Amoy Agency of the Shanghai Local Post Envelopes 1894 (4 Oct.) 5c. Jubilee stationery envelope registered to a lieutenant on S.S. 'Monocacy' in Shanghai with additional 1893 ½c. pair cancelled by fine strikes of the Local Post Agency code "A" c.d.s. in bluish black with a good strike of the boxed registered handstamp in red, with ink number "27", alongside. Redirected to Tientsin with Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (9.10) in blue on the reverse. Without further postmarks suggesting it was carried privately to its final destination. Horizontal fold and with red wax seal on the reverse. A fine and desirable registered cover paying 1c. postage and 5c. registration and is thought to be the only Jubilee cover used in Amoy provenance: Richard Canman, December 1988
Amoy Agency of the Shanghai Local Post Envelopes 1894 (4 Oct.) 5c. Jubilee stationery envelope registered to a lieutenant on S.S. 'Monocacy' in Shanghai with additional 1893 ½c. pair cancelled by fine strikes of the Local Post Agency code "A" c.d.s. in bluish black with a good strike of the boxed registered handstamp in red, with ink number "27", alongside. Redirected to Tientsin with Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (9.10) in blue on the reverse. Without further postmarks suggesting it was carried privately to its final destination. Horizontal fold and with red wax seal on the reverse. A fine and desirable registered cover paying 1c. postage and 5c. registration and is thought to be the only Jubilee cover used in Amoy provenance: Richard Canman, December 1988
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