Auction: 19009 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part 1
Lot: 1448
Chinkiang
Officials
Covers
1896 (29 Aug.) small stampless Gunzburg envelope registered to Shanghai, crossed with red crayon and bearing a fine strike of the unframed "
The unframed registered handstamp was introduced in the first half of 1896, probably in June. See lot 1383
1896年8月29日鎮江寄上海掛號小型信封, 封面有紅線劃"十"字貫通, 另左下端蓋紅色無框掛號戳加手寫編碼"256", 封背蓋鎮江雙圈日戳, 及8月30日紅色上海工部到達戳及郵差紅色筆記錄. 此封所蓋紅色無框掛號戳少見, 另沒有蓋"PAID"戳亦屬罕有; 保存甚佳._x000D_
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無框掛號戳被使用於1896年前半年內, 可能是六月, 見lot 386.
Estimate
HK$8,000 to HK$10,000