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599 1904 (31 Jan.) A red band cover from Peking to Shanghai, bearing CIP Coiling Dragon 1c orange and 5c flash, tied by ‘PEKING/ WESTERN TRAIN STATION’ ( 正陽門外 / 西火車站 ) Tombstone in black, matching the faint bilingual ‘PEKING/31.1.04’ oval cancel in black alongside, with bilingual ‘SHANGHAI/5.2.04’ arrival cds. China’s earliest railway section from Peking to Tientsin operated in Jan. 1900, but it was destroyed during the Boxer Movement. Mounted on display page. Ex Stephen Yen Collection ( 嚴平西舊藏 ). Photo HK$ 15,000 - 18,000

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