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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1687

China
1878-83 The Large Dragon Issue
Foreign Post Office Covers
French Post Office
1881 (6 Aug.) opened-out envelope to the Isle of Man bearing, on the reverse, 1c. yellow-green pair [11-12] with left margin and 5ca. light orange-yellow block of four [16-24/22-23] with left margin from Setting II tied by Customs Newchwang c.d.s. (yeardate inverted); the address side bearing France 35c. pair tied by "5104" gross chiffres obliterator with "shang-hai/chine" c.d.s. (12.8) alongside with "mod a paris" c.d.s. in red. The reverse with Shanghai Customs, Liverpool (26.9) and Ramsey c.d.s. The lower tip of the 1ca. stamps overlap the edge of the envelope and there is some typical light soiling.


An unusual and stunning franking paying double the 11ca. rate to U.K. via Brindisi. The 5ca. block is a rare multiple to find on cover

provenance: Sir Percival David, October 1974


literature: James Whang Large Dragon covers, number 106



Note a similarly franked cover (one 1ca. cut off) from Newchwang to Cheltenham was offered in the Kauder and Whang auctions


The inverted year "18" for "81" is recorded in August 1881

Sold for
HK$550,000