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Final Price: RMB 7,500,000

1878 Large Dragon cover Peking to Shanghai，address to Hall & Holtz，franked with Large Dragon 5cands (5，include strip of 3)，tied by I.G. of Customs Peking OCT 30 1878，reverse with Shanghai customs Nov 4 1878 cancel in red，along with Shanghai Local Post Nov 5 arrival cancel. Front with “Legaction Del Peru En China，Japan Y Hawaii”violet oval marking. One of the only four known Large Dragon cover from 1878. This cover paid 25 cands for the 5 times over weight postage. Extremely fine and incredible rare historical pieces in any China postal history periods.
Provenance: Henry Everall