'Oval' cancels was only used for a
short time by a few towns during the early CIP period. While Peking and Kiaochow are
common, other towns are much harder to find.
Oval cancels of Chinwangtao, Peking, Shunte & Weihsien can be found on other pages as
receiving and transit cancels Below are a few other examples.
OVAL CHINGCHOW
PSC CHINGCHOW TO GERMANY
A 10 pf
German 'Nur fur Marine Schiffsposten' Postal Stationery Card used with 4 cents of CIP
postage cancelled with an oval CHINGCHOW cancellation of SEP 11 1899.
Oval WEIHSIEN of SEP 12 1899 and oval KIAOCHOW of SEP13 1899 transit alongside.
The 10 pf on the card was cancelled by a TSINTAU cancel of 16/9 99 for the out going
postage to Germany.
OVAL PAOTING
POSTCARD PAOTING TO SWITZERLAND
A 1902
postcard send from PAOTING to Germany franked with a 4 cents CIP stamp cancelled by a
PAOTING oval cancellation.
Shanghai Bilingual transits and French office forwarding alongside.
OVAL PEKING
POSTCARD PEKING TO GERMANY
A
postcard with two 2 cents of CIP postage cancelled with an oval Peking
cancellation of NOV 5 1901 send to Wien.
Shanghai NOV 11 1901 bilingual transit alongside.
The 10 c French office in China stamp supply the outgoing postage to Germany.
