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Auction: 16012 - Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collections, The Chinese Customs Post
Lot: 1744

China
1897 Revenue Surcharges
Internal Covers
1898 (16 Sept.) O.H.M.S. envelope from the British Consulate to the German Consul in Shanghai bearing Large Figures 2c. on 3c. pair [25-21] with I.C.P. 4c. and C.I.P. 2c. cancelled by Chinkiang pa-kua with a fine strike of the Chinkiang despatch Dollar chop in the lower left corner, the reverse with Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (17.9) and pencil delivery characters. A fine and attractive cover. Pays the 10c. rate for an internal letter weighing under 1½ ounces


This is the earliest non-philatelic cover bearing a C.I.P. adhesive used with the Revenue Surcharge stamps.


An appealing three-issue combination with the I.C.P. stamp

provenance: Warren G. Kauder, May 1972

literature: The Illustrated Covers ... of Revenue Surcharges, Benjamin Y.K. Hwa, 2003 (page 458)

Note the the 2c. on 3c. pair is from the lower part of the sheet where the stamps from the fifth column are raised. [25] includes the variety raised stop. An unusual interpane pair.

Sold for
HK$180,000