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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 344

Foochow
Local Post Office
Postal Stationery - Newspaper Wrapper
International Mail: 1896 (19 Feb.) wrapper addressed to Cambridgeport, U.S.A. cancelled by "postal service foochow/china" code "T" c.d.s. with Japan Koban 1s. green alongside tied by "shanghai/i.j.p.o." c.d.s. (26.2) with a further despatch c.d.s. on the flap. There are a couple of creases, one diagonally through the stationery value. Rare. Photo

provenance:
Major Richard Pratt, January 2008,

Elling O. Eide, January 2014


國際郵遞: 1896年2月19日福州寄美國Cambridgeport新聞紙封套, 銷帶 "T" 字福州書信館英文日戳, 另貼日本綠色小判壹錢票, 銷2月26日上海日本客郵日戳, 右封套舌上蓋另一枚福州戳, 封套有些摺痕及一度斜摺於郵資之上, 罕見之混則封套.

Estimate
HK$15,000 to HK$20,000

Starting price
HK$12000