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Auction: 19009 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part 1
Lot: 1255

Kewkiang
Covers
Internal Mail
1894 (12 June) envelope to Shanghai bearing first issue 1c. tied by a good strike of the Kewkiang Local Post oval datestamp and, on the reverse, China Inland Mission dated oval (11.6) and Shanghai Local Post arrival c.d.s. in blue. Clean and fine. This is thought to be the earliest cover bearing Kewkiang stamps. Photo


1894年6月12日九江寄上海封, 貼第一版壹分票, 銷九江工部紫色橢圓形日戳, 封背蓋有寄信人6月11日"China Inland Mission"紫色橢圓形日戳, 旁有藍色上海工部到達日戳; 相信此封是第一版郵票存世最早的實寄封; 保存完好, 上品.

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HK$5,500