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The Customs Mail Matter Handstamps of China, 1883-1897 continued...

Shanghai

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

2046

1883 (Aug. 18) envelope from Santa Catharina, Brazil, to E. Liot, Shanghai, via Rio de Janeiro (8.23) and French Post Office in Shanghai (10.24), bearing Brazil 100r (2), canceled by mute type, matching "Santa Catharina" c.d.s., showing "Shanghai Customs/Mail Matter" unframed oval handstamp (type I) in blue, matching "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring arrival datestamp (10.24), as well as transits, on reverse, opened out for display, Fine to Very Fine and an outstanding incoming usage.

Provenance
C.F. Gordon, Robson Lowe (London), April 21, 1964, lot 241.
Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman, Sotheby's and Corinphila (Hong Kong), Nov. 11, 1999, lot D53. (Image1)

Est. HK$60,000-80,000
SOLD for HK$120,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2047

1887 (Mar. 26) Macao 20r postal stationery card to Peking, via Hong Kong (3.21), canceled by "Macao" double-ring datestamp, showing "Shanghai Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type II) in blue and "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp (3.26), with "Hong Kong/B" transit c.d.s. on reverse, part of address erased, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

Est. HK$15,000-20,000
SOLD for HK$22,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2048

1888 (Aug. 9) envelope from Logansport, Indiana to Peking, redirected to Chefoo, bearing U.S. Garfield 5¢ blue pair, canceled by "Logansport, Ind." duplex, with "San Francisco, Cal./Recd." c.d.s. (8.14) and "U.S. Postal Agency/Shanghai" oval entry datestamp (9.17) in violet on reverse, passed to the Customs Post in Shanghai for transmission to Northern China, where the "Shanghai Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type II) in blue was applied on front to denote that the letter did not require Chinese domestic postage, since the addressee was an employee of the Imperial Maritime Customs, with "Customs/Shanghai" (9.17), blue "I.G. of Customs/Peking" (9.24, type II), "Customs/Tientsin" (9.25), and "Customs/Chefoo" double-ring datestamps on reverse, opened out for display and minor edge faults, Fine to Very Fine incoming usage.

Reference
M. Mizuhara Meiso Collection, Huayou Jijin II, U.S. Postal Activities in China, Vol. 1. Tokyo: Japan Philatelic Publications, 1982, p. 48.
Customs Dater (1875-1913), pp. 164-165.

Provenance
Mizuhara Meiso, Spink (London), Dec. 5, 2003, lot 60. (Image1)

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Est. HK$25,000-30,000
SOLD for HK$36,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2049

1888 (Aug. 24) envelope from Logansport, Indiana, to Peking, redirected to Chefoo, bearing U.S. 5¢ Garfield blue, canceled by "Logansport, Ind." duplex, held for postage at San Francisco (8.29), as underfranked by 5¢, with "Deficiency in Postage supplied by W.A. Cooper, San Francisco, for the U.S. Despatch Agency/…." handstamp in blue on reverse, then another 5¢ (straight edge) applied to pay the foreign postage rate to China and canceled by San Francisco c.d.s. (8.30), "U.S. Postal Agency/Shanghai" oval entry datestamp (9.25) in violet on reverse, passed to the Customs Post in Shanghai for transmission to Northern China, "Shanghai Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type II) in blue applied on front to denote that the letter did not require Chinese domestic postage, because the addressee was an employee of the Imperial Maritime Customs, "Customs/Shanghai" (9.25), blue "I.G. of Customs/Peking" (9.30, type II) in blue, "Customs/Tientsin" transit (10.1) and "Customs/Chefoo" (10.4) double-ring datestamps on reverse, opened out for display, one adhesive has tear, and there are a few small cover faults, Fine to Very Fine illustration of the treatment of underpaid postage on mail to China. (Image1) (Image2)

Est. HK$20,000-25,000
SOLD for HK$85,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2050

1897 (Sept. 16) registered envelope from Shanghai to the Custom House, Chinkiang, showing "Shanghai Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type II) and "R" unframed handstamp in red, with "Shanghai" dollar dater (inverted "S" in "SEP") in blue, and "Chinkiang" arrival dollar dater (9.18) in brown on reverse, small part of flap missing, Fine to Very Fine, ex Tanant correspondence.

Reference
Explore Dollar Daters (1897-1913). Taipei: Philatelic Writer's Club, 2007, p. 104.

Provenance
"Ming", Corinphila (Zurich), March 25, 1987, lot 5024.
W.S. Kong, Interasia (Hong Kong), July 25, 2009, lot 103. (Image1) (Image2)

Est. HK$15,000-20,000
SOLD for HK$28,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2051

1897 (Nov. 20) local envelope (220 x 95mm) to the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, showing "Shanghai Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type II) in red, with "Shanghai Local Post/F" double-ring datestamp adjacent, used just after the amalgamation of the Local Post with the Imperial Post in Shanghai on November 1, 1897, with the Local Post then reinstated under the Imperial Post to handle domestic and foreign mail in and out of Shanghai, vertical filing crease at left, Fine to Very Fine.

Auction Record
Spink (Hong Kong), Nov. 22, 1998, lot 772. (Image1) (Image2)

Est. HK$10,000-12,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction