Sale 78 China and other Asian Countries

China, 1897 (4 Sept.) envelope to Ocala, Florida, U.S.A. (28.9) via Yokohama (9.9) and Vancouver (21.9) bearing on reverse small figures surcharge on Dowager 1st printing 4c. on 4ca., large figures surcharge 1.5m. setting on Dowager 3rd printing ½c. on 3ca. pair and 1c. on 1ca., and on Dowager redrawn 2c. on 2ca., cancelled by "Shanghai" dollar dater ("S" in "Sep" reversed) in blue, and on front Japan Koban 1s., 2s. vertical pair and 5s., cancelled by "Shanghai/J.P.O." c.d.s. (4.9), the cover has reduced water staining at lower left, fine and appealing double rate franking at the preferential rate to the U.S.A. through the Japanese Post Office. Chan 40, 74, 75, 83.
Estimate HK$ 30,000 - 40,000

References: Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume Two: Surcharged Issues Covers and Cards-1897 (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 928. Illustrated.