Lot 40190 – 1895 Cover to London franked by 1894 3ca Empress Dowager issue and 1890 20pf

1895 (Aug 23) Cover sent to London, franked on reverse by 1894 3ca Empress Dowager issue (Chan 24), tied by Peking seal oval hs and “I.G. OF CUSTOMS/PEKING” cds, “CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI” cds adjacent, all struck in blue, transferred to the German mail with application of 1890-94 20pf, tied by “SHANGHAI” cds, with red receiver on reverse, only nine ‘Dowager’ covers are recorded in combination with Germany in the first two years of the German P.O.; signed Bothe; (Tony Kwan census A-1895-114).