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Auction: CSS46 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 6458

Foreign Post Offices
Japan Post Office
Shanghai
1898 (5 Apr.) commercial envelope to New York bearing C.I.P. 4c. and 5c. with C.I.P. 1c. tied by Shanghai Dollar dater with Koban 10s. brown tied by the type VII c.d.s.; underpaid and with Japan P.O. Shanghai circular tax mark, Chinese P.O. large "T" in red, two U.S. tax marks and pair of 5c. Postage Due stamps cancelled in manuscript, New York and Albany (6.5) backstamps. Some soiling on the reverse. An attractive taxed cover. Photo

This overweight letter was carried by the 'Garlic' to San Francisco

Sold for
HK$8,500