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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1737

China
1897 Revenue Surcharges
Covers
French Post Office
1897 (30 Apr.) illustrated ladies envelope in gold and red registered to Austria bearing Revenue Surcharge 1c. tied by Peking pa-kua in blue with "customs/peking" type III c.d.s. and bearing fabulous strikes of bilingual "paid" handstamp and large "R" in black, France "Chine" 50c. tied by "shang-hai/chine" c.d.s. with a second strike over the Peking datestamp, and the French "R" registration handstamp in red. The reverse with Customs Shanghai (9.5), "ligne n/paq. fr. no.1" and part Graz arrival; there are three repair patches on the reverse.


A remarkable envelope being the only example bearing a Revenue cancelled by Peking pa-kua additionally this is the only combination with the Paid handstamp

literature: The Illustrated Covers ... of Revenue Surcharges, Benjamin Y.K. Hwa, 2003 (page 98)

The Peking type III Customs datestamp was only recorded used between March and April 1897

Sold for
HK$240,000