TYPE: Passport
DIMENSIONS: 17 x 22 cm
COMPONENTS: on watermarked paper
NOTES: Most interesting and rare inkstamps.
LANGUAGE
Spanish
ITEM ID: 790
Passport from Chinese Consulate in SC
DATE
Year: 1881
Decade: 1880s
Century: 19th (1801-1900)
Imperial China Passport issued in Cuba to Charleston, SC containting Consulate Stamps from the Imperial China Consulate General – Havana, Cuba. Issued to Ramon Chian, age 31, natural of Canton, resident of Guanabana. Ink numbered 711, stamped signature of Consul General in script.Most significant inkstamps of the “Consulado General de China – Habana Cuba”, “Agencia del Consulado Gral de China – Matanzas,” and “Transeunte.”
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