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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 555

Chefoo
International Mail
Japanese Post Office
1894 (22 Apr.) commercial envelope to New York bearing 1c. red tied by the Local Post c.d.s. with Japan Koban 5s. and 1894 Silver Wedding 5s. tied by i.j.p.o. shanghai" c.d.s. (27.4) with another strike cancelling the Chefoo stamp, and, on the reverse, further despatch c.d.s., very faint Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (24.4), Yokohama (2.5) and New York (25.5) c.d.s. Fine. An unusual rate to America which should have been 5s. Photo

provenance:
'Ming', March 1987

Beckeman Collection, 2001

Estimate

Starting price
HK$20000