Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1

Postal Stationery 1899: 1½ d. black illustrated postal stationery card (H&G 11), a used example addressed to Tsintau Fort, China with Hong Kong transit cds (April 14), SHANGHAI Dollar Chop (April 18) and German P.O. "Tsintau / China" arrival (April 24). Readdressed on arrival to Darmstadt with arrival cds (June 10). A fine card to a scarce destination with all markings on obverse.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 12 May 2007, lot 96.