項次 2384
Swatow (Chinese Treaty Port)
1875 Swatow (23 Feb) to USA, applied with Swatow BPO Webb type B
cds in greenish-blue. Showing "Financial matters / Per PMSS Co's
Mails" annotations. On front f.w. Hong Kong KGV 4c + 12c, tied by
B62 obliterator, alongside with Hong Kong PAID ALL cds in red (24
Feb). Transit San Francisco (4 Apr). Arrived San Francisco (10
Apr). One of the 13 covers with Swatow type A cds as a backstamp on
trans-pacific mail between 1868-1875 recorded by Dr. Andrew Cheung.
Please see Hong Kong Philatelic Society Journal 10 (2006) and 11
(2007).
1875.2.23 汕頭寄美國，背面鈐汕頭英局Webb B型綠藍色日戳。寫有“Financial Matters / Per PMSS
Co's Mails”批示。正貼香港維多利亞女皇像4仙 +
12仙，銷B62殺手戳，旁鈐香港已付2.24紅色中轉戳。4.4經三藩市。為張文德醫生所記錄，1868至1875年間十三件蓋有汕頭英局B型日戳之跨太平洋郵件之一。詳見《Hong
Kong Philatelic Society Journal 10 (2006)、11（2007）》