Lot# 7079
The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342 December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong
Lot# 7079
Starting Price: 7,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 7,000 HK$
16 Nov 1897, a rare cancellation of instructional mark of "已付信資 / PAID" (i.e. Postage Paid) applied to a French ovpt stationery card sent from Chefoo for international mail to Germany.
16 Nov 1897, a French 10-cent overpinted "CHINA" stationery card sent from Chefoo, via Shanghai French P.O., to Germany, bearing a bilingual instructional mark: "已付信資 / PAID" (i.e. Postage Paid), cancelled by the despatch Chefoo dollar chop, a blue Shanghai dollar chop, and Shanghai French Post Office c.d.s., octagonal French steamship mark. Rare to have a bilingual instructional mark: "已付信資" applied to a French stationery card, and thus rare. According to Jeffrey Schneider's research published in the 2010 issue of the Asia Philately, the earliest known use of the bilingual "已付信資" postmark in Chefoo was in June 1897. This one is a very early application such mark in a postal card.