Sale #45 - Special Auction China

China: 1888, small dragon 3 Ca. violet with Dowager 24 Ca. scarlet (RC) tied blue seal "Tientsin" wi
1888, small dragon 3 Ca. violet with Dowager 24 Ca. scarlet (RC) tied blue seal "Tientsin" with blue "CUSTOMS TIEN(TSIN) SEP 21 1895" alongside to reverse of triple weight cover, via blue "CUSTOMS SHANGHAI SEP 24 1895" in combination with French Offices, type Sage 75 C. tied "SHANG-HAI 27 SEPT 95" to Hamburg/Germany, transit french mail steamer "LIGNE N 28 SEPT 95 No. 6" and arrival "HAMBURG (FREIHAFEN) 1/11 95". Printed return of "Carlowitz & Co., Tientsin". Cover some wrinkling, stamps small faults. Mixed franks of small dragons with high value Dowagers are very rare.
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