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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 103

Ichang
Covers
International Mail
1895 (1 Jan.) newspaper wrapper to London bearing ½ca. (small defects) tied by a good strike of the Ichang oblong datestamp with incorrect year "94". There are no additional stamps or markings and this would have been carried to London in the diplomatic bag.

The envelope is address to a famous stamp dealer and the flap is marked, "With the compliments of the Chairman of the 'Ichang Public Improvements' Committee'". A rare and desirable printed paper rate wrapper

It is thought that there are only two such wrappers from Ichang to London which have been forwarded in the diplomatic bag, so additinal Hong Kong stamps were not required

Estimate

Starting price
HK$20000