CHINA
REGISTERED "R" COVERS

Example of Registered covers had already been shown on previous pages with other cancellations. Here are more examples of various Registered cancellations used on CIP covers.

 

  • FOOCHOW LARGE 'R'
COVER FROM FOOCHOW TO HANKOW

A RED BAND COVER SEND FROM FOOCHOW TO HANKOW WITH A 1 cent AND THREE 2 cents STAMPS THAT MADE UP THE REGISTERED RATE OF 7 cents FOR LOCAL MAILS. FOOCHOW DOLLARCHOP OF 29 MAR 99 AND LARGE 'R' CANCELED THE STAMPS. HANKOW DOLLARCHOP ARRIVAL OF 6 APR 99 ON FRONT OF THE  COVER.

     

  • AMOY LARGE 'R'
COVER FROM AMOY TO HONG KONG

A REGISTERED COVER WITH MIX FRANKING OF BOTH ICP AND CIP STAMPS.
TWO AMOY DOLLARCHOPS OF 30 JUL 98 AND A LARGE 'R' CANCELED THE STAMPS. HONG KONG RECEIVING TO THE BACK OF THE COVER.

  

  • SHANGHAI LARGE 'R'
COVER FROM SHANGHAI TO AMOY

THIS IS A LOCAL REGISTERED COVER USED IN 1899.  AS SHOWN ON THE TWO PREVIOUS COVERS, THE LARGE 'R' CANCELLATION WAS USED TO CANCELED THE STAMP. THIS WAS USUALLY THE CASE FOR EARLIER COVERS, BUT ON LATTER COVERS, THE REGISTERED CANCEL WAS USUALLY APPLIED AWAY FROM THE STAMPS AS ON THIS AND OTHER COVERS.

 

  • REGISTERED MAIL SEND TO GERMANY
KWANGHSIEN REGISTERED COVER TO GERMANY

THE 20 cents INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED RATE SEND THIS COVER FROM KWANGHSIAN, SZECHUAN TO JOHANNISBURG, GERMANY.
BOX KWANGHSIEN REGISTERED TO THE FRONT OF THE COVER, KWANGHSIEN 1908, EIGHTH MONTH, FIFTEEN CANCELED THE STAMPS. CHENGTU AND HANKOW BI-LINGUAL TRANSITS AND JOHNNISBURG RECEIVING.







 

  • WUCHANG LARGE 'R' & STANDARD BOX REGISTERED
DOUBLE REGISTERED WUCHANG TO PEKING

A 11 cents RATE DOUBLE REGISTERED LETTER SEND FROM WUCHANG TO PEKING WITH TWO LARGE 'R', ONE CANCELING A 1 cent STAMP ON THE FRONT AND A STANDARD BOX 'REGISTERED MAIL MATTER' TO THE BACK OF THIS RED BAND COVER.
WUCHANG 1904, SEVENTH MONTH, NINETEEN CANCELED THE 2 & 4 cents STAMPS. PEKING 1904, SEVENTH MONTH, TWENTY-SEVEN RECEIVING.







 

  • PEKING LARGE 'R'
RED BAND COVER PEKING TO MENGTZE

THIS RED BAND COVER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A LOCAL COVER, BUT DUE TO THE DESTINATION WAS MENGTZE, IT TOOK A ROUTING TO HONG KONG FE 24 05 AND HAIPHONG, TONKIN 27 FEVR 05.
THE 20 cents STAMPS WILL ONLY PAID FOR REGULAR REGISTRATION (INTERNATIONAL RATE), AND THAT IS WHY THE WORD DOUBLE WAS CROSS OUT FROM THE FRONT OF THE COVER. PEKING AND SHANGHAI BI-LINGUAL, SHANGHAI BRITISH REGISTERED CANCEL AND HOKOW LUNAR CANCEL ALSO FOUND APPLIED ON THIS COVER.

   

  • TUNGCHANG BOX
    REGISTRATION
COVER FROM TUNGCHANG TO TIENTSIN

THE 12 cents CIP STAMPS WAS SUFFICIENT FOR DOUBLE REGISTRATION (WITH A RATE HIKE FOR DOMESTIC MAIL TO 2 cents EFFECTIVE Sep. 1, 1904). BUT THIS RED BAND COVER WAS SEND AS A REGULAR REGISTERED MAIL. BOX REGISTERED CANCEL WITH 'R' FROM TUNGCHANG IN CHINESE. SHUNTE AND TIENTSIN LUNAR CANCEL TO THE BACK OF THE COVER.

 

  • BOX REGISTRATION &
    LARGE 'R'
COVER FROM CHUNGKING TO PEKING

THE 12 cents CIP STAMPS PAID THE DOUBLE REGISTERED RATE TO SEND THIS COVER TO PEKING. A BOXED REGISTRATION OF CHUNGKING AND LARGE 'R' IN FRONT DENOTES THAT THIS IS A DOUBLE REGISTERED MAIL. TWO PEKING LUNAR CANCELS WAS APPLIED TO THE BACK OF THIS COVER.

 

  • 'AR' IN CIRCLE & BOX REGISTRATION
COVER YUYAO TO HUCHOW

THE 13 cents CIP PAID DOUBLE REGISTERED RATE (WITH A RATE HIKE FOR DOMESTIC MAIL TO 3 cents EFFECTIVE Aug. 5, 1910).
AN ALL CHINESE BOX REGISTRATION OF YUYAO AND AN 'AR' (Acknowledgment Of Receipt) IN CIRCLE ON THE FRONT OF THIS COVER.
YUYAO 1911, THIRD MONTH, FOURTEEN CANCELED THE STAMPS AND HUCHOWFU 1911, THIRD MONTH, SIXTEEN RECEIVING TO THE BACK OF THE COVER.



 

  • OVAL 'ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    REQUIRED' IN CHINESE
COVER FROM TAICHOW TO PEKING

THE 12 cents CIP DOUBLE REGISTERED RATE COVER SEND FROM TAICHOW TO PEKING WITH AN ALL CHINESE OVAL "ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REQUIRED FOR REGISTRATION" IN OVAL AND A BOXED REGISTRATION ON THE FRONT OF THE COVER.   PEKING LUNAR RECEIVING.

 

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