Sale 291


 
Lot 1038



1899 (20 Feb.) 10pf + 10pf reply paid card (both halves intact), from Jena to a member of the Third Sea Battalion in Tsingtau (6.4) redirected to Peking (16.4) and the reply portion sent to Jena (27.5), bearing CIP 1c cancelled by "Peking" dollar chop and additionally tied by "Shanghai/Deutsche Post" c.d.s. (24.4), Very Fine and one of the few surviving examples of a commercial usage of both the reply and reply paid cards which have remained unsevered, a fabulous postal stationery item.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000

 
Realized $4,250



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