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 1897 (Mar. 15) envelope from Kiungchow to Kowloon Customs, care of the Hong Kong Post Office, showing "Kiungchow Customs/Mail
Matter" oval handstamp in black, matching "Customs/Kiungchow" double-ring origin datestamp, and bilingual "Paid" handstamp in brown, with "Hong Kong/B" arrival c.d.s. (3.20) on reverse, Fine to Very Fine and extremely rare.
Estimate HK$ 70,000 -
90,000,
Only five covers are recorded with the Kiungchow Customs Mail Matter handstamp used in conjunction with the "Paid" bilingual handstamp.
All are addressed to J. Kirkwood or W.F. Canning, "R.S. 'Likin', Kowloon Customs
and Post Office or Kowloon Dock c/o I.M. Customs Kowloon, Hong Kong". Kirkwood joined the Customs Coast staff in May 1872, and died aboard the revenue ship "Chuentiao" in 1905, while serving as its Senior
Engineer.
Provenance
Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman.
Richard Canman, Stanley Gibbons (Hong Kong), Oct. 19, 1972, lot 32.
Lam Man Yin, Zurich Asia (Hong Kong), Mar. 18, 2006, lot 5. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. HK$70,000-90,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
