Auction: 19009 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part 1
Lot: 1329
Nanking
Agency Mail
Japanese Post Office
1887 (Dec.) envelope to Kentucky, U.S.A. mailed through the Japanese Post Office, bearing 5s. Koban cancelled by cork propeller postmark, a very fine strike of the large garter "
1887年12月南京寄美國Kentucky封, 經上海日本客郵局, 補貼日本小判5錢票, 銷木制十字槳形戳, 左下端蓋翠藍色上海工部南京代辦所突舌大圓戳, 12月10日上海I.J.P.O.日戳及12月20日橫濱小圓日戳, 封背蓋12月6日藍色上海工部日戳, 1888年1月7日紅色三藩市中轉戳, 及不完整的到達戳; 極不平凡的南京早期實寄封, 尤其上海工部南京代辦所突舌大圓戳蓋於信封面較少見.
Sold for
HK$120,000