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Auction: CSS105 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 145

China
1898-1910 Imperial Chinese Post
Covers
1890 Large official I Chan cover sent from the Viceroy of Hunan and Hupeh Province to the prefect of Shiang Yang Fu. The cover has clear characters indicating the course of the journey which started between 9 and 11pm on the 23rd day of the 5th month and was completed between 7 and 9am on the 1st day of the 6th month. At the left in larger characters: 'Take note of what is written on the right when passing through Chou and Hsien courier stage posts'.

Special measures were taken to ensure that the despatch was not removed from its envelope during the course of the journey. A hole was pierced through the cover and its contents, a string passed through and the ends secured at the front and back of the cover by pasting over them with diamond-shape pieces of paper. On the paper patches the two characters 'Ting Yen' (examined) have been hand-struck in black. The patches were finally tied to the cover by strikes of the large official seal.

An extremely rare official cover using I Chan private courier illustrated in Peter Padget's book 'The Postal Markings of China'. The book is included for reference.


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Estimate
HK$200,000 to HK$300,000

Starting price
HK$200000