Lot 3033
3033
cover 1898 (6 Dec.) Kelly & Walsh card (soiled) addressed to Lightship Taku in Taku and cancelled by a fair strike of the Shanghai Dollar chop in black, not delivered and bearing a good strike of the unframed, bilingual "RETURN/TO WRITER" in red with double-ring Shanghai local post c.d.s. in corner, dated just over one month later, scarce. Photo
cover 1898 (6 Dec.) Kelly & Walsh card (soiled) addressed to Lightship Taku in Taku and cancelled by a fair strike of the Shanghai Dollar chop in black, not delivered and bearing a good strike of the unframed, bilingual "RETURN/TO WRITER" in red with double-ring Shanghai local post c.d.s. in corner, dated just over one month later, scarce. Photo

Details
cover 1898 (6 Dec.) Kelly & Walsh card (soiled) addressed to Lightship Taku in Taku and cancelled by a fair strike of the Shanghai Dollar chop in black, not delivered and bearing a good strike of the unframed, bilingual "RETURN/TO WRITER" in red with double-ring Shanghai local post c.d.s. in corner, dated just over one month later, scarce. Photo
Further details
The "Return to Writer" handstamp was usually employed on Poste Restante mail items, which were held for a period of one month before being returned