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Auction: 19009 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part 1
Lot: 1365

Chinkiang
1894 First Issue
Essays and Proofs
1c. perforated plate essay in rose-red, without clouds, in rose-red, a block of four bearing a complete strike of the experimental "chinkiang/postal service" c.d.s. of 1892 (29 May) struck in red; there are a couple of imperfections which barely detract from this outstanding block, thought to be the only remaining. Photo


壹分, 第一版有齒試樣票, 玫紅色, 無雲影四方連, 試銷完整的1892年5月29日紅色鎮江郵政日戳, 此方連雖然並非全無缺㸃, 但絕不減損其孤品的珍罕性.

Sold for
HK$11,000