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Auction: 3034 - Meiso Mizuhara The Exhibition Collections - United States Post Offices in China
Lot: 16

†1857 (17 Feb.) Henry Blodgett envelope addressed to Shanghai "via New York" bearing 1851-57 3c. dull red type I and 10c. green type I horizontal strip of three (just cut into at left) tied by barred circles and showing Greenfield despatch c.d.s. at left with "2/8" manuscript rate mark in magenta and London Paid transit c.d.s., the reverse with "new-york/br. pkt." and Hong Kong type 9 transit c.d.s. An attractive franking and very early stamped cover to China. Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1977). Scott 11, 13 33c. British Packet rate via Southampton (December 1854 to September 1861) Estimate £ 3,000-3,500

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