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Auction: CSS90 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5002

Municipal Posts
Chinkiang
1894 (18 Nov.) 1c. postal stationery card to U.S.A. cancelled by a fine strike of the 29mm double-circle c.d.s. with Hong Kong 2c. carmine (2) tied by British Post Office Shanghae c.d.s. (22.11) with faint Shanghai Local Post (20.11), Yokohama (29.11) and San Francisco (14.12) c.d.s. Some light ageing. Pays the 4c. international rate.

A rare and desirable card sent in secret via Japan during the Sino-Japanese War. Photo

provenance:
Elling O. Eide, January 2014


1894年11月18日鎮江壹分郵資本寄美國, 銷29mm雙圈日戳, 加貼香港2 仙票两枚, 銷11月22日上海英國客郵戳, 及不清晰的11月20日上海工部日戳, 橫濱12月14日中轉戳, 12月14日三藩市日戳, 片有些老化跡象. 品相中上.

Estimate
HK$25,000 to HK$30,000

Starting price
HK$20000