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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 416

Chefoo
International Mail
Japanese Post Office
1896 (13 Jan.) 2s. Japanese postal stationery envelope to San Francisco bearing 1c. red tied by the Local Post c.d.s. and the envelope uprated with Japan 1s. Koban and 1894 Silver Wedding 2s. cancelled by "shanghai/i.j.p.o." c.d.s. (17.1), the reverse (flap missing) with another despatch c.d.s., Shanghai Local Post (16.1), Yokohama (23.1) and San Francisco (7.2) c.d.s.; there is some light soiling but an unusual and rare use of the stationery envelope. Photo

provenance:
'Ming', September 1988


1896年1月13日煙台寄美國三藩市2錢日本郵資封, 加貼煙台紅色一分票, 銷黑色煙台工部雙圈日戳, 再增郵資貼日本小判1錢及銀婚紀念票2錢各一枚, 銷上海日本客郵戳, 封背(封舌缺失)蓋另一煙台工部日戳, 1月16日上海工部日戳, 1月23日横濱中轉戳, 及2月7日三藩市到達戳; 信封有一些微污染, 但利用日本客郵郵資封寄國際實屬罕見.

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

Starting price
HK$11000