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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 438

Foochow
Shanghai Agency
Through Foreign Post Offices
Japan
1894 (5 Sept.) envelope to England “Via San Francisco” from the U.S. Consulate in Foochow, carried to Yokohama where 5s. Koban is tied by Yokohama c.d.s. and with Watford arrival (3.11). Refused and returned to sender with further Watford c.d.s. (6.11), London Returned Letter Office (7.11) along with “5d” postage due handstamp, Yokohama with circular Yokohama tax handstamp with manuscript “25 ctm” (plus Officially Sealed label) and Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (24.5) in bluish.

An interesting returned letter sent during the Sino-Japanese War between August 1894 to August 1895, showing one of the routes used across the Pacific

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Starting price
HK$12000