Lot 88
China Dowager
15,000 HKD
1895 Tientsin to USA, f.w. Small Dragon 1c x6 + Empress Dowager 1st printing 1ca + 2ca + 4ca + 5ca on both sides, tied by Tientsin Chinese seal. Transit Customs Shanghai (16 Dec). in combination with Japanese Koban 5s + 10s, tied by IJPO Shanghai cds. Transit Yokohama (28 Dec). Arrived USA (16 Jan). Nice triple preferential rate example. With B.P.A..certificate. Tony To-Wah Kwan,.ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards.(Hong Kong 2011), p. 199.
1896年天津寄美國，正背貼小龍1分銀x6 + 慈壽初版1分銀+ 2分銀 + 4分銀 + 5分銀，銷天津中文戳記。12.16經上海海關。加貼日本小判5錢 + 10錢，銷上海日局日戳。12.28經橫濱。1.16抵美國。附BPA證書。關道華《慈禧壽辰票暨其加蓋票信封圖鑑》上冊第199頁。