai Local Post (17.1) c.d.s. Late use of the Shanghai Local postal service and the latest item of registered mail from Ichang. Photo

provenance:
Wei-liang Chow, November 1996


1897年1月8目寄上海Hall & Holtz 掛號封, 貼銀伍分票, 銷宜昌紫色方框型日戳, 封左旁蓋較模糊的紫色雙圈 "R" 掛號戳, 信封面以藍色筆畫上一度 "十" 字線. 封背蓋有1月14日漢口工部日戳及1月17日上海工部到達戳, 極晚期使用的上海工部郵政服務和來自宜昌的最後掛號郵件.

Estimate
HK$10,000 to HK$12,000

Starting price
HK$8000