1895 Anping (13 Jul) to Isle of Wight, England, applied with scarce
Anping BPO Webb type A cds (with wrong month “JU” instead of
1895 Anping (13 Jul) to Isle of Wight, England, applied with scarce
Anping BPO Webb type A cds (with wrong month “JU” instead of “JY”),
matching with manuscript “Anping / 13.7.95” at bottom left corner.
F.w. Hong Kong QV 5c in pair upon transit and tied by Hong Kong (16
Jul). Arrived Sandown (19 Aug). The only example of Anping BPO cds
on Hong Kong adhesive as well as one of the two covers bearing
Anping BPO cds recorded by Webb (another cover dated 29 Jul 1889
from Anping to England. Ex- Burghard, Ishikawa). Illustration plate
35 in “The Philatelic and Postal History of Hong Kong and the
Treaty Ports of China and Japan” by F.W.Webb. Ex- Burghard
1895.7.13 安平寄英國懷特島，鈐珍罕難得之安平英國客郵局Webb A型日戳（誤植月份JU而非JY），左下角寫 有“Anping
/ 13.7.95”。7.16中轉香港，加貼香港維多利亞女皇像5仙雙連。8.19抵Sandown。Webb記錄中以
安平英局日戳銷香港票之孤例 ，同是兩件鈐安平英局日戳的信封之一，極為難得。（另一件為1889年7月29日
安平寄英國，Burghard及石川良佐舊藏）。 F.W.Web著《The Philatelic and Postal History
of Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports of China and Japan》 Plate 35 原件
Burghard舊藏
