Lot# 8024
The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342 December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong
Lot# 8024
Starting Price: 5,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 10,000 HK$
1909 (Sep 29) Shanhaikuan to Shanghai, C.I.P. 4th stationery card,
with an additional 1-cent Dragon stamp and 2-cent coiling dragon stamp. It was cancelled with two straight-line "Shanhaikuan to Peking Postal Car" postmarks. On the back of the postage card was a Shanhaikuan Chinese-English small circle cds (Jiyou Aug 16) and a Tangku Chinese-English semi-cut small circle cds (Sep 30). On the front, a Shanghai Chinese-English semi-cut circle cds was added as an arrival mark. Train postal cancellations are not commonly seen on Qing statioonery cards