Lot 1133
1901 (6 June) registered parcel card to Remagen via Bremen (8.8), bearing on front and back "China" steep overprint 50pf lilac brown pair and singles (2), and Petschili Kiautschou 10pf rose and 3m blackish violet (Michel 6II, VIc, VIm), cancelled by "Peking/Deutsche Post" c.d.s., the card has heavy creasing (causing vertical splitting) and signs of considerable wear, the stamps are Very Fine. A great rarity, only a few proper usages of the 3 mark stamp are known.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
THE ONLY PROPER USAGE KNOWN OF THE 3 MARK. THERE ARE NO 5 MARK USAGES RECORDED.
Provenance: Wollbrandt, Dahlmann
According to the rate for a 10 kilogram parcel introduced on 15 May 1901, postage was 50 pfennig from Peking to Shanghai, 3.60 mark for the journey by sea, and 1 mark for German internal postage to Zone 2.
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| Realized $10,500 |
