Lot# 7162

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

Lot# 7162
Starting Price: 20,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 40,000 HK$
1899 (Apr 1) Peking to England combination Imperial 1st postal card,

uprated by CIP 1c x 3, tied by Peking Dollar cds., mixed franking with Japan Koban 2s x 2, tied by Shanghai IJPO cds. + Peking IPO cachet, along with Shanghai Dollar cds., Yokohama transit and England arrival cds. Since the Japanese PO in Shanghai did not recognize the postal card rate 4s, the card was treated as postage due. This is the earliest used record of Japanese issue with IPO tie-print. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 3, p.162.