Lot 1510

1854 Canton (9 Sep) to Cadiz, Spain via forwarding agent Michael Power in Gibraltar. Entire letter, rated “4” applied with scarce Webb type 1 “CANTON / PAID” double arc h.s. in orange on front and Webb type 2 “CANTON” double-arc cds on reverse. Transit Hong Kong. Webb only recorded about half-a-dozen examples of type 1 h.s. Nice early cover of Canton BPO.

1854.9.9 廣州經直布羅陀郵政代理Michael Power寄加的斯。郵簡，寫有郵資“4”，正鈐少見之Webb 1型“CANTON / PAID”雙弧橙色圓戳，背鈐廣州英局2型雙弧日戳。經香港。Webb記錄之1型戳記例子僅數件。出色之早期廣州英局郵例。