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Auction: 25032 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia featuring the 'Imperial' Collection of Indian Telegraphs and Revenues
Lot: 3212

Burma
The Overland Mail Routes from China
The "Experimental" Period
During this period the Chinese adhesives pre-paid postage only as far as Tengyueh, the last Imperial Post Office before the frontier
1903 (14 Nov.) China 1c. postcard from Yunnan to England, bearing additional 1c. and 2c. in combination with India ½a. vertical pair cancelled at Bhamo (18.2), showing bi-lingual "tengyueh" oval datestamp in violet (9.12) and Sea Post Office transit c.d.s. (26.12); the card a touch soiled. Rare and most attractive. Photo

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000