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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2136

Swatow
Official Mail
Essays
1890 (c.) envelope bearing a fine strike of the double-ring "swatow l.p.o./one cent" handstamp with bilingual "P S" in the centre, with small capitals "provisional" struck in black in the centre and showing "swatow postal service" also in red at top. Fine and thought to be one of only two such essay covers. Livingston B2. Photo

provenance:
Elling O. Eide, November 2014


1890年汕頭書信館壹仙試樣郵資封， 郵資戳為紅色雙圈設計， 中間有"PS" 及中文 "汕頭" 字樣， 戳下印黑色全大楷 "PROVISIONAL" 小字， 而信面上端中央印有紅色 "SWATOW POSTAL SERVICE"; 樣封保存完好， 此件相信為存世僅两件之一， 十分珍貴. 源流: 2014年11月Flling O. Eide.

Sold for
HK$100,000