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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 293

Nanking
Local Post
Pre Adhesive Mail
British Post Office: 1896 (27 June) opened-out Shanghai 1c. stationery envelope to Germany bearing Hong Kong Q.V. 2c. carmine (5) tied by British Post Office Shanghai c.d.s. (29.6); the reverse with a very fine strike of Nanking Local Post dated oval in purple, Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (28.6), Hong Kong (7.7) and Sterbade arrival (10.8) c.d.s. A stunning and beautiful cover

The Nanking Post Office did not hold a stock of Shanghai postal stationery and prepayment was not necessary, thus the 1c. has not been cancelled

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Starting price
HK$24000