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Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 84

China
1898-1910 Chinese Imperial Post
Covers
Kiangnan Arsenal
1904 (Jan.) second issue 1c. stationery card (reply section) to Kyoto, uprated with C.I.P. ½c. tied by a fine strike of the double-circle "kiangnan/arsenal" postmark, with handstruck "Japan", Shanghai I.J.P.O. (6.1) c.d.s. and faint arrival, the reverse bearing Shanghai bilingual c.d.s. (7.1); the card has been slightly trimmed on one side. A scarce postmark, especially on international mail. Photo

Note: Kiangnan Arsenal was one of the two shipbuilding arsenals in Qing Dynasty, China, located at the Southern part of Shanghai. The other arsenal is Foochow Arsenal in Fukien Province.

Estimate
HK$5,000 to HK$8,000

Starting price
HK$5000