Foochow
on piece 1862 part wrapper "via Marseilles" to New York with a very fine strike of the very rare "FOO=CHOW=FOO./CHINA" seal in red, also showing a fine strike of the handstruck "4", "3" in red crayon, part London Paid c.d.s. in red and barred oval numeral; a few tone spots. Very few examples of this h.s. are recorded (a companion wrapper is illustrated in Webb). Photo
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on piece 1862 part wrapper "via Marseilles" to New York with a very fine strike of the very rare "FOO=CHOW=FOO./CHINA" seal in red, also showing a fine strike of the handstruck "4", "3" in red crayon, part London Paid c.d.s. in red and barred oval numeral; a few tone spots. Very few examples of this h.s. are recorded (a companion wrapper is illustrated in Webb). Photo