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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5169

Hankow
Covers
Local Post Office
1896 (6 Oct.) long commercial envelope registered to Shanghai bearing Waterlow 5c. (2) cancelled by Hankow Local Post c.d.s. in red with a superb strike of the boxed registered handstamp in black alongside with manuscript number "152", the reverse with a further despatch c.d.s. and Shanghai Local Post arrival (10.10) also in red; there is a vertical fold which does not detract from this impressive cover. Photo

Sold for
HK$7,500