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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1615

China
1878-83 The Large Dragon Issue
3 Candareens, Inland Mail
1882 (10 Nov.) envelope to a German merchant in Tientsin bearing 3ca. brownish red tied by Peking seal in blue and bearing, on the reverse "i.g. of customs/peking" c.d.s. in blue with pencil delivery characters. The recipient's name has been partly removed and covered over, otherwise a fine cover

Note that another cover from the same correspondence, dated 1882 (22 Nov.) was offered in the Saul Newbury collection

Sold for
HK$120,000