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Auction: CSS46 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 6446

Foreign Post Offices
German Post Office
Tientsin
1897 (20 Sept.) "cash paid" envelope to London bearing a good strike of the Tientsin Dollar dater showing reversed "S" in "SEP" (not common for 1897), with pair of Eagle 10pf. tied by type 2 c.d.s. (24.9) and, on the reverse, blue Shanghai Dollar dater (24.9), London (27.10) and Totnes (27.10) where the letter was redirected on arrival. A charming cover. Photo

Carried by steamer from Tientsin to Shanghai, German mailboat to Naples thence by rail to London

Sold for
HK$3,500