Lot# 7155
The 2025 Summer Auction - Sale 345 (June 21 - June 25, 2025) June 21 - June 25 2025, Hong Kong
Lot# 7155
Starting Price: 35,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 180,000 HK$
1888 (Oct) Tientsin to Koln, Germany Small Dragon combination registered cover, via Japan and USA,
mixed franking on both sdies Small Dragon 5Cd strip of 3 and Japan Koban 5s & 10s, tied by Tientsin Customs seal and Shanghai IJPO obliterator respectively, cover also bearing Customs Shanghai, octagonal Shanghai registered datestamp, Yokohama shanghai customs cds., USA transit and Germany arrival cds. Only two Japnese issues combination Small Dragon registered covers are known to date. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 3, p.57.