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Auction: 3034 - Meiso Mizuhara The Exhibition Collections - United States Post Offices in China
Lot: 15

†1858 (31 May) commercial entire from Russell & Co in Foochow to Boston "via Marseilles" with manuscript "2/4" rate mark in black ink, Hong Kong type 9 and London transit c.d.s. on flap, a smudged strike of "new-york/am. pkt." c.d.s. and handstruck "45" (this rate introduces in January 1857). Scarce mail from Foochow Estimate £ 300-350

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