China, Customs Mail Matter/Pakhoi : 1894 (14 Feb.) envelope to Shanghai (24.2), showing "Pakhoi Customs/Mail Matter" oval h.s. in red, and bearing Hong Kong 5c. cancelled by "Customs/Pakhoi" double-ring d.s. and "Hong Kong/F" c.d.s (17.2), there is another fine strike of the "Customs/Pakhoi" origin d.s. and the "Shanghae/C" arrival c.d.s. on reverse, the envelope a little roughly opened at back, fine to very fine and extremely rare usage.
Estimate 200,000 - 250,000

Provenance: Stanley Gibbons (Hong Kong), 28.9.1976, lot 123
Huang Ming-Jeng.

References: "Prize Selections from the Rocpex Taipei '81", p. 930.

ONLY FOUR ENVELOPES ARE RECORDED WITH THE PAKHOI CUSTOMS MAIL MATTER HANDSTAMP.

The 5 cents interport rate.

Our census shows the following covers :

-- 1894 (2 Feb.) envelope to Shanghai (18.2), showing "Pakhoi Customs/Mail Matter" oval h.s. in red and bearing Hong Kong 2c. (3) and 10c. cancelled by "Customs/Pakhoi" double-ring d.s. and "Hong Kong/E" c.d.s (5.2). Pan-Lung Philatelic (Taipei), 12.2.2017, lot 1264; Mizuhara Meiso Collection (First Series), Vol. I, p. 198; Customs Dater (1875-1913), pp. 145-146; Pan-Lung Philatelic (Taipei), 12.2.2017, lot 1264.

-- 1894 (14 Feb.) envelope to Shanghai, showing "Pakhoi Customs/Mail Matter" oval h.s. in red and bearing Hong Kong 5c. cancelled by "Customs/Pakhoi" double-ring d.s. and "Hong Kong/F" c.d.s (17.2). The above lot.

-- 1894 (14 Feb.) printed "On Service" envelope to Kowloon, showing "Pakhoi Customs/Mail Matter" oval h.s. in red and bearing Hong Kong 5c. cancelled by "Customs/Pakhoi" double-ring d.s. and "Hong Kong/F" c.d.s (17.2), endorsed "No. 9". Major Adrian Hopkins, Robson Lowe (London), 24.1.56, lot 73; John Bull (Hong Kong), 12.12.2016, lot 3116; Mizuhara Meiso Collection (First Series), Vol. I, p. 198; Customs Dater (1875-1913), pp. 145-146.

-- 1895 (12 Oct.) printed "On Service" envelope to Shanghai (21.10), showing "Pakhoi Customs/Mail Matter" oval h.s. in red and bearing Hong Kong 5c. cancelled by "Customs/Pakhoi" double-ring d.s. and "Hong Kong/D" c.d.s. (16.10), with British Post Office "Shanghae/C" c.d.s. (21.10) and "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring arrival d.s. on reverse, "Receipt No. "S: 301, 324, Requisition No. 85 + Receipt". Paul K.S. Chang, History of Postal Cancellations of China, Part I, p. 170; Zurich Asia (Hong Kong), 10.5.01, lot 24; Customs Dater (1875-1913), pp. 145-146. Est. HK$200,000-250,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$200,000-250,000