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Auction: CSS35 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 105

China
Municipal Posts
Postal History
1967 (19 Apr.) blue entire letter to Nagasaki “Pre Corea” bearing 1867 1ca. brown tied by small garter cancellation in red and 3ca. olive-yellow (uncancelled), the flap bearing a good strike of “SHANGHAI/LOCAL POST” dispatch c.d.s., which opens out well for display, This is believed to be the earliest external use of Shanghai local post stamps on cover and is generally accepted as one of the most famous covers of Shanghai. PROVENANCE : Wei-Liang Chow, February 1997.


Estimate
HK$300,000 to HK$400,000