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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5172

Hankow
Covers
Incoming Mail
India: 1897 (20 Jan.) India 1a. stationery card (vertical crease) from Vepery to Hankow then readdressed to Hwang Sy Kang bearing the despatch c.d.s., Colombo transit (22.1) and "singapore/to hong kong" marine sorter (2.2) and, on the reverse, British Post Office Hankow c.d.s. (date unclear) and Hankow Local Post c.d.s. (18.2) struck in black. The address side also shows a fine strike of Min Chu private post "Forwarded to Hwang Sy Kang" struck in red.


Late use of the Hankow Local Post c.d.s. and a rare combination with the Min Chu handstamp. Photo

provenance:
Charles Goodwyn, November 2001

Sold for
HK$15,000