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Chinese Local Posts: Shanghai, 1856, neat blue envelope sent Shanghai to Aberdeen, with "Shanghae Po

Currency:HKD Category:Stamps / Asia Start Price:130,000.00 HKD Estimated At:250,000.00 - 300,000.00 HKD
Chinese Local Posts: Shanghai, 1856, neat blue envelope sent Shanghai to Aberdeen, with  Shanghae Po
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DEMO LOT
Chinese Local Posts: Shanghai, 1856, neat blue envelope sent Shanghai to Aberdeen, with Shanghae Post Office/Paid & Crown circular handstamp Webb Type 1, a splendid, clean, highly attractive cover, endorsed Via Southampton, bearing on front a choice, bold and full strike of the rare Large Crown Shanghae Post Office/Paid circular handstamp in red; front also shows manuscript 6 and underlined PAID, with reverse showing Hong Kong/14 AP/1856 double-arc c.d.s. in black, Crown PC/7 JU 7/1856 transit in red, and Aberdeen/A JU 1856 day illegible arrival c.d.s. in black, Very Fine, with 2019 Experts & Consultants Ltd. certificate.
Estimate HK 250,000 - 300,000

A simply magnificent example of this legendary rarity, which represents the first postal marking of Shanghaiand one of only 17 examples recorded.