Lot# 9192

card canceled by Shanghai Japanese PO obliterator, along with Shanghai IJPO cds., Yokohama, New York transit and arrival cds. Nanking was planned to open as a treaty port after 2nd Opium War, however, due to the Tai Ping Rebellion, it was not opened at that time. Missionary first come in mid-1880 and the Nanking Local Post system established in 1887. This card is a rare pioneer item of Nanking postal history.