German Post China
Lot 2060 German Post China
MichelV37e ScottGermany36
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Germany, Used in China, 1890, 2m Brownish Purple (36; Michel V37e). Used with Germany, Used in China, 1889, 10pf Carmine, 20pf Ultramarine, 50pf Chocolate (48-49, 51; Michel V47d, V48d, V50d), 20pf with interpanneau gutter selvage at bottom (fault to selvage and slightly overlapping 2m), tied by four strikes of "Shanghai 18/4 96" circular datestamps on large legal-sized printed cover to "Messrs. C. Melchers & Co." in Bremen, Germany, sender's ship directive, Bremen (May 24) arrival backstamp, cover barely reduced at left, vertical file fold, and slight wrinkling at top right, still Very Fine, an exceptional use of the 2m value on cover, particularly part of a four-color franking, the 2m was typically used on parcel cards and other postal documents, with 2015 Steuer certificate
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Lot 2060 German Post China
MichelV37e ScottGermany36
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Germany, Used in China, 1890, 2m Brownish Purple (36; Michel V37e). Used with Germany, Used in China, 1889, 10pf Carmine, 20pf Ultramarine, 50pf Chocolate (48-49, 51; Michel V47d, V48d, V50d), 20pf with interpanneau gutter selvage at bottom (fault to selvage and slightly overlapping 2m), tied by four strikes of "Shanghai 18/4 96" circular datestamps on large legal-sized printed cover to "Messrs. C. Melchers & Co." in Bremen, Germany, sender's ship directive, Bremen (May 24) arrival backstamp, cover barely reduced at left, vertical file fold, and slight wrinkling at top right, still Very Fine, an exceptional use of the 2m value on cover, particularly part of a four-color franking, the 2m was typically used on parcel cards and other postal documents, with 2015 Steuer certificate
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