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Auction: CSS114 - The Shanghai Postal System
Lot: 77

Chungking
Postal Stationery
1896 1 Candareen on Two Candareens - International Mail
French Post Office: 1896 (17 May) 1ca. on 2ca. card to Austria cancelled by the Chungking oblong datestamp in purple and bearing, on the reverse, France "Chine" 5c. (2) tied by "shang-hai/chine" (5.6) c.d.s. and Prague transit (12.7). The message written by Lu Lui-ting, the postmaster of Chungking Post Office. Fine and rare, very few Chungking cards were sent through the French Post Office in Shanghai. The French 10c. pays the international post card rate. Photo


1896年5月17日重慶寄奧地利銀壹份蓋於二分郵資片, 銷紫色長方框型中英文日戳, 在封背貼法國客郵"Chine"5仙兩枚, 銷6月5日上海法國客郵局日戳, 7月12日Prague中轉日戳, 寄件人Lu Lui-Ting為當時重慶郵局老總; 只有很少量的重慶郵資片經上海法國客郵局寄出海外, 法客部10仙是付明信片國際平郵郵費; 保存良好, 罕見.

Estimate
HK$25,000 to HK$30,000

Starting price
HK$20000