拍品描述： 1874年12月2日寄香港蓝色商业封套, 贴香港1863-71年6c.及8c., 销上海椭圆2型S1蓝色戳, 旁有手写红色大7字为法国邮船1/4盎司的内埠邮资, 封套背有蓝色上海12月11日邮戳, 此外尚有由上海往香港拣信邮船的8型戳, 日期是1874年12月11-17日(Webbs 指引RR级); 而派递细节手写于封套内侧, 封套有数处摺痕及黄斑, 这是一件颇为珍罕的封套, 因该轮船戳只被使用于1874至1876年之间, 并且只用于寄往香港为目的地之信函上, 寄往其他国家的信件则会在香港分类而中转寄出.Hankow British Consular Post 1874 (2 Dec.) blue commercial wrapper to Hong Kong bearing Hong Kong 1863-71 6c. lilac and 8c. bright orange cancelled by the Shanghai type 2 "S1" obliterator in blue and with a large "7" rate mark in red ink, the reverse with Shanghae (11.12) c.d.s. in blue and a fair strike of Shanghae to Hong Kong marine sorter type 8 dated "DE 11/17 74" (Webbs Guide RR); the manuscript despatch details are written on the inside flap. There are a couple of folding creases and a few bleached tone spots. A rare and important cover. This marine sorter datestamp was only in use between 1874 and 1876 and was applied only on letters addressed to Hong Kong, letters to other countries would have been sorted in Hong Kong. Photo