Lot# 5161
The 2022 Winter Auction - Sale 339 17th to 20th December 2022, Hong Kong
Lot# 5161
Starting Price: 6,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 15,000 HK$
1903 (Jul) red band cover from Suchow double-registered to Peking,
f.w. CIP 1c and 20c on reverse, tied by rare Suchow PO tombstone cancel, along with Suchow double-registered mark, Sutsien PO tombstone transit, Chinkiang transit and Peking Luomashi branch PO tombstone arrival marks. On front also bearing Suchow PO tombstone cancel and faint "postage paid, receiver please do not pay extra postage" cachet. Illustration in K.S. Chang's "History of Postal Cancellation of China" Vol. VIII P.437.