#6 USED TO CHINA

PHILIPPINES 1860 cover franked with 1855 5c bright red,
margins virtually all around, tied by grids, with corresponding
"Manila Isls Filipinas 1 Mar. 1860" departure pmk,
sent to Marquis Ignacio Garreta in Whampoa, China

Late date usage for this issue. One of the 4 known covers with this stamp,
and the only to mainland China. EX-BURRUS 1964 sale (lot 323).
Outstanding rarity of Asian Philately with BPA. Robson Lowe 1965 cert.
(Cherrystone $ 6,000.00)