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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 456

Amoy
Agency of the Shanghai Local Post
Post Cards
1890 (June) Shanghai 2c. Double Dragon card (PC6) to the German Consulate in Tientsin cancelled by a fine strike of the bilingual double-circle "amoy local post/agency" cancellation in black, Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (2.6) in greenish blue and "customs/tientsin" (6.6) c.d.s. An exceptionally fine card which clearly shows the three different postmarks on the address side.


Thought to be the earliest example of the bilingual postmark

provenance:
Wei-liang Chow, November 1996

Estimate

Starting price
HK$6000