The 2023 Special Sale - Sale 341

1910 (May 15) Imperial 3rd postal card, reply portion of double card, fron Shanxi Yananfu to England, via Sanyuan & Siberia,uprated by CIP 1c & 2c, tied by Shensi Yananfu lunar year cds., along with Sanyuan, Sian and Tientsin Chinese PO transit cds. On reverse with Tientsin French PO transit cds. Rare Imperial 3rd postal card used from Yanan, Shansi. The distance of the inner frame of the card is 115.5mm. which is the shortest type. Only three existing examples in which two are front and reply portions of a double card. The remaining example is a complete double card in a gold medal collection of the World Stamp Exhibition held in China. VF-F.

1910年5月15日清三次片之回片，自延安府經三原縣及西伯利亞寄英國，加貼蟠龍1分及2分票各一枚，銷陝西延安府腰框干支日戳，旁有三原縣、西安及天津中國郵局中轉戳。背面有天津法國客郵局中轉戳。西北地區陝西延安府使用之清三次片極罕。此三次片内框綫距離為115.5mm，為框綫最短距離，存世僅三件，其中2件為分開的正片與回片；另一件為完整之雙片，現存于中國内地之世界郵展金獎郵集中。此片為可遇不可求的珍品。