Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 83
China
1898-1910 Chinese Imperial Post
Covers
Dollar Daters
Yangchow: 1902 red band envelope to Shanghai bearing C.I.P. 2c. tied by a good strike of the non-standard Yangchow Dollar dater with a second strike alongside, the reverse bearing a good strike of the "already paid" handstamp and Shanghai bilingual c.d.s. (2.11); there are a couple of minor age marks. A very good cover for this scarce postmark. Photo
For Hankow and Wuhu (intercalary month), see lots 44-45; for Paoting in red, see lot 56 and for Kiungchow, see lot 227
Estimate
HK$10,000 to HK$12,000
Starting price
HK$9000