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Auction: 13008 - The Mizuhara Collection of Korean Stamps
Lot: 1831

Korea
Imperial Japanese Post Office
Seoul
1900 (30 Jan) printed paper wrapper originating in the Shanghai Local Post with boxed "PAID" and double-circle despatch c.d.s., Hong Kong 2c. carmine added (just over the edge of the wrapper with resultant crease) and tied by British Post Office Shanghai c.d.s. (6.2); addressed to Korean Customs then redirected to Gensan (Weonsan) bearing bisected circle datestamps of Nagasaki (12.2), Pusan (14.2) in red and, on the reverse, Seoul (17.2). A rare and appealing combination cover

Sold for
HK$42,000