1935 (July 4) London to Shanghai "Return to Sender" and “P.T.O.”
Cover Sent from South Kensington to Lt. Commdr. A. Yates at
1935 (July 4) London to Shanghai "Return to Sender" and “P.T.O.”
Cover Sent from South Kensington to Lt. Commdr. A. Yates at the
Shanghai Club, redirected to the Admiralty, London. Features a GB
1½d Silver Jubilee stamp and a reverse block of 4x 1c Chinese
postage due stamps tied by Shanghai cancels. The delivery failure
is meticulously documented by three boxed instructional marks: "1ST
NOTICE SENT" (Aug 7), "2ND" (Aug 12), and "3RD" (Aug 21). Includes
a bilingual "Returned to Sender" wavy line handstamp and a London
(Sept 13) arrival mark. A manuscript mark of "P.T.O." (Please Turn
Over) was made on the front – this is alerted by postal clerks to
direct attention to the extensive markings, Chinese stamps, and
redirection instructions on the reverse of the envelope. This cover
illustrates the disciplined three-stage notification attempt used
by the Chinese Post Office before returning the item to the UK. The
combination of British Jubilee commemoratives and Chinese
definitive stamps makes it an exceptional piece of inter-postal and
military history plus manuscript instructional marking.
1935年倫敦寄上海「退回發信人」封，貼 英國銀禧紀念郵票 寄上海總會海軍少校。背面貼 四連支1分帆船票，並完整蓋有
8月7日、12日及21日之三次催領通知戳記。本封詳盡記錄了中國郵政對海軍郵件的死信處理程序，是研究中英軍事郵政史之經典實物。
中國 Postage due stamps
項次 389
700HKD
即時
1933 England (24 Oct) to Shanghai, f.w. KGV 1d + 1/2d, tied by
London meter stamp. Showing T mark on front. In combination with
ROC postage
1933 England (24 Oct) to Shanghai, f.w. KGV 1d + 1/2d, tied by
London meter stamp. Showing T mark on front. In combination with
ROC postage due issue x13, in total of 20c on reverse, tied by
Shanghai (23 Nov) arrival cds. Nice postage due example.
1933.10.24 英國寄上海，貼佐治五世1便士 +
半便士，銷倫敦機戳。正鈐T章。背面加貼民國欠資票13枚，合2角，銷上海11.23到達戳。出色之欠資例。
美國
美國
項次 783
1500HKD
即時
Four albums of USA, Britain, France and other stamps, including
large number of US Presidential issues. Quantity up to several
thousands.
Four albums of USA, Britain, France and other stamps, including
large number of US Presidential issues. Quantity up to several
thousands. Please view. *Bidder may have to pay extra shipment fee
for this lot given the bulky size.
四冊英美法等國郵票，當中含不少美國總統像單枚，數量數以千計，請預覽。*此項體積較大，買家或需承擔額外運費。
