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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2039

Foochow
Local Post Covers
International Mail
British Post Office
1896 (27 Jan.) opened-out envelope to U.S.A. bearing 1c. green cancelled by Pagoda Anchorage code "T" c.d.s. used with Hong Kong 10c. purple on red cancelled by Shanghai c.d.s. (30.1) with Japanese Shanghai I.J.P.O. c.d.s. (31.1) alongside and, on the reverse, faint Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (30.1), Yokohama (6.2) and Hoboken arrival (3.3) c.d.s.; part of the flap has been torn, though still present, a repair has been made.

An intriguing and desirable cover sent using both the British and Japanese Post Office. Photo


1896年1月27日福州寄美國破剖封， 貼福州書信館壹分票， 銷羅星塔"T"字日戳， 另貼香港10仙票， 銷1月30日上海小圓日戳， 旁蓋1月31日上海I.J.P.O.日戳 ， 封背蓋模糊的1月30日上海工部日戳， 2月6日橫濱中轉戳及3月3日Hoboken到達戳; 封雖然有修補， 但是此乃少見有四種郵政系統集於一身之重要封.

Estimate
HK$30,000 to HK$35,000