The 2022 Winter Auction - 339th Auction Day 4

1911 (Oct 18) printed postcard from Hankow to US,f.w. CIP 3c x 2, tied by Hankow bisected bilingual cds., along with Shanghai Chinese PO and an unclear Japanese PO transit cds. The printed content of the postcard was a report of the Wuchang Uprising by editor M.N. Grable onboard USS Helena. The sloppy handwriting on address side reflected the emergency of the situation. Significant historical item witnessing the turning point of contemporary Chinese history.

1911年10月18日辛亥革命新聞圖明信片自漢口寄美國，貼蟠龍3分票2枚，銷漢口半切日戳，旁帶上海中國郵局及日本客郵局中轉戳。 圖片內容為武昌起義時的航海日誌，由美國戰艦Helena號上編輯M.N.Grable所著。 地址面潦草急促的字跡反映了事態何其緊急。 歷史意義非凡的郵品，見證了中國近代史的重要轉捩點。