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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2190

Chefoo
International Mail
British Post Office
1894 (2 Oct.) Hong Kong 3c. postal stationery card to England bearing ?c. green tied by the double-circle c.d.s. in black with another strike alongside, the card cancelled by Shanghai (5.10) c.d.s. with Hong Kong (8.10) c.d.s. alongside and, on the reverse, a faint strike of Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (5.10).

A rare and important card being the only example of the Hong Kong 3c. postal stationery card used in combination with the Chefoo local post. Photo


1894年10月2日香港三仙郵資片由煙台寄英國, 加貼煙台半分票, 銷煙台雙圈煙台書信館日戳, 香港三仙郵資銷10月5日上海英國客郵戳, 及10月8日香港中轉日戳, 背面蓋一模糊的10月5日上海工部戳. 本件為存世两枚香港郵資片貼用煙台書信館郵票之其中之一, 且為三仙片(另一枚為一仙片, 但蓋上欠資戳). 珍罕, 保存完好.

Sold for
HK$26,000