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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 240

Nanking
Agency Mail
Internal Mail
1893 (Jan.) stampless envelope addressed to "The Farm, Shanghai" bearing, on the reverse, a good strike of "local post agency/nanking" large garter in grey-blue with Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (3.1) in blue alongside plus faint delivery characters in blue crayon. There is some slight staining which does not detract from this important cover. Photo

provenance:
H.B.R. Clarke, April 1953


1893年1月南京寄上海無郵票封, 封背蓋灰藍色大型上海工部南京代辦所突舌大圓戳, 另旁蓋1月3日藍色上海工部日戳及郵差藍色筆手寫記錄, 信封有些少皺紋, 但絕不降低這信封在南京郵史上的重要性.

Estimate
HK$14,000 to HK$18,000

Starting price
HK$11000