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Chinese Local Posts: Foochow, ca. 1863, red pre-adhesive "Foo=Chow=Foo China" seal, on complete cove
Currency:HKD
Category:Stamps / Asia
Start Price:150,000.00 HKD
Estimated At:300,000.00 - 400,000.00 HKD
NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER)
0.00HKD+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2019 Sep 18 @ 12:00UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Please note (this sale only) is being held in our Danbury, CT offices.
DEMO LOT
Chinese Local Posts: Foochow, ca. 1863, red pre-adhesive Foo=Chow=Foo China seal, on complete cover to Hong Kong, a stunning example of this incredible rarity; endorsed per steamer Carthage and addressed to an Indian merchant in Hong Kong, the cover bears at upper right a magnificent, full, and fully legible strike of the 23mm red negative Foo=Chow=Foo China seal discussed in Webb p. 267; two red crayon 4 ratings on front; no backstamps, but an offset imprint in reverse! of the seal on back across flap; addressed to one Tarachundas Ianarandas Esq., whom we assume was involved in the tea trade, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate HK 300,000 - 400,000
Webb notes the tea trade was most likely responsible for Foochow being one of the few Treaty Ports to have a pre-adhesive handstamp. The four examples recorded by Webb date from 1862-63: one among the David correspondence to Glasgow, one on a market circular to New York, and two to Bombay, another major tea center. This covers links to Bombay seem obvious, as the interior of the backflap carries a four-line note in an Indian script.
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