Lot# 7054
The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342 December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong
Lot# 7054
Starting Price: 8,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 10,000 HK$
25 Mar 1898, another very nice C.I.P. 1st series stationery card having 3 dollar chops including Kiukiang, Soochow and Shanghai on the same postal card.
25 Mar 1899, a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card sent from Kiukiang to Soochow, cancelled with a black Kiukiang dollar chop, a Soochow dollar chop, and a Shanghai dollar chop (without the year, dated the 24th day of the first month). A good dollar chop item to have 3 dollar chops on a C.I.P. stationery card.
When the card was sent out, the Kiukiang P.O. did not cancel the 1-cent C.I.P. postage mark on the card. Upon arrival at the Soochow P.O., they specifically applied the arrival postmark at that position to make up for the cancellation.