Lot 63

1882 Peking to Tientsin Domestic. Cover bearing a 1882 Large Dragon wide margins 3 Ca.brown red with spectacular PLATE FLAW “Broken Claw” tied by blue seal “Peking” to small western style cover w.o. reverse blue”I.G.OF CUSTOMS PEKING MAR 2982”. Adressed to Herrn Carl Wolter c/o Meyer & Co.Tientsin with pencil transcription”Shichang”. Meyer & Co. was established 1866 in Hong Kong by Hamburg merchants Hermann Constantin Eduard Meyer (1841-1926) and his brother H.D.Johannes Meyer. In 1873 they opened a branch in Tientsin under Meyers business partner, Carl Andreas Wolter (1858-1916). More branches followed at Hamburg (1877), London (1883), Shanghai, Hankow, Antung, Chinan and Tsingtao, also in Korea where Wolter became manager in charge: Chemulpo(1884), Pusan (1886) etc. The Chinese name of the company was “Shi Chang Yang Hong” with trade names “Golden Dragon” and “Upon Novels.” E Meyer was honorary Korean consul in Hamburg, Germany 1886-1906.The Meyer company exists in Hamburg till today. Less than a handfull of inland covers with large dragon 3 Ca. single used from Peking are recorded. A comparable cover dated 1882.10.22 (Interasia 2016 #352 real.HK$ 276.000) and another, also to Meyer&Co. 1885.1.29 (James B.Whang sale,Christies 1994 #1829) are noteworthy. This cover is a new find, from a part of Meyer&Co. correspondence which came to light in September, 2016. BPA Cert.

1879年，上海寄天津世昌。貼寬邊大龍3分銀郵票左下爪破版。世昌洋行在関郵時期活躍于中國和朝鮮。帶BPA證書。