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Auction: CSS46 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 6453

Foreign Post Offices
Japan Post Office
Shanghai
1892 (12 Feb.) envelope to Canada bearing Koban 5s. tied by the type II "shanghai/j.p.o." c.d.s. with Yokohama transit alongside (17.2), the reverse with San Francisco and Kingston (10.3) c.d.s. A good example of the type II postmark which was only in used between September 1891 and March 1892. Photo

Carried on the Pacific Mail ship 'City of Peking' from Yokohama to San Francisco

Estimate
HK$2,500 to HK$3,000