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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2042

Foochow
Local Post Office
International Mail
Japanese Post Office

Pagoda Anchorage: 1895 (26 Nov.) envelope to New York beaing 1c. green tied by a good strike of Pagoda Anchorage code "T" c.d.s. with Japan Koban 5s. tied by "shanghai/i.j.p.o." c.d.s. (30.11) and, on the reverse, Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (29.11), Yokohama (5.12), San Francisco (24.12) and Brooklyn (30.12) c.d.s. A couple of light marks but good cover, scarce from Pagoda Anchorage. Photo

provenance:
Wei-liang Chow, November 1996


羅星塔: 1895年11月26日羅星塔寄紐約封, 貼綠色壹仙票, 銷黑色羅星塔帶"T"字日戳, 另一端貼日本小判五錢票, 銷銷11月30日上海日本客郵日戳, 封背蓋11月29日上海工部戳, 12月5日橫濱及12月24日三藩市中轉戳, 於12月30日到達紐約的Brooklyn. 信封雖有些小污跡, 但少見由羅星塔寄美國. 流傳: 1988年1996年11月周煒良.

Sold for
HK$50,000