【Spring 2025 Sales Special Features: Peking to Batavia postcard】
1896 Peking (8 Jun) to Batavia. German 10pf PSC, f.w. Small Dragon clean perf 11-1/2 1ca x2 for domestic postcard rate, tied by Peking Chinese seal, matching with I.G. of Customs Peking cds. Transit Customs Shanghai (13 Jun). Indicia tied by Shanghai German PO (13 Jun) cds. Transit Singapore (29 Jun). Arrived Batavia (3 Jul). Extremely scarce combination of German stationery and Small Dragon stamp, not to mention the rare destination. Illustration fig 3-190, p.305,in “The Small Dragon” by Michael M Y HO.
【春拍拍品介紹 ：北京寄巴達維亞郵資片】
1896.6.8 北京寄巴達維亞。德國10芬尼郵資片，貼小龍11度半光齒1分銀x2，付國內明信片郵資，銷北京漢文戳記，另鈐北京海關日戳。6.13經上海海關，郵資圖銷上海德局同日日戳。6.29經新加坡。7.3抵巴達維亞。極少見之德國郵資片混貼小龍票，目的地更是稀罕。何沐源著《小龍郵票》第305頁圖3-190原件。