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Auction: 20188 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - e-Auction
Lot: 627

Wei-Hai-Wei
Local Courier Service
The Second Issue
Covers
1899 (24 Feb.) envelope to the British Consulate in Shanghai bearing 5c. dull yellowish green and C.I.P. 2c. red tied by Chefoo Dollar daters, the date on the 5c. is 1st March, some five days after that on the Imperial Post stamp; with Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (5.3) on the reverse. The 5c. stamp has been torn off and replaced with the envelope repaired and there is a vertical crease.


This cover missed the mail boat and was held for five days for the next boat to Shanghai. A very unusual and desirable cover. The local post stamp was cancelled on despatch from Chefoo

provenance:
Ellery Denisson, November 1988

Elling O. Eide, November 2014

Estimate

Starting price
HK$20000