Lot 3024
3024
cover 1897 (19 Oct.) card addressed to Germany bearing I.C.P. 2c. (2) cancelled by Chefoo Dollar Chops and sent throught the French Post Office with "Chine" 10c. tied by "SHANG-HAI/CHINE" c.d.s. with a second strike at left, also Shanghai Dollar chop in blue and Hamburg arrival. Clean and fine and believed to be the earliest card sent abroad. Photo
cover 1897 (19 Oct.) card addressed to Germany bearing I.C.P. 2c. (2) cancelled by Chefoo Dollar Chops and sent throught the French Post Office with "Chine" 10c. tied by "SHANG-HAI/CHINE" c.d.s. with a second strike at left, also Shanghai Dollar chop in blue and Hamburg arrival. Clean and fine and believed to be the earliest card sent abroad. Photo

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cover 1897 (19 Oct.) card addressed to Germany bearing I.C.P. 2c. (2) cancelled by Chefoo Dollar Chops and sent throught the French Post Office with "Chine" 10c. tied by "SHANG-HAI/CHINE" c.d.s. with a second strike at left, also Shanghai Dollar chop in blue and Hamburg arrival. Clean and fine and believed to be the earliest card sent abroad. Photo