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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2180

Chefoo
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1894 (24 Mar.) large printed commercial envelope to Shanghai Per "s s 'Kowshing'" bearing 1c. red and 2c. blue cancelled by a fine strike of the double-circle c.d.s. in black with a further strike on the reverse overstruck by Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. in blue (26.3) and pencil postman's delivery characters; there is also a fragment of Fergusson & Co red wax seal. Paying triple weight postage, this is the highest letter rate recorded. Photo


1894年3月24日煙台寄上海大型商業信封， 貼煙台壹分及貳分票各一枚， 銷完整黑色雙圈煙台書信館日戳， 封背蓋同一雙圈煙台書信館日戳， 部份被3月26日藍色上海工部日戳所蓋， 另有郵務員手寫記號， 及殘留的火漆; 付三倍郵資， 亦是最高的郵資記錄.

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HK$5,500