Lot 754
Treaty Ports, 1897 Tientsin, China incoming from Liverpool, England. Red printed "Post Card - Great Britain & Ireland" with imprinted 1d standing QV stamp, cancelled crisp "Liverpool W.D.9 11 Au 97" cds, and directed "via America", on back: "Hong Kong Sp 30", and "Shanghae Oc 6 97" transit cds, with reddish-brown (less common) "Tientsin 10 Oct 97" dollar chop (Chang 27, type 1) struck on arrival, carried by Coptic from San Francisco, 2 Sep, to Hong Kong, 30 Sep 1897, Very Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $200