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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 375

Swatow
Shanghai Agency
1890 (22 Apr.) Hong Kong 1c. postal stationery card to Shanghai, carried by the Local Post with a good strike of Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (29.4) in the lower corner, the card cancelled by the British Post Office Shanghai c.d.s. (30.4) and with the postman's delivery characters in blue crayon. The reverse with a message written in Swatow. An unusual and interesting card used before the introduction of the first Agency postmark. Photo


1890年4月22日汕頭寄上海香港1仙郵資片, 4月22日在汕頭於片背書寫完畢後寄出, 4月29日經上海書信館, 隔日轉上海英國客郵局銷4月30日日戳. 另有藍色郵務員手寫記號. 首枚書信館代辦郵戳使用前, 不尋常且充满趣味性之郵資片.

Estimate
HK$3,500 to HK$4,500

Starting price
HK$2600