Lot# 7065
The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342 December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong
Lot# 7065
Starting Price: 20,000 HK$
Unsold
8 Dec 1897, possibly the earliest use of Chinkiang dollar chop via Shanghai U.S. postal agency for a U.S.A. stationery card with Yanchow as the despatch origin, and thus very rare.
8 Dec 1897, a U.S.A. 2c. stationery card from Reverend Amzi C. Wright, Yangchow China, to his father in California via San Francisco 22 May, showing CHINKIANG origin dollar dater 9 Dec in black, the 2c. indicia cancelled by “U.S. POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” duplex 11 Dec 1897, with SHANGHAI dollar dater 10 Dec in blue alongside. A rare combination of the U.S.A. 2c. stationery card with CHINKIANG dollar dater based on the rare Yangchow 揚州 origination before the Yangchow post office opened there, an outstanding exhibition item.