Lot 92

1896 Tientsin (3 Feb) to Germany, f.w. Empress Dowager 9ca on reverse, tied by Tientsin Chinese seal, along with Customs Tientsin origin cds. Transit Customs Shanghai (14 Feb). In combination with German Eagle 10pf x2 + 20pf, tied by Shanghai German PO (14 Feb) cds. Arrived Hamburg (20 Mar). According to the Holcombe certificate, it is unclear whether the sender prepaid the triple internal postage of 9 cand and underfranked the German postage or whether the 9 cand prepaid the entire single rate and it was found to be underpaid and the German P.O. added a further 20Pf. postage. 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. 234.

1896.2.3 天津寄德國，背貼慈壽9分銀，銷天津中文戳記，另鈐天津海關日戳。2.14經上海海關。加貼鷹徽圖10芬尼 x2 + 20芬尼，銷上海德局2.14日戳。3.20抵漢堡。Holcombe證書指未知9分銀為三倍國內郵資抑或正常國外郵資。關道華《慈禧壽辰票暨其加蓋票信封圖鑑》上冊第234頁。