Lot 2177

1876 (May) Ceres imperf 5c tied by extremely scarce "T1" dimaond obliterator in black. Diamond obliterator T1 and T2 are extremely scarce which were only used for several days in May 1876. It is said that T1 obliterator referes to Haiphong and T2 Hanoi but there is no way to confirm as no cover exists which made used stamp the only way to acquire this postmark, not to mention that T2 is utterly unseen according to Desrousseaux.

1876.5 五穀女神無齒5生丁，銷極罕之“T1”黑色殺手戳。T1及T2菱形殺手戳極為珍罕，僅於1876年5月使用數天。有傳T1殺手戳對應海防，T2則為河內，但由於無信封存世故無從稽考，同時亦意味著舊票為唯一入手途徑，而Desrousseax更指T2從未見任何存世例子。