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Auction: 19009 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part 1
Lot: 1381

Chinkiang
Covers
Internal Mail
1894 (22 Oct.) opened-out Capt. Binns envelope registered to Shanghai bearing the full range of postmarks, 1c. pair and 2c. pair tied by the smaller "chinkiang/postal service" c.d.s. with the Chinkiang handstruck boxed "paid" and "registered/no 81 and the distinctive Chinkiang large "R" in oval, all struck in black, there is the private registered handstamp struck in red and, on the reverse, a further despatch c.d.s., "chinkiang/postal service" postmark and Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (23.10) in blue. Pays the correct rate of 1c. postage and 5c. registration. An appealing cover. Photo

provenance:
Lyons Livingston, December 1973


1894年10月22日鎮江寄上海掛號破剖封, 貼第一版壹分及貳分各一對, 銷鎮江雙圈英文日戳, 旁蓋橢圓框"R"掛號及掛號費已付戳, 框型掛號戳並手寫號碼"81", 及紅色"REGISTERRED", 封背蓋另一鎮江雙圈英文日戳及鎮江雙語無日期戳, 及藍色10月23日上海工部到達戳, 一分是國內平郵費, 而掛號費是五分; 保存完好, 少見._x000D_ _x000D_ 源流: 1973年12月Lyons Livingston.

Sold for
HK$16,000