The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340 Day 3

1860 (Sep) mourning cover from Gulf of Pechili to England,sent "via Marseilles" by a British seaman, f.w. QV 1p x 8, tied by barred A88 obliterator. Rare mail sent after the take over of Pehtang and Taku Fort on 26 Jul 1860 by the allied force. Chinese mails with adhesive cancelled by P&O cancellation are elusive. With certificate of Royal Philatelic Society.

1860 (Sep) mourning cover from Gulf of Pechili to England,1860年9月直隸海灣（今渤海灣）寄英國報哀封，寄件人為英國水兵，寫有“via Marseilles”批注，貼維多利亞女皇像1便士8枚，銷A88殺日戳。此信寄於1860年7月26日英法聯軍佔領北塘和大沽口後。貼票並銷鐵行輪船公司戳的中國郵件相當珍罕。附皇家郵學會保真證書。