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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5086

Ichang
Covers
Internal Mail
1897 (8 Jan.) envelope registered to Hall & Holtz in Shanghai beaing 5ca. tied by Ichang oblong datestamp in purple with a faint strike of the large "R" in double-circle in purple at left; the envelope crossed with blue crayon and manuscript "No 129" also in blue crayon plus, on the reverse, Hankow Local Post (14.1) and Shanghai Local Post (17.1) c.d.s. Late use of the Shanghai Local postal service and the latest item of registered mail from Ichang. Photo

provenance:
Wei-liang Chow, November 1996

Estimate
HK$20,000 to HK$30,000