Lot 2017

1864 Paquebot Hydaspe, Shanghai (17 Jul) to France. Entire letter, rated "9" and sent "via Marseilles", applied with very scarce "SHANGHAI PAQ FR / HYDASPE" octagonal d.s. (Salles I829). Transit Marseilles (4 Sep). Arrived Paris (6 Sep). Both Desrousseaux and Salles stated that the Shanghai Hydaspe paquebot d.s. is extremely scarce.

1864.7.17 經郵船Hydaspe於上海投遞，寄法國。郵簡，寫有郵資“9”及“via Marseilles”，鈐極罕之“SHANGHAI PAQ FR / HYDASPE”八角形日戳（Salles I829）。9.4經馬賽。9.5抵巴黎。Desrousseaux及Salles均指這款上海Hydaspe郵船日戳極為珍罕。