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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 41

Chungking
Lee Chuan Essay
1893 Archibald Little's 2ca. essay in vermilion, perf.12 and cancelled by part "chungking/postal service" circular handstamp in blue and part rectangular seal cancellation in red. The inscription reads, "Li Chuan Company/Chungking/2c.". Fine and rare. Signed Livingston


Only three examples of this essay have been recorded. Livingston E1. Photo

provenance:
Dr Warren Kauder, May 1972

Frederick and Tomiko Bartlett, September 1990


利多爾( Archibald J. Little)利川公司二分票, 朱紅色, 齒孔十二度, 銷藍色圓型重慶郵政戳, 及蓋部分紅色長方形戳, 票面的中文分別寫上"內地/利川公司/重慶/二分", 票齒孔有些微缺陷, 但絕不影響這枚郵票的稀罕性, 存世只有三枚, 為集郵家所追求之珍郵. 源流: Malcolm Johnson; 1972年5月Dr. Warren Kauder; Charles Dougan; 2014年11月Elling O. Eide; 著作1957年中國飛剪第21卷第4期第64頁插圖; 1981年"上海郵政系統" (The Shanghai Postal System) Charles Dougan.

Estimate
HK$40,000 to HK$50,000

Starting price
HK$35000