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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2201

Chefoo
International Mail
Japanese Post Office
1894 (22 Apr.) commercial envelope to New York bearing 1c. red tied by the Local Post c.d.s. with Japan Koban 5s. and 1894 Silver Wedding 5s. tied by i.j.p.o. shanghai" c.d.s. (27.4) with another strike cancelling the Chefoo stamp, and, on the reverse, further despatch c.d.s., very faint Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (24.4), Yokohama (2.5) and New York (25.5) c.d.s. Fine. An unusual rate to America which should have been 5s. Photo

provenance:
'Ming', March 1987

Beckeman Collection, 2001


1894年4月22日煙台寄美國紐約商業封， 貼煙台紅色一分票， 銷黑色煙台工部雙圈日戳， 混貼日本小判5錢及銀婚紀念票5錢各一枚， 銷4月27日上海日本客郵戳， 另一枚上海日本客郵戳蓋在煙台一分票上， 封背蓋相同的煙台工部分發日戳， 模糊的4月24日上海工部日戳， 5月2日橫濱中轉戳及5月25日紐約到達戳; 貼上不尋常的郵資往美國， 上海日本客郵寄至美加郵資通常每15公克為5錢. 品相中上， 保存較佳. 源流: 1987年3月"Ming"， 2001年Beckeman 藏集.

Estimate
HK$30,000 to HK$40,000