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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 499

Swatow
Shanghai Agency
1890 (22 Apr.) Hong Kong 1c. postal stationery card to Shanghai, carried by the Local Post with a good strike of Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (29.4) in the lower corner, the card cancelled by the British Post Office Shanghai c.d.s. (30.4) and with the postman's delivery characters in blue crayon. The reverse with a message written in Swatow. An unusual and interesting card used before the introduction of the first Agency postmark

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Starting price
HK$5000