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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 497

Swatow
British Consular Mail
1895 (5 Dec.) envelope to Shanghai bearing Shanghai 1c. brown and black and Hong Kong 5c. blue, both tied by British Post Office Swatow type C c.d.s. and, on the reverse, Shanghae (9.12) British Post Office c.d.s. and large postman's delivery characters in blue crayon. An intriguing cover paying both the Local Post and British Post Office rate, this letter being sent via this second service. A most unusual combination

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HK$7000