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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5441

Chinkiang
The Closure of the Local Post
1897 (15 Jan.) a printed memo addressed to F. Gregson of the Municipal Council notifying him that from the 2nd February the steamers of the China Navigation Company will not be able to carry mail for the Treaty Ports. Signed for Butterfield and Swire, agents of the China Navigation company. The front has been covered by archival paper. A rare and important document hearding the closure to the Shanghai Local Post System. Photo

Estimate
HK$15,000 to HK$20,000