Lot 194

NATAL to Shanghai, China (Natal was a British colony located on the southeastern coast of Africa, now part of KwaZulu-Natal Province in modern-day South Africa) 13 February 1907, picture post card sent from NATAL addressed to St Josephs Institute, Shanghai China, franked with a pair of NATAL postage 1d stamps in red, cancelled by "NEUWEIER/WARTBURG/NATAL/FE 13/07", transit via "TUTICORIN" in India dated 14 March, further cancelled by the entry to China c.d.s. "SHANGHAI B.P.O. / MR 31". A truly rare place of origin in early 1900s.

納塔爾(NATAL)寄往中國上海的明信片 【註:納塔爾為英國殖民地,位於非洲東南沿海,現為南非夸祖魯-納塔爾省的一部分】 1907年2月13日,一張自南非納塔爾(NATAL)寄往中國上海**聖若瑟書院(St Joseph's Institute)**的風景明信片。貼有兩枚紅色1便士納塔爾郵票,蓋銷 [NEUWEIER/WARTBURG/NATAL/FE13/07」郵戳,經印度的 「TUTICORIN」於3月14日中轉,並蓋有中國進口郵戳「SHANGHAI B.P.O. / MR 31」. 自納塔爾寄往中國的實寄明信片,屬當時極為罕見的非洲郵政來源地,難得一見之郵品。