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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1694

China
1878-83 The Large Dragon Issue
Foreign Post Office Covers
French Post Office
1883 (28 Feb.) opened-out envelope to Oxford bearing, on the reverse, wide margin 3ca. dull scarlet [16] cancelled by a central strike of Chefoo seal in black with the despatch c.d.s. alongside, Customs Shanghai (2.3) in red plus Oxford arrival (16.4); the address side with France 25c. (showing a dramatic pre-printing fold) tied by a slightly smudged strike of "shang-hai/chine" c.d.s. with a second strike alongside. Fine and scarce mail from Chefoo.


The 3ca. pays the internal rate, the French stampsapplied by the sender.


This is the earliest recorded Large Dragon combination cover sent from Chefoo

provenance: Sir Percival David, November 1965


literature: James Whang Large Dragon covers, number 214

Sold for
HK$300,000