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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2185

Chefoo
Covers
1894 (6 Oct.) opened-out envelope to the Italian Legation in Peking bearing 1c. red tied by a light strike of the double-circle c.d.s. with Small Dragon 3ca. applied in Tientsin and cancelled by Tientsin seal type VIII in blue with a light strike of the legation handstamp alongside; there is a fine array of postmarks on the reverse with further despatch on the reverse (6.10 and 8.10), Customs Tientsin (10.10) and (11.10) and I.G. of Customs Peking (12.10) in blue along with crayon delivery characters.

A stunning and highly important cover being one of only two such combinations. Photo


1894年10月6日煙台寄北京意大利使館破剖封， 貼煙台壹分一枚， 銷黑色雙圈煙台書信館日戳， 再貼小龍三分銀一枚， 銷天津藍色八型㰐圓中文戳， 旁蓋領事館圓形印章; 封背有两枚分別是10月6日及10月8日的煙台分發戳， 另有10月10日及10月11日天津海關日戳， 及10月12日北京海關I.G.戳， 再有些郵務員的手寫記號. 罕見的煙台書信館郵票及海關郵政的小龍票混貼封， 目前存世僅两件.

Sold for
HK$190,000