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bearing Peking C.I.P. Postage Paid chop and Peking I.G. of Customs cds. in blue. This Postage Paid chop was applied to temporarily replaced the stamps in "Candarin" unit, as the new postage rate by "Silver Dollar" unit will take effect on and after Jan 1, 1897, but the new unit stamps have not been issued yet. The Postage Paid chop seemed to be first used on Dec 11, 1896, when the overland route was opened annually. Earliest known date are Dec 26 (Tientsin) and Dec28 (Peking). This cover sent on Apr 2, 1897, was the latest used example of this chop known to date. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.3.
bearing Peking C.I.P. Postage Paid chop and Peking I.G. of Customs cds. in blue, mixed franking with German Post in China 10Pf pair, tied by Shanghai German PO cds., on reverse showing Customs Shanghai cds. This is the only known cover of German combination usage. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7 p.4.
bearing Tientsin type II unframmed "POSTAGE PAID" chop and Customs Tientsin cds. in blue. This Postage Paid chop was applied during Dec 26, 1896 - Feb 20, 1897. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.6.
大清國家郵政局在海關縂稅務司赫德20年的不懈努力之下,政府終於決定成立。以往,集郵人士一般認為1897年1月2日是大清國家郵政成立首日,但水原明窗先生以自己收藏的實物證明了2月2日才是大清國家郵政首日,此封乃珍貴無比的大清國家郵政第一封,源自斯塔上校舊藏。水原明窗《華郵集錦》第2部第7冊第1頁實物。
bearing Peking C.I.P. Postage Paid chop and Peking I.G. of Customs cds. in blue, mixed franking with French Post in China 1F, tied by Shanghai French PO cds., along with Paris transit cds., Peking "REGISTERED" cachet in blue, Shanghai French PO "R" mark in red and affixed a Belgium registered label. On reverse showing Customs Shanghai cds. and Belgium arrival mark. The blue Peking "REGISTERED" cachet was used in Peking since 1894 Jul, this one is the latest usage on cover. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.5.
all used or CTO, showing varieties on overprints. 1c CTO by Customs Shanghai Feb 11, 1897, which is the earliest used date known so far. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.11.
mixed franking with Small Figure 5c and Japanese stamps 5s x3, tied by rare oval Customs Chungking datestamp and Shanghai IJPO cds., on reverse with Shanghai Dollar cds., Yokohama, USA transit and arrival cds. This is the only known Japanese combination of Customs Chungking oval datestamps. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.12.
