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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1606

China
1897 New Currency Surcharges
Covers
1898 (18 May) opened-out printed paper rate envelope to Shanghai bearing Small Figures 1c. on 1ca. tied by a good strike of Ichang Dollar dater with Shanghai Local Post (26.5) c.d.s. on the reverse. A very scarce postmark, even more important as it shows the intercalary month. B.P.A. Certificate (2010). Photo

literature:
Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge Issues, Tony Kwan, 2011 (illustrated page 1212)


1898年5月18日宜昌寄上海付報刊郵費破剖封, 貼小字加蓋洋銀壹分蓋於壹分票, 銷宜昌大圓日戳, 封背蓋5月26日上海工部日戳. 帶閏月的郵戳非常罕見, 付2010年B.P.A.証書._x000D_ _x000D_ 著作: 2011年關道華著"慈禧壽辰票暨加蓋票信封圖鑑" (第1212頁插圖)

Estimate
HK$40,000 to HK$50,000