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Auction: 8002 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 543

Municipal Posts Shanghai Mail Through The Imperial Post tientsin: 1894 (27 June) red band envelope (vertical crease and soiling) bearing Jubilee 1c. tied by "shanghai/local post" c.d.s. in blue, addressed to Tientsin, the reverse bears a further strike of the local post despatch c.d.s. and "5" in circle postman´s chop, a fine strike of double-ring "customs/tientsin" type III datestamp; not delivered and additionally shows boxed "Unclaimed/Return to Sender" in bluish with a fair strike of the type II "customs/tientsin"c.d.s. (30.8). A good strike of this rare unclaimed handstamp. Photo Estimate HK$ 12,000-15,000 provenance: Charles Goodwyn, November 2001

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