Swatow Shanghai Agency Incoming Mail 1893 (5 Nov.) Shanghai "postage paid 1 cent" envelope (120x82mm) addressed to the British Consul in Swatow and cancelled by Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. in blue, the reverse with a further strike of the Shanghai c.d.s. with a fair strike of the double oval "shanghai l.p.o./swatow agency" in purple with manuscript date "11/11/93". Some light soiling. This is believed to be the earliest use of this postmark. Photo provenance: Wei-liang Chow, November 1996
Swatow Shanghai Agency Incoming Mail 1893 (5 Nov.) Shanghai "postage paid 1 cent" envelope (120x82mm) addressed to the British Consul in Swatow and cancelled by Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. in blue, the reverse with a further strike of the Shanghai c.d.s. with a fair strike of the double oval "shanghai l.p.o./swatow agency" in purple with manuscript date "11/11/93". Some light soiling. This is believed to be the earliest use of this postmark. Photo provenance: Wei-liang Chow, November 1996
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