Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
                    
                    Lot: 53
                
                    
                        Chungking
Postal Stationery
1895 Two Candareens -  International Mail
1895 (13 July) card sent from Archibald Little to his family in London  cancelled by a fine strike of the Chungking boxed datestamp in purple, there are no other postal markings or postage requirements so possibly carried under separate cover. The message includes, "... Herewith specimen our new P. card!". There is some soiling and scuffing along side edges. This is the earliest recorded use of this card. A highly desirable international card despite its wear
                        
                                            
                
                    
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                            HK$15000