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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5177

Kewkiang
Official Mail
1896 (12 Nov.) stampless Gunzburg envelope to Shanghai "Per S.S. 'Kiangfoo'" bearing a good strike of the local "kewkiang/paid/local post" handstamp in mauve and, on the reverse, a fine strike of the Kewkiang Local Post oval datestamp in the same colour along with Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (14.11), the postman's pencil delivery characters and a superb and complete wax seal of bilingual "local post/kewkiang".


Clean and fine. A delightful cover and very late use of official mail and possibly the latest use of the Paid handstamp. Photo

provenance:
Clarke Braly, May 1991

Estimate
HK$8,000 to HK$12,000