By: Interasia Auctions Limited
lot # 130 - 2: China small dragons
China, 1887 (12 Feb.) envelope (opened out for display) to Pawtucket, Rhode Island (12.4) via San Francisco (4.4) bearing on reverse Small Dragon rough perfs. 12½ 3ca. pair, cancelled by Tientsin seal in blue, matching "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring origin d.s., the stamps additionally tied by "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring d.s. of "Feb 26 87" and "San Francisco/Paid All" c.d.s. in red, and on front U.S. Garfield 5c. brown pair cancelled by barred h.s., showing faint "U.S. Postal Agency/Shanghai" oval d.s. (7.3) in violet adjacent, the stamps have gum stained perfs. from the brown glue used to affix these, and there is a central vertical repaired tear through the envelope affecting one stamp, nevertheless a rare and pleasing cover sent from Tientsin to Shanghai on the winter overland route and then transmitted overseas through the U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai. Chan 17.
Estimate HK$ 40,000 - 50,000
References: Prize Selections from the Rocpex Taipei '81 (1982), p. 88. Illustrated.
APPROXIMATELY TWENTY SMALL DRAGONS/UNITED STATES COMBINATION COVERS ARE KNOWN.
Estimate: HK$ 40,000 - 50,000
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