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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5041

Chungking
Postal Stationery
1896 One Candareen on Two Candareens - International Mail
1896 (3 Apr.) 1ca. on 2ca. card to Austria cancelled by a fine strike of the Chungking boxed datestamp in purple, a fine strike of the double-circle "chungking l.p.o. shanghai agency" datestamp (23.4), pair of Hong Kong 2c. carmine tied by British Post Office Shanghai c.d.s. (24.4), Hong Kong c.d.s. (26.4) and French packet no. 1 datestamp (29.4); the reverse bears Chungking 4ca. tied by the despatch datestamp and a fine strike of Prague arrival (23.5). Fine and attractive. Photo

Sold for
HK$35,000