Auction: 19009 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part 1
Lot: 1334
Nanking
Local Post
Pre Adhesive Mail
1896 (8 Jan.) incoming stampless envelope with printed "Imperial Japanese Post Office Shanghai Official Business" to Nanking bearing, on the reverse, a good strike of the Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. in blue; the address side bearing a fine strike of the "
1896年1月8日上海寄南京無郵票外來封, 封面印有"日本帝國郵政駐上海局"的英文字句, 封背銷藍色上海工部日戳, 信封面蓋紫色1月10日南京書信館橢圓形日戳, 這是一封在南京工部書信館發行郵票前的重要信件, 而此橢圓形南京書信館日戳早在1月10已出現, 故很可能此郵件就是南京書信館成立之首日及用, 此戳除是落地戳外兼是郵資已付戳.
Estimate
HK$20,000 to HK$25,000