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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 113

China
Foreign Post Offices
British Post Office
I.P.O. Tieprints
Hangchow: Type 2; 1900 (29 May) opened-out envelope registered to Germany bearing, on the reverse, I.C.P. 10c. (2) tied by Hangchow bilingual c.d.s. with straight-line "settlement" between, the address side with a block of four Hong Kong 5c. blue cancelled by a neat and central strike of the boxed "I.P.O." tieprint and Shanghai c.d.s. (4.6), with Chinese and British P.O. "R" registration handstamps with manuscript registration number, Shanghai transit and Lichtenthal arrival (8.7). A fine and desirable example of this rare tieprint (RR in Webb's Guide). Photo

Interesting to note that this letter took 4 days to transit between the Chinese and British Post Office in Shanghai

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