Lot 96
China 1900s folded paper sheet with all 30 Pa Kua cancelation handstamps
Stamps & Covers of Asia | SGS26029
Auction: 15 December 2026, 16:00 SGT | 8:00 GMT
Description
A presentation album with contents removed except for a sheet of paper, 8.5 x 14 inches with strikes of each of the 30 P Kua handstamps. stuck down in book with glue and showing now some heavy toning in places. and despite the unfortunate appearance an item of great importanceAccording to an article by T.C. Chen in the May 1947 issue of the New Light Philateloic Magazine the sheet was in the collection of Hsueh Fu-chung of Hankow. It was given to chen ny Hsueh as a present while the latter was visiting in Shnaghai in December 1945. The thirty genuine Pa Kua cancellations on the sheet were gathered by Hsueh's father who, as a high ranking postal emplyee between 1898 and 1930, served under various capacities in post offices in Hankow, Yochow, amoy and Shanghai, he was also postmaster in Ichang at end of his career.
