Lot 2171

1876 Hanoi (5 Apr) to France, f.w. Ceres imperf 25c in pair, tied by "CCH" diamond obliterator in blue, along with extremel scarce Hanoi handfilled Desrousseaux type C cds. Transit Saigon (5 Apr), Suez (11 May). This provisional d.s. was used for only a few months before the arrivacl of d.s. ordered from France and it is the only recorded eample of Hanoi by Desrousseaux. The same postmark Illustrated on p. 19 "Les Postes et Courriers Francaise en Extreme-Orient Livre 1 Bureaux Francais d'Extreme-Orient de 1860 a 1895" by Desrousseaux.

1876.4.5 海防寄法國。掛號封，貼五穀女神無齒25生丁雙連，銷“CCH”藍色菱形殺手戳及極罕之河內Desrousseaux C型手填日戳。4.5經西貢，5.11經蘇伊士。這款臨時日戳用於從法國訂購的郵戳抵達之前，故僅使用數月。此為Desrousseaux記錄之唯一一例，乃鳳毛麟角般的珍品。Desrousseaux著《Les Postes et Courriers Francaise en Extreme-Orient Livre 1 Bureaux Francais d'Extreme-Orient de 1860 a 1895》第19頁之郵戳拓印原件。