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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 248

Nanking
Agency Mail
Japanese Post Office
1894 (Nov.) envelope to Wyoming bearing Japan Koban 5s. tied by "shanghai/i.j.p.o." c.d.s., the reverse bearing a superb strike of "local post agency nanking" large garter in dark blue with Yokohama (18.11), San Francisco and arrival (18.12) c.d.s.; there is a repair at top and some minor peripheral soiling. An important cover and a very late of the Agency handstamp. Photo


1894年11月寄美國懷俄明州封, 貼日本五錢小判, 銷上海日本 I.J.P.A.客郵日戳; 封背分別蓋有暗藍色南京工部書信館戳, 11月18日橫濱中轉戳, 三藩市中轉戳, 及12月18日到達戳; 封頂詁有修補及小污染. 此信封乃重要的南京工部書信館戳極後期使用例.

Estimate
HK$30,000 to HK$40,000

Starting price
HK$24000