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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 432

Foochow
Shanghai Agency
Postal Stationery
1893 (17 Jan.) 2c. deep lilac card (PC12A) to Shanghai bearing a good strike of bilingual "local post agency/foochow" in greenish blue and a fine strike of the Foochow boxed "PAID" struck in red. Clean and fine.

Believed to be the earliest example of the Paid handstamp. Photo

Estimate

Starting price
HK$8000