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Auction: 3034 - Meiso Mizuhara The Exhibition Collections - United States Post Offices in China
Lot: 66

†1894 (6 Sep.) envelope with the imprint of the Consulate of the United States of America, Fuchau, China and addressed to New Hampshire bearing 1890-93 5c. yellow-brown, sent through the Shanghai local post and bears a good strike of "local post agency/foochow" code "T" c.d.s. in blue which is partly overstruck by the U.S. Postal Agency type IV duplex, the reverse with Shanghai Local Post c.d.s., San Francisco and Portsmouth arrival c.d.s.; a fine and scarce combination. Scott 223 Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 literature: The Shanghai Postal System, Charles Dougan (illustrated)

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