Lot# 8046

The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342   December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong

Lot# 8046
Starting Price: 1,300 HK$
Hammer Price: 1,300 HK$
1908 (Jul) - 1909 (Dec), two C.I.P. 4th reply portion of double stationery cards, the first one sent from Chengtu to Japan and the second sent from Chungking, Szechuan to Japan,

the first card sent from Chengtu to Japan on 13 July 1908. A 1/2-cent coiling dragon stamp was attached, with a Chengtu Chinese-English bilingual cds. It was transferred through Shanghai Chinese P.O.and then the Shanghai I.J.P.O. where the mail was delivered to Japan with Nagoya arrival stamp. The size of the card is 92x140mm.   The second card was sent from Chungking, Szechuan to Japan on 31 Dec 1909. A 1/2 cents coiling dragon stamp was attached, with a Chungking half-cut Chinese-English bilingual cds. It was transferred through Shanghai with the Shanghai half-cut small circle cds. There are also a Nagasaki transfer stamp and a Gunma Prefecture arrival stamp from Japan. The size of the card is 92x139.5mm.