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Auction: CSS22 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2748

Korea
Covers and Cancellations
Through Mail from China
1896 (30 Nov.) Japan 2s. international stationery card to New York, cancelled by "chefoo/i.j.p.o." and bearing a fine strike of "ninsen/i.j.p.o." c.d.s. (2.12) in reddish brown and further transit marks of Kobe (10.12), Yokohama (12.12) San Francisco (28.12) and New York (2.1); small corner wrinkle, otherwise fine.
A scarce card carried on the direct Chefoo to Ninsen line, most mail was sent via Shanghai. It is thought that this route was only in occasional operation for a fairly short time around 1896-98 and very few examples have been recorded. Photo