CHINA

Covers and stamps / China

CHINA CHINA - Kewkiang Local Post: 1895 (April 7): On Her Brittanic Majestys Service cover to H.M.s Consulate General at Shanghai franked at quadruple 4 c. rate with 1894 Pagoda ½ c. black/rose pair and two ½ c. red / yellow and a pair of Kiang 1 c. black, tied by violet double framed oval CHINA CHINA - Kewkiang Local Post: 1895 (April 7): On Her Brittanic Majestys Service cover to H.M.s Consulate General at Shanghai franked at quadruple 4 c. rate with 1894 Pagoda ½ c. black/rose pair and two ½ c. red / yellow and a pair of Kiang 1 c. black, tied by violet double framed oval

CHINA - Kewkiang Local Post: 1895 (April 7): 'On Her Brittanic Majesty's Service' cover to H.M.'s Consulate General at Shanghai franked at quadruple 4 c. rate with 1894 Pagoda ½ c. black/rose pair and two ½ c. red / yellow and a pair of Kiang 1 c. black, tied by violet double framed oval "KEWKIANG / LOCAL POST" , reverse with faint "SHANGHAI LOCAL POST" cds. Horizontal creasing at top affecting two stamps. The only known cover bearing the double framed oval dater of Kewkiang, used between March and April 1895. This cancellation is based on the official paid postmark but with the date replacing the PAID. Provenance: Collection Charles Goodwyn, November 2001.

£3750

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