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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 175

The Second Opium War
The Final Northern Campaign
French Postal Bureau
Shanghai (Central Bureau): 1860 (31 July) envelope to Paris bearing imperf. Napoleon 20c. pair (cut into) tied by good strikes of "CEBC CL" lozenge with a fair strike of "corps exp. chine/bau central" despatch c.d.s. with boxed "PD" struck in red; redirected on arrival to Ferrieres Gatines, the reverse with an array of French c.d.s. including the final arrival c.d.s. (29.9). A good cover

The Central Bureau was transferred from Hong Kong to Shanghai in May 1860 where it remained until the end of the war


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