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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 439

Foochow
Shanghai Agency
Through Foreign Post Offices
United States
1893 (May) commercial envelope to Ohio bearing a fine strike of the bilingual "local post agency/foochow" in greenish blue with U.S. 1890-93 5c. Grant tied by a very fine strike of U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai duplex (3.6) and, on the reverse, Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (23.5) in blue, San Francisco (26.6) and Kingsville arrival (30.6) c.d.s. Some light soiling but a good cover showing late use of the bilingual postmark. Photo

provenance:
'Ming', March 1987

Beckeman Collection, 2001

Estimate

Starting price
HK$20000