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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2022

Foochow
Shanghai Agency
Through Foreign Post Offices
Japan

1893 (21 Aug.) Japan 2s. international stationery card to New York bearing, on the reverse, the Agency Foochow code “I” c.d.s., a further strike on the address side (23.8) along with Shanghai Local Post (26.8), I.J.P.O. Shanghai c.d.s. (cancelling the card), Yokohama (30.8) and faint Senca Castle arrival c.d.s. It is thought that this card was originally posted in Pagoda Anchorage, explaining the two different Foochow c.d.s. A good card. Photo

provenance:
Charles Goodwyn, November 2001


1892年8月21日福州經上海及横濱寄美國紐約貳錢日本國際郵資片, 片背銷福州代辦帶"I"字日戳, 片正面銷另一8月23日福州代辦帶"I"字日戳, 及分別有藍色8月26日上海工部日戳, 上海I.J.P.O.日戳 (蓋銷此片郵資), 8月30日橫濱中轉戳, 較模糊的Senca Castle到達戳; 相信此片最初寄自羅星塔, 故此才會出两個不同日期的福州代辦日戳. 保存良好. 流傳: 2001年11月Charles Goodwyn.

Sold for
HK$13,000