【Special Features: Lithograph Issue】
IJPO combination, 1897 Shanghai (21 Oct.) registered envelope to Baltimore, Md., U.S.A. (24.11). On reverse “Shanghai Customs/Mail Matter” oval h.s. (type II) in blue, another impressed on the wax seal. Then franked with I.C.P. 1c., 4c., 5c., and 10c. cancelled by “Shanghai” dollar chop (22.10) in blue, and bearing on front Japan Koban 10s. pair cancelled by “Shanghai/ I.J.P.O.” c.d.s. (23.10), with “R” unframed h.s. in red and “R (framed) Shanghai” h.s. in red adjacent. Late usage of the Customs Mail Matter handstamp, withdrawn from use on 31 December 1897, so stamps were applied. Annotated “Per ‘s/s Rio’ via Honolulu” and via Yokohama (28.10) and San Francisco (17.11).
Major James Starr, Sotheby’s (London), 11-13.9.91, lot 603; Zurich Asia (Hong Kong), 10.5.01, lot 29; Benjamin Y.K. Hwa, “Covers with Customs Mail Matter Chops Conforming (to) the History of Chinese Registered Mail Service”, Journal of China Philately, Vol. 2 (2007), p. 12.
Realized: HK$360,000
【拍品介紹：日本版蟠龍郵票】
“海關郵件”戳記晚期使用，同時貼用大清郵票的罕見例子。斯塔舊藏。
成交價: HK$360,000
