Lot 158

1899 Canton (8 Nov) to Tientsin. Double-registered red band cover, f.w. Coiling Dragon 2c in block of 8 on reverse, in total of triple weight + double registered rate, tied by Canton bilingual cds., alongside with Canton "A" and "Inside Canton Old City" handfilled d.s. Arrived Tientsin (22 Nov). Cover opened out for display. In 1899, Imperial Post set up branch post offices which used non-standard postmark. Very nice example gathering both lovely Canton postmarks. Double registered usage is also attractive. 2003 (Jun) Zurich Asia. Ex- Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman.

1899.11.8 廣州寄天津。雙掛號紅條封，背貼蟠龍2分八方連，合1角6分三倍重量雙掛號郵資，銷廣州半切漢英日戳。另鈐廣州郵政局“A”及廣州老城內郵政局手填日戳。11.22抵天津。封剖開以作展示。大清郵政於1899年增設分局及內地分局，使用的戳式並不統一。集兩款稀罕廣州郵戳於一身之出色例子，雙掛號更是難得。2003.6 蘇黎世亞洲。貝克曼伉儷舊藏。