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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 44

Chungking
Postage Dues
Covers
1895 (25 May) envelope from Gold Coast to Chungking bearing Gold Coast 2½d. (corner missing) tied by a fine strike of "deutsche seepost/linie/hamburg-/westafrika" with 2ca. rose-red Postage Due tied by Chungking oblong datestamp of 1895 (2 Sept.) with the similar for Ichang (2.9) alongside. Bearing, on the reverse, Hong Kong (31.7), British Post Office Shanghai (5.8) and light strikes of Customs Hankow (9.8) and (12.8) in blue. There is a light vertical crease and a repair along the top of the envelope, but these barely detract from this highly important cover. This is thought to be the only cover from Gold Coast to any of the Treaty Ports in the Shanghai Postal System

literature:
The Shanghai Postal System, Charles Dougan, 1981 (illustrated page 83)


These Postage Due stamps were introduced in June 1895 and this is thought to be the earliest recorded date of use of the Chungking Postage Dues

Estimate

Starting price
HK$50000