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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2009

Foochow
Shanghai Agency
1894 (24 May) envelope to Shanghai bearing 1894 Jubilee 1c. tied by the Foochow Agency code "C" c.d.s. in blue with a second strike on the reverse along with part Shanghai arrival and postman‘s delivery characters in pencil. The cover has been repaired but is thought to be the only example of this Jubilee stamp used in the Foochow Agency. Photo


1894年5月24日福州寄上海封， 貼上海加蓋開埠金禧銀壹分票一枚， 銷藍色福州代辦所帶"C"字日戳， 封背蓋另一枚相同戳， 封邊有上海到達戳的部分及郵務員鉛筆手寫記事， 封曾雖被修補， 但相信此封乃唯一於福州代辦所貼用上海開埠金禧票的實寄例.

Estimate
HK$8,000 to HK$10,000