Lot# 7066
The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342 December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong
Lot# 7066
Starting Price: 12,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 12,000 HK$
16 Mar 1898, an early use of Chinkiang dollar on a U.S.A. stationery card delivered to the United States via Shanghai U.S. postal agency.
16 Mar 1898 U.S.A. 2c. stationery card from Reverend Amzi C. Wright, Chinkiang China, to his father in California via San Francisco 22 April, showing CHINKIANG origin dollar dater in black, the 2c. indicia cancelled by “U.S. POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” duplex, with SHANGHAI dollar dater alongside. On the back side, Rev Wright wrote that “China’s political sky is rather dark, but they are fast offering up to foreign commerce railroads etc. & mission work is growing rapidly …..”. Fine and rare combination with the U.S.A. stationery card.