Ended on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 at 02:00.

China - Incomming Mail: 1886 (Aug 8) Cover from Germany to Taku franked by 'Pfen

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Start of the sale:
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 at 07:25
Item n°1859794395
Sale ends:
Tuesday, 17 October 2023 at 02:00
Lot:
#02101
Catalogue:
CG - 57. Auction - Day 2 - 17. Oct. 2023 - Single Lots Asia/Overseas/Europe

China - Incomming Mail

1886 (Aug 8) Cover from Germany to Taku franked by 'Pfennig' 10pf pair, tied by dispatch cds's, carried via New York and San Francisco with corresponding transit backstamps, with also neat oval "U.S. POSTAL AGENCY/18 OCT.86/SHANGHAI." ds and faint strike of Customs Tientsin cds, obverse displaying very fine "CUSTOMS/24 Oct. 86/TAKU" cds, a very rare incoming mail to Taku sent through the unusual route via San Francisco and the U.S. postal agency in China.

Condition: Cover
Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium.

Sales conditions

See the terms and conditions of the Auction House Fee for buyer : 23.80 %

Auction house

Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG

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Christoph Gärtner made his hobby into his profession. He started in 1984 and within two decades the Gärtner GmbH developed into a world leading mail order house for postal stationery and became a specialist for thematics and postal history.
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China - Incomming Mail: 1886 (Aug 8) Cover from Germany to Taku franked by 'Pfen

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