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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2012

Foochow
Shanghai Agency
Postal Stationery
1893 (17 Jan.) 2c. deep lilac card (PC12A) to Shanghai bearing a good strike of bilingual "local post agency/foochow" in greenish blue and a fine strike of the Foochow boxed "PAID" struck in red. Clean and fine.

Believed to be the earliest example of the Paid handstamp. Photo


1893年1月17日福州寄上海貳分郵資片(PC12A)， 銷綠藍色上海工部信館福州代辦所福州雙語戳， 及紅色方框型郵資已付戳， 相信是這枚郵資已付戳的最早期使用例. 保存良好.

Estimate
HK$12,000 to HK$15,000