Lot# 7007
The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342 December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong
Lot# 7007
Starting Price: 15,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 24,000 HK$
16 Nov 1912, a highly meaningful T.P.O. recording the use of Canton-Kowloon Railway T.P.O. in a C.I.P. 4th series stationery card from Shumchun to Tongtowha.
16 Nov 1912, a C.I.P. 4th series stationery card sent from Shamchun Lilang Chapel to Tongtowha, cancelled by Shamchun 3-grid c.d.s., Canton Railway Canton-Kowloon / Postal Car No.3 transit c.d.s., Tongtowha waist-frame c.d.s. An exceptional T.P.O. mail in having the rare Canton-Railway Postal Car T.P.O. appearing in a C.I.P. 4th series stationery card and in a small place delivery between Shumchun and Tongtowha. At the time, China Canton Railway section still stops at the border of between Shumchun and Lo Wu, Kowloon. A highly valuable and meaningful T.P.O. mail.