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Auction: CSS129 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 666

Hong Kong Treaty Ports
Shanghai
Chinese Mail
1914 (c.) small native envelope from Hong Kong to Peking bearing (on the reverse) uncancelled Hong Kong K.G.V 2c. green, the address side (slightly reduced) bears a fine strike of the "SHAI. FRD" straight-line handstamp in black, the reverse bearing a smudged strike of Peking English/Chinese c.d.s. A fine example of this unusual postmark, it is thought that only two have been recorded. Photo

provenance:
Richard Chan, March 2003


For other Shanghai registered handstamps , see lots 493-495

Estimate
HK$1,700 to HK$3,000

Starting price
HK$1200