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Auction: 19009 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part 1
Lot: 1298

Wuhu
Covers
Shanghai Subscriber Service
1898 (22 Jan.) Hong Kong 1c. postal stationery card to England bearing, on the reverse, Wuhu China despatch c.d.s., the card is cancelled by British Post Office Shanghai c.d.s. (24.1) with a faint strike of Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (24.1) in blue, "T" in circle, London "F.B." ½d. tax handstamp and Leeds (1.3) arrival and manuscript marking in blue crayon. A fine underpaid card. A rare item used through the Subscriber system and the British Post Office. Signed by Peter Holcombe. Photo

provenance:
'Ming', October 1988


1898年1月22日蕪湖寄英國香港一仙郵資片, 片背蓋蕪湖信局分發戳; 該片經上海時銷1月24日上海英國客郵局戳, 及一枚不清晰1月24日藍色上海工部日戳在左下端, 而圓圈"T"字欠資戳及倫敦的"1/2d. F.B."在其下, 並於3月1日到達英國Leeds; 寄往英國明信片的郵資應為二分, 欠資一分, 英國收件人須支付1/2便士(即香港郵資一分), 這是一枚利用捐助訂戸制度及英國客郵寄出的珍貴欠資片, 具Peter Holcombe的簽署._x000D_ _x000D_ 源流: 1988年10月"Ming"

Sold for
HK$28,000