Lot 2366

1897 Hankow (6 Sep) to England. Hogn Kong postcard f.w. QV surch 3c/16c (Yang P1a; white card, red printing), tied by scarce D29 obliterator, alongside with Hankow BPO Webb type B cds. Transit Shanghai BPO with additional S1 obliterator on adhesive, matching with Shanghai BPO (11 Sep) transit cds. Transit Hong Kong (16 Sep) with TOO LATE cds. Arrived Sheffield (1 Sep). Examples of D29 on covers and postcards are very scarce. One of the 4 such postcards applied with D29 and S1 obliterator combination. In Mar 2024, AVA offered a similar card with D29 and S1 obliterator and was hammered at HKD$52,000 (Lot 2309).

1897.9.6 漢口寄英國。香港明信片貼維多利亞女皇像改值3仙蓋16仙（楊目P1a：白卡紅字），銷珍罕之D29殺手戳，旁鈐漢口英局Webb B型日戳。9.11經上海英局，貼票再銷S1黑色殺手戳。9.16經香港，鈐TOO LATE日戳。9.1抵Sheffield。D29殺手戳之存世封片甚為少見，此為四件同類型蓋有D29及S1殺手戳之明信片之一。2024年3月，艾華曾出售一件同時銷D29及S1殺手戳之相似郵資片，以港幣5萬2千元落鎚（拍品號2309）。