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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5083

Ichang
Covers
1896 (5 June) large envelope to the French Post Office, Shanghai bearing 2ca. tied by a light strike of the boxed Ichang datestamp in purple, the reverse with Hankow Local Post (8.6), Shanghai Local Post (11.6) c.d.s. and postman's pencil delivery characters; there is a vertical fold but a good cover. Photo

provenance:
Sir Percival David, December 1964

Wei-liang Chow, November 1996

Sold for
HK$3,800