Lot 10052 – SHANGHAI: 2c Shanghai Local Post embossed statione

SHANGHAI: 2c Shanghai Local Post embossed stationery envelope with additional Russian 10k, the latter paying the single rate to Germany and tied by Shanghai 4.1.97 cds in purple (T&S type 1) with further strike on reverse, with French paquebot ds (« Ligne N » Yokohama-Marseille No.2 on board SS « Tamise »), Hamburg bs. The earliest known mail from the Russian P.O. in Shanghai