Lot 2489
2489
cover 1894 (19 Oct.) Shanghai ½c. newspaper wrapper addressed to Swatow "Per First Steamer", cancelled by a poor strike of the Local Post c.d.s., a second strike on the reverse along with superb strikes of the double-oval "SHANGHAI L.P.O./SWATOW AGENCY" (cut through on opening) and double-oval "FORWARDED BY/SHANGHAI/LAVERS & CO". Stunning and very scarce. Lionel Prescott Collection. Photo
cover 1894 (19 Oct.) Shanghai ½c. newspaper wrapper addressed to Swatow "Per First Steamer", cancelled by a poor strike of the Local Post c.d.s., a second strike on the reverse along with superb strikes of the double-oval "SHANGHAI L.P.O./SWATOW AGENCY" (cut through on opening) and double-oval "FORWARDED BY/SHANGHAI/LAVERS & CO". Stunning and very scarce. Lionel Prescott Collection. Photo

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cover 1894 (19 Oct.) Shanghai ½c. newspaper wrapper addressed to Swatow "Per First Steamer", cancelled by a poor strike of the Local Post c.d.s., a second strike on the reverse along with superb strikes of the double-oval "SHANGHAI L.P.O./SWATOW AGENCY" (cut through on opening) and double-oval "FORWARDED BY/SHANGHAI/LAVERS & CO". Stunning and very scarce. Lionel Prescott Collection. Photo