1897 Jenchuan (14 Dec) to Shanghai. E Meyer cover, f.w. Small
Dragon 5ca on reverse, tied by scarce Customs Jenchuan type D2 cds
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1897 Jenchuan (14 Dec) to Shanghai. E Meyer cover, f.w. Small
Dragon 5ca on reverse, tied by scarce Customs Jenchuan type D2 cds
Transit Chefoo with Dollar chop (16/17 Dec). Arrived Shanghai Local
Post (19 Dec). Only 3 covers used in Korea are known with single
franking of 5ca. Meyer & Co. was established 1866 in Hong Kong by
Hamburg merchants Hermann Constantin Eduaro Meyer (1841-1926) and
his brother H. D. Johannes Meyer. In 1873 they opened a branch in
Tientsin under Meyers business partner, Carl Andreas Wolter
(1858-1916). More branchers followed at Hamburg (1877), London
(1883), Shanghai, Hankow, Antung, Tsinan and Tsingtao, also in
Korea where Wolter became manager in charge: Chemulpo (1884), Pusan
(1886) etc. The Chinese name of the company was “Shi Chang Yang
Hong”. E. Meyer was honorary Korean Consul in Hamburg, Germany
1886-1906. The Meyer company exists in Hamburg until today.
1897.12.14
仁川寄上海。世昌洋行封，背貼小龍5分銀，銷稀罕少見之仁川海關D2型日戳。12.16/17經煙台，鈐大圓戳。12.19經上海工部信局。朝鮮封單貼小龍5分銀票者僅見三件。
世昌洋行創立於1866年，由漢堡商人Eduaro Meyer及其兄弟H. D. Johannes Meyer於香港成立。E.
Meyer在1886至1906年間曾任韓國駐德國漢堡榮譽領事。世昌洋行至今仍在漢堡營業。
