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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2191

Chefoo
International Mail
British Post Office
1895 (6 Mar.) envelope registered to America bearing, on the reverse, ½c. pair, 1c., 2c. pair, 5c. and 10c. tied by double-circle c.d.s. in black, and with San Francisco registered datestamp (2.4); the address side with Hong Kong 1891 20c. on 30c. grey-green and pair of 5c pale blue tied by Shanghai c.d.s. (8.3) with the associated large "R" in circle, Yokohama (16.3) and faint New Orleans registered datestamp. There is some soiling, mostly confined to the address side

A very unusual cover, the 21c. local post franking paying domestic postage and the international registration. Mail sent via Japan during the Sino-Japanese War (14 Aug. 1894 to 17 Aug. 1895) is very scarce, this is believed to be the only such registered cover. Photo


1895年3月6日煙台寄美國掛號封， 封背貼半分及二分雙連票各一件， 一分， 五分及十分各一枚， 銷黑色煙台工部雙圈日戳， 旁蓋紫藍色4月2日三藩市掛號日戳， 信封面貼香港1891年女皇20仙加蓋於30仙票一枚及5仙票一雙， 銷3月8日上海英國客郵戳， 並蓋黑色大圓圈"R"掛號戳， 旁蓋3月16日橫濱中轉戳， 及模糊的新奥爾良掛號日戳. 信封面有些染污; 這是一件頗為特殊的實寄封， 煙台商埠票郵資共二十一分， 是付國內郵費和國際掛號費， 而信函經日本寄出時正值中日甲午戰爭時期 (1894年8月14日至1895年8月17日)， 故而非常罕見， 此件掛號封相信是唯一存世的.

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HK$26,000