Lot# 7034

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

Lot# 7034

Starting Price: 10,000 HK$

Hammer Price: 10,000 HK$

13 Feb 1905, a very fine use of a local special datestamp of "Xincheng Canton P.O. / Imperial P.O." for international mail to the U.S.A., which is very rare.

13 Feb 1905, a C.I.P. 2nd series stationery card sent from the Xincheng District, Canton, to the United States, uprated with one 1-cent and 2-cent coiled dragon stamps, cancelled by two Canton bilingual biscted c.d.s. Next to it is a rare "Xincheng Canton Post Office/IMPERIAL POST OFFICE" special large circular double-ring postmark. It was then transferred to the Shanghai bilingual postmark and then to Yokohama, Japan and received an arrival mark in Brooklyn, United States. The Xincheng Canton P.O. sub-office postal double-ring postmark itself is rare in itself. Due to being a local sub-office, the locals mostly used it for red-band envelopes sent within the Mainland China. So, it is even rarer to have stationery card in use of such special local circular stamp for overseas mail to Brooklyn, U.S.A. The card is in excellent condition.