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 1897 (Mar.) envelope from Pagoda Anchorage to Hermann Schweiger, I.M. Customs, Canton, showing "Pagoda Anchorage/Mail Matter"
double-ring oval handstamp in brown and matching "Paid" bilingual framed handstamp, with "Imperial Post Office/Canton" oval arrival datestamp (3.25) on reverse, Extremely Fine, and one of the great rarities of the Customs Mail Matter handstamps.
The only recorded example of this Customs Mail Matter handstamp on official Customs mail, as well the unique example of the bilingual "Paid" handstamp originating from Pagoda Anchorage.
The "Pagoda Anchorage/Customs/Mail
Matter" oval handstamp was used primarily as a canceller on ordinary mail, since Pagoda Anchorage did not have its own cancellation device.
Reference
Directorate General of Posts, Ministry of Communications, The Revenue
Surcharges China 1897. Vol. I (Taipei, 1984), p. 283.
Jeffrey S. Schneider, "A Survey of Customs Mail Matter Handstamps Used During the Later Customs and Early Imperial Post Periods, 1888-1897 (Part V), Asian Philatelist, Vol. 12
(2021), p. 116.
Provenance
Richard A. Canman, Stanley Gibbons (London), Oct. 19, 1972, lot 36.
Huang Ming-Jeng, Interasia (Hong Kong), Nov. 11, 2017, lot 383. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. HK$350,000-400,000
SOLD for HK$850,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
