Lot# 8036
The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342 December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong
Lot# 8036
Starting Price: 1,200 HK$
Hammer Price: 1,800 HK$
A group of two C.I.P. 4th stationery cards, one sent from Ningpo to Sarajevo, Bosnia, and the other one from Hankow to U.S.A.,
each with a 3-cent coiling dragon stamp attached. The first card was sent from Ningpo to Sarajevo, Bosnia in Eastern Europe, cancelled with a Ningpo Chinese-English half-cut circle cds (8 Feb 1911), and transferred to Shanghai on 9 Feb with no arrival stamp. The second card was sent from Hankow to the United States, cancelled with two Hankow Chinese-English half-cut circled cds, transferred to Shanghai on 18 March 1911, and then to the Shanghai I.J.P.O. sent abroad, but with no arrival stamp.