Lot 2288

1907 Foochow (9 Feb) to Ceylon, f.w. Hong Kong KEVII 1c x10, tied by Foochow BPO Webb type G cds. Transit Hong Kong (14 Feb), Colombo (28 Feb). Arrived Kandy (28 Feb) and redirected to Kegalle (2 Mar). It is the rarest Foochow BPO cancellation and its usage was short. One of the 3 outgoing mails with this type of cds.

1907.2.9 福州寄錫蘭，貼香港愛德華七世1仙x10，銷福州英局Webb G型日戳。2.14經香港，2.28經可倫坡。2.28抵Kandy，改寄Kegale，3.2抵達。此為最稀罕之福州英局郵戳，使用時間甚短。為三件蓋有此戳寄國外例子之一。