Lot 166
China PRC Military Post illustrated cover

Stamps & Covers of Asia | 5955
Auction: 10 January 2024 at 10:00 GMT
£1,080
Description
1955 illustrated envelope franked by Military Post ‘’Army'' $800 orange-yellow, vermillion & red-orange, horizontal pair (paying the double domestic rate of $1600 or 16f in new currency) neatly tied by Fukien Amoy cds for 7/11/55 with further strike at right and backstamped by Thangzhou arrival cds for 8/11/55, trivial vertical bend at top, nevertheless a most attractive and exceedingly rare item, a true gem of Chinese Philately, for the connoisseur. SG M1593 Ex. Christoph Gärtner Auction No.6, 27.3.2008 lot 14468
Footnote
Military Stamps were issued to servicemen at the rate of two a month (free) except for Officers. Withdrawal of these stamps was issued in October 1954 but the existing stamps continued to remain valid for postage.

