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Auction: 19008 - The Lam Man Yin Collection of Small Dragons, Dowagers and 1897 Surcharges
Lot: 749

1897 New Currency Surcharges
Small Figures Surcharge
Covers
4c. Letter Rate

1897 (26 Apr.) envelope to Peking "pr First Steamer Via Shanghai" bearing 4c. on 4ca. pale rose-pink tied by Customs Canton c.d.s. and, on the reverse, Customs Shanghai (1.5) and a superb strike of Peking Dollar dater (7.5) with a second strike alongside. A fine covers and the earliest recorded use of the Peking Dollar Dater. Signed by Peter Holcombe. Photo

provenance:
'Ming', March 1987


1897年4月26日廣東由首次蒸氣輪船傳遞,再經上海中轉寄北京封,貼洋銀肆分蓋於肆分銀淡粉玫色票,銷廣州海關日戳,在封背蓋5月1日上海海關日戳中轉及5月7日北京大圓日戳,旁有另一枚日戳,這是有記錄的最早期北京大圓日戳實寄封,保存良好,品相中上; 有Peter Holcombe簽名._x000D_ _x000D_ 源流:1987年3月"Ming"

Sold for
HK$170,000