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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 556

Chefoo
International Mail
Japanese Post Office
1896 (13 Jan.) 2s. Japanese postal stationery envelope to San Francisco bearing 1c. red tied by the Local Post c.d.s. and the envelope uprated with Japan 1s. Koban and 1894 Silver Wedding 2s. cancelled by "shanghai/i.j.p.o." c.d.s. (17.1), the reverse (flap missing) with another despatch c.d.s., Shanghai Local Post (16.1), Yokohama (23.1) and San Francisco (7.2) c.d.s.; there is some light soiling but an unusual and rare use of the stationery envelope

provenance:
'Ming', September 1988

Estimate

Starting price
HK$20000