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Spring 2025 Sales Special Features: Large and Small Dragons cover | 春拍拍品介紹:大小龍混貼封


【Spring 2025 Sales Special Features: Large and Small Dragons cover】

1886 Chinkiang (28 Nov) to Denmark, f.w. Large Dragon 1ca + 3ca + Small Dragon 5ca on reverse, tied by Customs Chinkiang cds. Transit Customs Shanghai (29 Nov). In combination with Peace and Commerce issue 25c on front, tied by Shanghai French PO (30 Nov). Arrived Denmark (10 Jan). With BPA certificate.
Fewer than 5 combination covers of Large and Small Dragons issues were recorded. Unlisted in the 16 Small Dragon covers dated 1886 by Michael Ho. There is another Large and Small Dragon cover recorded in “The Small Dragon” with the same address, dated 9 Jan 1887.

【春拍拍品介紹:大小龍混貼封】  

1886.11.28 鎮江寄丹麥,背貼大龍1分銀 + 3分銀 + 小龍5分銀,銷鎮江海關日戳。11.29經上海海關。加貼和平及商貿神像25生丁,銷上海法局11.30日戳。1.10抵丹麥。附BPA證書。
大小龍混貼封存世不超過五件。未列於何沐源記錄之16件1886年小龍封中。《小龍郵票》書中另見一件地址相同,日期為1887年1月9日之大小龍混貼封。

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