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Sale 1248 — The Magnolia Collection of U.S. Mail in China and Japan: Part 1

Sale Date — Thursday, 16 December, 2021

Category — Mail to China

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2026
c
Sale 1248, Lot 2026, Mail to China30c Orange (71). Used with 15c Black (77), tied by three strikes of target cancel, "Winchester Mass. Jan. 17" double-circle datestamp on cover to Capt. Ambrose D. Cobb on the bark Nabob, care of Olyphant & Co. in Shanghai, China, red "Boston Am. Pkt. Paid Jan. [17?]" (1868) circular datestamp, red crayon "32" manuscript credit, sender's directive "Via Southampton"--carried on Inman City of Baltimore, departing New York Jan. 18, 1868, arriving Liverpool Jan. 29--red "London Paid MY 11 64" datestamp, red "1d" British Colonial credit handstamp, "Shanghae C MR 27 68" receiving backstamp, 15c clipped corner at bottom left, otherwise Very Fine, with 2016 P.F. certificate

E. 1,000-1,500
800
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