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Auction: 19009 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part 1
Lot: 1331

Nanking
Agency Mail
United States Post Office
1888 (Sept.) opened-out envelope to Ohio "via San Francisco" bearing 1882 Garfield 5c. grey-brown with cork bars cancellation and a fine strike of "u.s. postal agency/shanghai" dated oval (28.9) in purple and, on the reverse, a fair to good strike of the Nanking large garter in grey-blue, Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (25.9), part San Francisco and Mount Pleasant arrival (1.11); slightly reduced at left. A very good cover. Photo

literature:
The Shanghai Postal Service, Charles Dougan, 1981 (illustrated page 183)


1888年9月南京經由美國三藩市寄俄亥俄州破剖封, 貼美國Garfield 5仙票, 銷橫粗紋木戳, 旁有9月28日紫色橢圓形上海美國郵政代辦日戳, 在封背蓋藍色南京代辦所突舌大圓戳, 9月25日上海工部日戳, 部份三藩市中轉戳及11月1日Mount Pleasant到達戳; 信封左邊曾剪短少許, 罕見, 品相中上.

Sold for
HK$35,000