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Auction: 19009 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part 1
Lot: 1336

Nanking
Local Post
Pre Adhesive Mail
British Post Office: 1896 (27 June) opened-out Shanghai 1c. stationery envelope to Germany bearing Hong Kong Q.V. 2c. carmine (5) tied by British Post Office Shanghai c.d.s. (29.6); the reverse with a very fine strike of Nanking Local Post dated oval in purple, Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (28.6), Hong Kong (7.7) and Sterbade arrival (10.8) c.d.s. A stunning and beautiful cover. Photo

The Nanking Post Office did not hold a stock of Shanghai postal stationery and prepayment was not necessary, thus the 1c. has not been cancelled


1896年6月27日南京寄德國上海一仙破剖郵資封, 加貼香港女皇像2仙票五枚, 銷6月29日上海英國客郵局小圓戳, 信封背蓋清晰紫色南京書信館橢圓形日戳, 6月28日上海工部日戳, 7月7日香港中轉戳及8月10日Sterbade到達戳; 少見, 保存完好._x000D_ _x000D_ 南京郵政局並沒有蓄存上海郵資封亦沒有預付款的需要, 故而這一仙沒有被蓋銷.

Estimate
HK$35,000 to HK$40,000