Foochow Shanghai Agency Through Foreign Post Offices United States 1893 (May) commercial envelope to Ohio bearing a fine strike of the bilingual "local post agency/foochow" in greenish blue with U.S. 1890-93 5c. Grant tied by a very fine strike of U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai duplex (3.6) and, on the reverse, Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (23.5) in blue, San Francisco (26.6) and Kingsville arrival (30.6) c.d.s. Some light soiling but a good cover showing late use of the bilingual postmark. Photo provenance: 'Ming', March 1987 Beckeman Collection, 2001
Foochow Shanghai Agency Through Foreign Post Offices United States 1893 (May) commercial envelope to Ohio bearing a fine strike of the bilingual "local post agency/foochow" in greenish blue with U.S. 1890-93 5c. Grant tied by a very fine strike of U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai duplex (3.6) and, on the reverse, Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (23.5) in blue, San Francisco (26.6) and Kingsville arrival (30.6) c.d.s. Some light soiling but a good cover showing late use of the bilingual postmark. Photo provenance: 'Ming', March 1987 Beckeman Collection, 2001
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