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Auction: CSS119A - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 309

China
Foreign Post Office
French Post Office
1898 (31 Jan) cover from Tientsin to France, bearing coiling dragon 2c tied by 'pakua' Tientsin in brown with adjacent Tientsin dollar chop '31 Jan 98' routed via the Imperial Post Shanghai with dollar chop on reverse dated '11 Feb 98' and bearing French China 25c tied by 'Shanghai Chine 12 Feb 98' c.d.s. and Nord receiver on reverse. Unique item paying the two cent printed matter rate to Shanghai and then French Post Office to France.

Estimate
HK$14,000 to HK$18,000