cover 1901 (Oct.) red band envelope to Peking bearing C.I.P. 2c. red tied by a very fine strike of "TSINGKIANGPU" non standard Dollar chop without manuscript date, the reverse with Chinkiang and Shanghai bilingual c.d.s., Peking dated oval and rectangular street h.s. of Lomashih Kingtu. An extraordinary and fine cover of which it is thought that less than ten exist. Photo | Christie's

Lot 2691

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cover 1901 (Oct.) red band envelope to Peking bearing C.I.P. 2c. red tied by a very fine strike of "TSINGKIANGPU" non standard Dollar chop without manuscript date, the reverse with Chinkiang and Shanghai bilingual c.d.s., Peking dated oval and rectangular street h.s. of Lomashih Kingtu. An extraordinary and fine cover of which it is thought that less than ten exist. Photo

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cover 1901 (Oct.) red band envelope to Peking bearing C.I.P. 2c. red tied by a very fine strike of "TSINGKIANGPU" non standard Dollar chop without manuscript date, the reverse with Chinkiang and Shanghai bilingual c.d.s., Peking dated oval and rectangular street h.s. of Lomashih Kingtu. An extraordinary and fine cover of which it is thought that less than ten exist. Photo

Further details

For a second example, see lot 2965
For a 1901 cover bearing the previously unrecorded Kumchuk, non-standard Dollar chop, see lot 2887

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