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

Hankow
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description
2017 cover image1883 (Feb. 12) part newspaper wrapper from Shanghai to the Commissioner of Customs, Ichang, showing on reverse "Shanghai/Local Post/2" small double-ring origin datestamp in blue on reverse, and on front the rare "Hankow Customs/Mail Matter" large unframed oval handstamp (type I) with serifed letters in red and matching "Customs/Hankow" double-ring datestamp (2.19), top left portion of the wrapper with addressee's name has been torn away, unusual and interesting usage demonstrating the workings of the Shanghai Local Post system and its cooperation with the Customs Post, Fine to Very Fine strikes.

A very early example of the elusive Hankow Customs Mail Matter type I handstamp, of which we record five covers and the above wrapper, used between February 17 and April 13, 1883.

Reference
Customs Dater (1875-1913). Taipei: Philatelic Writers' Club, 2008, p. 64.

Auction Record
Spink (Hong Kong), Nov. 25, 2001, lot 2502. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$40,000-50,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
2018 cover image1887 (Apr. 20) envelope from Hankow to Portadown, Ireland, showing "Hankow Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type II) in red, matching "Customs/Hankow" double-ring datestamp (4.20) and "Customs/Shanghai" (4.26) on reverse, bearing France Peace and Commerce 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (4.27), with "Portadown" arrival c.d.s. (6.11) on reverse, cover a little roughly opened at top just affecting the Hankow dater on reverse, Fine to Very Fine and desirable. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$30,000-40,000
SOLD for HK$36,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2019 cover image1892 (Feb. 3) envelope from Hankow to Leipzig, Germany, showing on reverse "Hankow Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type III) in red, matching "Customs/Hankow" double-ring datestamp and "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp (2.6), and bearing on front France Peace and Commerce 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (2.8), with arrival c.d.s. (3.1) on reverse, a little reduced at right, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$20,000-25,000
SOLD for HK$15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2020 cover image1896 (Nov. 18) envelope from Hankow to Christiania, Norway, showing "Hankow Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type III) in black, matching "Customs/Hankow" double-ring origin datestamp and "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring transit datestamp (11.21) on reverse, bearing France "Chine" 25c applied just over the Customs Mail Matter handstamp and canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (11.27), small part of flap at back missing, Fine to Very Fine and an unusual destination. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$20,000-25,000
SOLD for HK$22,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2021 cover image1897 (July 26) envelope from Hankow to Leipzig, Germany, showing "Hankow Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type III), in black, matching "Customs/Hankow" origin dollar dater and brown "Customs/Shanghai" transit dollar dater (7.29, on reverse), bearing France "Chine" 25c applied just over the Customs Mail Matter handstamp and canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (7.29), with "Ligne N/Paq. Fr. No. 4" octagonal datestamp alongside (7.31), and "Leipzig-Plagwitz" arrival c.d.s. (9.5) on reverse, Very Fine.

Provenance
Bernard Berkinshaw-Smith, Corinphila (Zurich), Apr. 7, 2006, lot 3378. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$20,000-25,000
SOLD for HK$24,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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