Lot 2390

1888 Swatow (May) to USA. Printed matter cover, f.w. Hong Kong QV 2c, tied by Swatow BPO Webb type D cds. Showing "via San Francisco" annotation. Flap missing. Webb stated that it is a sought-after cancellation by collectors with only 2 examples on covers known. This type was probably used by the main Swatow postal agency.

1888.5 汕頭寄美國。印刷品封，貼香港維多利亞女皇像2仙，銷汕頭英局D型日戳。寫有“via San Francisco”批示。封舌缺失。Webb指此戳深受收藏家青睞，蓋於封上的例子僅有兩件。此戳應用於汕頭的主要郵政代理。