China 1899 (Shanghai) Wei Hai Wei Courier Post 2c scarlet and 5c emerald, SG3a, 4b.
A fine unused pair with part original gum, typo printing. The 5c with a few short perforations.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £1,300.
Wei Hai-Wei is located in Shantung Province. Along with the nearby island of Liu Kung Tau, it was leased to Great Britain in July 1898. The postal services there were inadequate and G.L. Ferguson of Conabe & Co. introduced an overland courier post to Chefoo. Although Wei Hai-Wei was not a Treaty port its stamps are collected with the issues of those ports.
The Wei Hai-Wei courier post closed in March 1899 when a Chinese Imperial Post Office opened there.
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