SYDNEY, Australia to Shanghai, China 18 May 1872, a cover affixed
with Australia 1-shilling adhesive in red, cancelled by Sydney
datestamp
SYDNEY, Australia to Shanghai, China 18 May 1872, a cover affixed
with Australia 1-shilling adhesive in red, cancelled by Sydney
datestamp (MY18/1872), addressed to Mr. John Williams, North China
Herald Office, Shanghai, China. On the reverse, the HK transit
c.d.s. dated 3 July 1872. On the left side, there is some
manuscript writing of Received 9th July 1872. This 1-shilling
Australian stamp is Stanley Gibbons SG 171 or SG 175, issued by New
South Wales, part of colonial Australia, line engraved. A good use
of 1-shilling values from New South Wales which is not commonly
used on mail to China, especially pre-UPU, prior to 1875. Some
oxidised on the 1-shilling stamp and part of the flap lost.
澳洲雪梨(SYDNEY)寄中國上海 1872年5月18日,由澳洲雪梨(SYDNEY)寄往中國上海的一封信封,貼有新南威爾 +(New
South Wales)1先令紅色郵票一枚,蓋有SYDNEY / MY 18/1872 圓形日戳,地址為John Williams
先生,North China Herald
Office,上海,中國。信封背面蓋有1872年7月3日香港過境戰。信封左側有手寫收件日期: "Received 9th July
1872" 所貼郵票為Stanley Gibbons 編號 SG
171或SG175,由澳洲殖民地新南威爾士發行,雕刻版印製,為高面值郵票之一。此類1先令面值郵票在寄往中國的郵件上不常見,特別是在萬國郵政聯盟(UPU)成立前(1875年之前)。
郵票略有氧化情況,信封背部局部封口缺失。
