Lot 40062 – 1901 (Sept 7) Commercial envelope (“ANZ & Co”) to Germany via the French P.O. with Red Revenue Small Figure 4c

1901 (Sept 6) Registered postcard from Shanghai to Lichtenthal (Germany), bearing 1897 ‘Dowager’ Small Figure 5c on 5ca (no signs of perf. at base), ‘Red-Revenue’ Large Figure 4c on 3c and 1898 5c flesh, tied by bilingual cds on departure, franked for onward transmission with “Chine” overprinted 10c type I and 25c, tied by “Shang-Haï/Chine” cds, repeated at right, alongside Chinese and French “R” registration markings, German transit and arrival; a rare usage of the scarce ‘Red Revenue’ issue on registered postcard; (Benjamin Y. K. Hwa census #559).

Provenance: Paul Ke-Shing Chang