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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 45

Chungking
Postage Dues
Covers
1896 (9 June) large piece of registered parcel to the Japanese Consulate in Chungking bearing Shanghai 1893 2c. orange-vermilion with 4c. on 15c. and 6c. on 20c. (defective) with light strikes of the squared circle datestamp and boxed registered handstamp number "257"; with Postage Due 8ca. orange and 24ca. yellowish green (3) cancelled by the Chungking oblong datestamp (26.7) with similar for Ichang alongside (17.7) with part manuscript date. This piece has been rebacked with an old Chinese newspaper and there is some soiling, however, this is a stunning and highly desirable item of Chungking philately. This is the largest postage due franking and the only such combination with Shanghai adhesives

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Starting price
HK$40000