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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 115

Hankow
British Consular Post
1869 (10 Sept.) half of a Rainbow wrapper addressed to Hankow "Via Marseilles" bearing G.B. 1867-80 6d. violet plate 8 and 10d. red-brown with wing margin tied by London "105" duplex and showing, on the flap, a good strike of the Hong Kong to Shanghai type 6 marine sorter dated 1869 (22-26 Oct.). Very early use of this rare marine sorting postmark (Webb's Scarcity Guide RRR). Photo


1869年9月10日英國經馬賽 (Via Marseilles) 寄漢口新聞封套半件, 貼英國郵資共16 便士, 銷蓋 "105" 橢圓外連倫敦日戳, 經馬賽郵路, 由法國郵輪至香港, 蓋1869年10月22/26日輪船揀信局香港至上海雙圈英文日期戳. 此封是罕見的輪船揀信局郵戳之早期使用例.

Estimate
HK$1,200 to HK$1,500

Starting price
HK$1000