Lot 2231

1905 Japan (3 Jan) to Canton. Picture postcard, f.w. Chrysanthemum 4s, tied by Kobe cds, Transit Hong Kong (12 Jan). Arrived Canton BPO (13 Jan) with scarce Webb type Div (index A) cds in black. It is the earliest recorded Webb type Div cds and predates the record of Webb (25 Sep 1905).

1905.1.3 日本寄廣州。圖片明信片，貼菊切手4錢，銷神戶日戳。1.12經香港。1.13抵廣州英局，鈐少見之廣州英局Webb Div型（A字）日戳。此為最早之Webb Div型日戳例子，比Webb的最早記錄（1905年9月25日）更早。