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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 56

Chungking
1894 Third Issue
Essays
Two lithographic prints in black of the first issue with the addition of background mountains drawn in black ink, on stout paper (105x80 mm). One background considered unsatisfactory and this design crossed through in pencil, the first with pencil notation to add "l.p.o." after "chungking". With endorsements by de Villard indicating that the colour should be "Red or Black" and, underneath, "Shanghai Chromo Photo Litho Co 2 ..., 1000 - including paper & perforating $20.00 for 2nd, $10 if ordered say 10 days after printing the 1st lot - If 5000 ordered at a time $40 lump sum, if 10,000 $60. 20,000 $80" and initialed. The reverse with capital letters "CHUNGKING L.P.O." in pencil. There are a couple of creases and score marks which do not detract from this highly important and historic item of artwork, generally considered as the premiere item of the philatelic history of Chungking. Photo

provenance:
Sir Percival David, November 1965

Elling O. Eide, November 2014


两枚第一版的石印黑色樣票手稿, 樣票的背境天空上有以黑墨手描的山脈線條, 這两枚樣票都印於同一張寬大的紙上 (105x80mm), 可能其中一枚樣票的背境描繪線條不满意, 所以用鉛筆有繪圖上塗上交叉及曲線, 在左邉那枚"CHUNGKING"之後, 以鉛筆加上L.P.O. 字樣, 在紙的右邉, 費拉爾以手寫建議郵票顏色為"紅或黑", 郵票草稿之下寫有"上海石印照相公司" 英文字樣, 還有其他數量及報價資料, 如每次訂5000, 則每lump紙四十圓, 如10,000就六十圓, 20,000為八十圓等; 手稿背面有鉛筆手寫"CHUNGKING L.P.O.", 雖然手稿上有些摺痕及老化的斑痕, 但絕對絲毫不影響這份手稿在中國郵政史上的無比重要性, 尤其是在於重慶的郵政史中, 處於不可代替的地位.

Estimate
HK$150,000 to HK$200,000

Starting price
HK$120000