Lot# 7544

1882 (Jan 25) Hong Kong QV QV 3c brown postal card, sent from Swatow to USA, indicia cancelled by very clear Canton cds. (Type B), with Hong Kong transit cds. (Oct 20) and messages on reverse, Earliest Recorded Use of Canton cds on postal cards (Earlier than Webb's earliest record - 1884 Jan 21). Card trimmed small at four margins.