Lot 3978

1922 (24 Nov) Huipi (receipt of remittance) red band cover from Amoy to Manila, f.w. Junk 3c x5 on reveres for international letter rate, tied by Amoy bilingual cds. Arrived Manila (3 Dec). International letter rate was raised from 10c to 15c between 1 Nov and 31 Dec 1922, thus very scarce.

1922.11.24 回批紅條封，自廈門寄馬尼拉，背貼帆船3分x5，合1角5分國際信函郵資，銷廈門腰框英漢日戳。12.3抵馬尼拉。國際信函郵資在1922年11月1日至12月31日期間由1角升至1角5分，時效甚短，故難得。2008年版許茂春著《東南亞華人與僑批》第175頁3-31原件。