Lot 103

1898 Hankow (24 Dec) to Baron Gabriel de Gunzburg, Shanghai, f.w. Coiling Dragon 2c, tied by Hankow Dollar cds. Arrived Shanghai LPO (28 Dec). With Chinese manuscript of "Sassoon House" (Peace Hotel now) on front as address. 2003 (Nov) PhilaChina. Baron Gabriel de Gunzburg was a famous stamp dealer as well as a spy of Russian secret service.

1898.12.24 漢口寄上海Baron Gabriel de Gunzburg，貼蟠龍2分，銷漢口大圓戳。12.28抵上海工部郵局。正面寫有“沙遜宅”批示。沙遜大廈即現今和平飯店。而Baron Gabriel de Gunzburg則為著名之郵商兼俄國間諜。2003.11 PhilaChina。