1882 1can green, wide margins, red oval "Amoy Customs MAIL Matter" cancel, stamp with minor faults, rare (circular "204", dated December 22, 1882, directed use of "Customs House Mail Matter" chops in lieu of postage stamps for all Official Customs House domestic mail. Customs was purchasing ever increasing amounts of postage stamps for use on Official mail - items charged as expenses to the Department. While Robert Hart issued the above circular to avoid this operating cost, the Postmaster at Amoy, Fukien Province, apparently misunderstood the directive and used the red chop to cancel stamps) (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Est.US$500

1882 5can orange yellow, wide margins, red oval "Amoy Customs MAIL Matter" cancel, stamp with minor faults, extremely rare, one of only two recorded 5can stamps with this cancelation (Cat No. 6) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1883 3can brown red, Rough Perforations, red oval "Amoy Customs MAIL Matter" cancel, fine (Cat No. 8) (Image)

Est.US$500