Lot no. 8047

1866: Cover from Sonderburg to H.P. Hansen, care of Mess. Dent & Co., Shanghai, China endorsed 'via Marseilles' franked by 1865 4 sch. brown-ochre, two overlapped singles and a horizontal strip of three, all tied by 'Sonderburg' datestamps (July 10) in black. 'PD' in red alongside with 'Tour-T / Forbach' French entry marking in red (July 13) and reverse with faint Hamburg cds (July 10) and small part of SHANG-HAI / BAU. FRANCAIS cds of receipt. Flap restored and one adhesive slightly rubbed in transit but a most appealing and extremely rare cover. Signed Krüger. Cert. Moller (2016). In 1862, Henry W. Dent had been appointed as Portuguese Consul at Shanghai, then raised to Portuguese Consul-General for China and Japan in 1866. The British merchant H.P.Hansen was Vice-Consul and was finally appointed in 1868 as Acting Consul General for Portugal at Shanghai