【Summer 2025 Sales Special Features: ONLY A HANDFUL OF LARGE DRAGON COVERS IN COMBINATION WITH USPS ARE RECORDED 】
Only a handful of Large Dragon covers were originated from Chinkiang.
Only a handful of Large Dragon covers in combination with USPS are recorded.
1882. Cover from Customs Chinkiang to Middletown, Conn., USA. F.w. Large Dragon thin paper 3 ca Large Dragon, tied by CUSTOMS CHINKIANG datestamp (12 Aug). Transit Shanghai (13 Aug) and transferred to USPA, where 5c US stamp affixed, San Francisco (17 Sep). Middletown, Conn. Arrival (25 Sep).
Provenance: Dr Warren G Kauder, Peter Holcombe, Steve Chazen
Literature: James Whang, Large Dragon Covers, number 154 (p.265)
【夏拍拍品介紹 ：屈指可數的混貼美國票的大龍封】
出自鎮江的大龍封，屈指可數。混貼美國票的大龍封，也屈指可數。
1882年8月12日，從鎮江發出，貼薄紙3分大龍票，銷海關日戳，13日經上海，移交美局，加貼5分票，9月17日經舊金山，9月25日到達Middletown.
傳承Provenance: Dr Warren G Kauder, Peter Holcombe, Steve Chazen
著錄Literature: James Whang, Large Dragon Covers, number 154 (p.265)