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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 212

Wuhu
Forerunner Mail
Incoming Mail: 1891 (10 May) commercial envelope to Diercking in Wuhu bearing 1890 5c. carmine-pink tied by a good strike of the "local post/shanghai" seal and, on the reverse, a good strike of Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. in blue. A very scarce cover. Photo


1891年5月10日上海寄蕪湖封, 收件人為德康 (G.Diercking), 貼上海工部書信館雙龍五分票, 銷上海工部書信館中英文無日期戳, 封背蓋上海工部書信館藍色日戳. 蕪湖信館成立前由上海寄蕪湖的信件存世僅存三件, 此其一, 十分罕見.

Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$4,000

Starting price
HK$2400