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Auction: 19034 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II
Lot: 2289

Newchwang
Agency of the Shanghai Local Post
1893 (Aug.) Shanghai postage paid 1 cent" stationery envelope (type d) addressed to Shanghai "via Chefoo" bearing Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (20.8) in blue with another strike on the reverse along with postman's delivery characters in red crayon. The handwriting indicates that this letter was from Bush Brothers in Newchwang. Fresh and fine. Mail sent via Chefoo is very scarce. Photo


1893年8月上海一分郵資封 (d型) 由牛莊經煙台寄上海， 銷8月20日上海工部藍色日戳， 封背亦蓋另一相同之上海工部藍色日戳， 及有郵務員手寫紅色記號. 由牛莊的Bush Brothers營口遠來洋行所寄. 經煙台中轉寄上海之牛莊封， 十分少見.

Estimate
HK$5,000 to HK$6,000