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Full Rigged Postmark from China 1834 |
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[Full Rigged Ship illustrated postmark] fresh folded letter
with integral address leaf datelined "Canton (China) April 16, 1834"
to New York endorsed "Globe", entered the mails with octagonal
"Phila/6/Oct" datestamp and manuscript "24" rate,
plus a fabulous highly detailed strike of full rigged ship postmark,
undoubtedly the finest reported strike of this illustrated marking,
as well as the only "full rigged ship" handstamp applied to a cover from China.
Sold by Spink Shreves on 27 January 2010 for US$62,500.
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