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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5235

Kewkiang
Covers
International Mail
United States Post Office: 1894 (3 Oct.) envelope from the Municipal Council to England bearing 5c. and third issue 1c. tied by Kewkiang Local Post dated oval in purple with U.S. 1890-93 1c. Franklin and 5c. Grant (3) tied by "u.s. postal agency/shanghai" duplex (9.10) with unframed "registered/no.529", New York registration label and London registered transit c.d.s. (22.11); a fine array of backstamps with Shanghai Local Post (5.10) in blue, U.S. Shanghai duplex, San Francisco registered (7.11), New York registered (13.11) and Birkenhead arrival (23.11) c.d.s. There are a few faults at the top of this cover.


A stunning and delightful cover paying postage and registration. Photo

provanance:
H.B.R. Clarke, April 1953

Sold for
HK$120,000