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Auction: 14011 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong with Japan and Korea
Lot: 2262

Korea
Military Mail - Residency General Period
Uch'eso Cancellations
1906 (6 June) stampless envelope to Yamada bearing a very good strike of the first type bisected circle datestamp of Mumgyeong with the characters kan and rin at top and foot of the postmark, with comb-type triseced postmark (12.6) and two Japanese arrival bisected datestamps. The cover with two strikes of Military Mail and one strike of Personal struck in red. The type I Uch'eso cancellation was in use between July 1906 to December 1906, but very few examples have been recorded. In fact only three examples are recorded on military mail covers. Photo

Sold for
HK$45,000