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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5227

Kewkiang
Post Office Mail
1895 (9 Jan.) Kewkiang L.P.O. printed memo from the postmaster which noted that he enclosed five sets of stamps including both the first and second issue ½c. indicating that the first issue ½c. were available some six months after their issue. Also with a group of first issue ½c. bearing dates between June and October 1894. Photo

The famous purchhase of most of the original stock of first issue ½c. stamps still left a sufficient supply of these at the post office.

Estimate
HK$8,000 to HK$10,000