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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5315

Nanking
Local Post
Internal Mail
1896 (4 June) opened-out Hall & Holtz envelope registered to Nanking bearing a fine strike of the "PAID" handstamp in red. Shanghai Boxed registered handstamp with printed number and a faint strike of Shanghai registered squared circle datestamp on the reverse along with Nanking Local Post bilingual dated oval (27.6) in purple. Redirected back to Shanghai with another Nanking Local Post bilingual dated oval (8.7) on the reverse, the address side with boxed "Registered/No. .../nanking" handstamp in purple with ink number "564" with a further, inadequate strike alongside, Shanghai Boxed registered handstamp with printed number and Shanghai registered squared circle datestamp (26.6).


A highly desirable and much travelled cover bearing this unique combination of postmarks. Photo

provenance:
Richard Canman, December 1988

Charles Goodwyn, November 2001

Sold for
HK$30,000