Lot 2058

1917 Canton (8 Sep) to South Africa, f.w. Native Girl surch CANTON with Chinese value x2, tied by extremely scarce Canton French auxiliary office letter F cds. Transit Hong Kong (9 Sep). With original letter. Examples from Canton French auxiliary office are rare and only index C, D, E and F are found on covers. It is the third cover with index F offered by AVA and it is the latest one (another two dated 1910 and 1911, offered in Mar 2023). Sending to South Africa even elevates the piece.

1917.9.8 廣州寄南非，貼土女圖改值CANTON連中文面值4分 +1角4分，銷極罕之廣州法國客郵分局F字日戳。9.9經香港。附原信。出自廣州法國客郵分局之例子向來難得，並僅有C、D、E及F字有信封例子存世。此為艾華所曾經手的第三件F字日戳信封，日期為三件中最晚（另兩件分別為1910及1911年，見於2023年3月艾華春拍）。寄南非更是錦上添花。