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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 247

Nanking
Agency Mail
Japanese Post Office
1891 (28 Dec.) Japan 2s. international postal stationery card to U.S.A., written from Nanking and cancelled by Nagasaki (4.1) c.d.s. and the small triangular "na/ship" paquebot handstamp, with Yokohama (7.1), San Francisco (22.1) c.d.s. and, on the reverse, a fair strike of the large garter "local post agency nanking" postmark in grey-blue. Light even soiling.


An interesting and scarce card from the Nanking local post but not travelling via Shanghai. Photo


1891年12月28日日本2 錢國際郵資片自南京寄美國, 銷4月1日長崎日戳, 旁有小型三角"NA/ SHIP" 船戳, 1月7日橫濱日戳, 1月22日三藩市中轉戳, 片背蓋大型藍色南京書信館中英戳. 片雖然有些污染却充满趣味性的郵資片, 遞自南京書信館却沒有經上海轉送出國外.

Estimate
HK$6,000 to HK$8,000

Starting price
HK$4500