Lot# 6175

The 2025 Summer Auction - Sale 345 (June 21 - June 25, 2025)   June 21 - June 25 2025, Hong Kong

indicia cancelled by very clear Shanghae cds. (Type B1), with messages on reverse. Earliest Recorded Use of Shanghae cds. on
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Lot# 6175
Starting Price: 2,600 HK$
Hammer Price: 2,600 HK$
1881 (Dec 1) Hong Kong QV 1c green postal card, sent from Shanghae to Peking,

indicia cancelled by very clear Shanghae cds. (Type B1), with messages on reverse. Earliest Recorded Use of Shanghae cds. on postal cards (Earlier than Webb's earliest record - 3 Jun 1882). (Note: Hong Kong Post Office and other British Post Offices of Treaty Ports in China firstly used cds. on postal cards instead of killer chops in around 1881/1882 and then used on covers in around 1885).

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