Lot# 7064
The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342 December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong
Lot# 7064
Starting Price: 20,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 24,000 HK$
24 Apr 1897, an important outgoing mail from Yanchow, before the opening of Yangchow postal office, sent to the U.S.A. via the Chinkiang customs and Shanghai U.S. postal agency systems.
24 April 1897, a U.S.A. 2c. stationery card from Reverend Amzi C. Wright, Yangchow, to his father in California via San Francisco 22 May, showing “CUSTOMS/CHINKIANG” dispatch double-ring d.s. in brown, the 2c. indicia cancelled by “U.S. POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” duplex, with “CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI” double-ring d.s. in brown alongside. A rare combination of the “CUSTOMS/CHINKIANG” d.s. with the U.S.A. 2c stationery card, showing Yangchow China origin before the post office opened in Yangchow there, an outstanding exhibition item. Rev. Amzi C. Wright was an American missionary initially stationed in Yangchow, China and one-time President of the University of Nanking.