1895 Ningpo (2 May) to Scotland. Hong Kong QV surch 4c/3c PSC, tied
by extremely scarce Ningpo Webb type C Rhomboid of Dots and type
1895 Ningpo (2 May) to Scotland. Hong Kong QV surch 4c/3c PSC, tied
by extremely scarce Ningpo Webb type C Rhomboid of Dots and type B
Ningpo BPO cds. Transit Shanghai BPO (3 May), Hong Kong (7 May).
Between 1895-1896, a forwarding agent F F Ferris operated as postal
agent and used this "Rhomboid dots" as tie-print. Less than 10
covers and postcards were recorded with this tie-print. In 2024
(Mar), AVA offered a similar stationery card with the same address,
postmark and date which was hammered at HKD$85,000 (lot 2314). Both
are the earliest recorded date for this Rhomboid of Dots on
postcard.
1895.5.2 寧波寄蘇格蘭。香港維多利亞女皇像改值4仙蓋3仙郵資片，鈐極罕之寧波Webb
C型點戳及B型福州英局日戳。5.3經上海英局，5.7經香港。在1895至1896年間，F F
Ferris當地營運一家郵政代理，並使用此點戳。鈐此戳者存世不足十件封片。2024年3月，艾華曾出售一件日期、地址及郵戳均相同之郵資片，並以港幣8萬5千元落鎚。兩件均為C型點戳之最早明信片記錄。
