Auction: CSS121 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 96
China
1898-1910 Chinese Imperial Post
Covers
Post Office Rectangles
Sutsien: 1899 (16 Sept.) picture post card to Germany bearing C.I.P. 4c. tied by Ichow type I bilingual oval datestamp and showing a fine strike of Sutsien rectangle in left corner, with Hong Kong 2c. carmine (the second stamp missing) cancelled by part Shanghai c.d.s. and Chinkiang "I.P.O." tieprint, with Shanghai bilingual c.d.s. (24.9), Hong Kong (29.9) and Buer arrival (30.10) c.d.s., the picture side with Chinkiang bilingual c.d.s. (22.9); slight buckling. A very early date for the Ichow dated oval. Photo
For Chinwangtao, see lots 355 and 356
Estimate
HK$2,000 to HK$3,000
Starting price
HK$1800