Lot# 8037

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

Lot# 8037
Starting Price: 1,500 HK$
Hammer Price: 2,200 HK$
A group of three C.I.P. 4th stationery cards, with the first one sent from Wuhu to Shanghai, the second one from Nanking City to Shanghai, and the third one from Hankow to Kuling,

the first card was sent from Wuhu to Shanghai, cancelled with a "Wuhu Changjie" Chinese-English waist frame lunar cds, with three Shanghai arrival stamps. The second card was sent from Nanking to Shanghai, cancelled with a Nanking (Yi) Han-English waist frame stamp, arranged in the order of "year, day, month", different from the general "year, month, day", and also cancelled with a Shanghai (Jia) Chinese-English waist frame arrival stamp.  The third card was sent from Hankow to Kuling, cancelled with a Hankow (Zi) leap month Chinese-English waist frame branch stamp, transferred to Hankow, with a Kweilin arrival stamp on the back. These 3 stationery cards are in different size format: 90x134.5mm, 89.5x137mm, 91x136.5mm.