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

China - Shanghai: 1893, the rare oval SWATOW AGENCY mark: stationery envelope 1

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Start of the sale:
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 at 07:25
Item n°1859794308
Sale ends:
Tuesday, 17 October 2023 at 02:00
Lot:
#02081
Catalogue:
CG - 57. Auction - Day 2 - 17. Oct. 2023 - Single Lots Asia/Overseas/Europe

China - Shanghai

1893, the rare oval SWATOW AGENCY mark: stationery envelope 1 C. brown tied faint blue "SHANGHAI LOCAL POST I NOV 14 93" to Swatow with a more clear mark on reverse and clear violet arrival: double oval "SHANGHAI L. P. O. / SWATOW AGENC(Y)"with handwritten date in pencil "18/ 11 / 93". Unevenly opened top left. Tremendous postmark rarity.
-Cf. auction reference Spink China 2019 "The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part II."

Condition: postal stationery

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.
In april 2005 the idea to build a place where collectors, customers and investors from all over the world could meet, was realized.
Since that time both, the Mail Order House and Auction House Gärtner, have been united on 2.700 m2 in the easy accessible building owned by Christoph Gärtner.
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China - Shanghai: 1893, the rare oval SWATOW AGENCY mark: stationery envelope 1

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