COVERS & CANCELLATIONS ON HSUANGTUNG ISSUE

Emperor HsuangTung was the last Emperor of China. He ruled from 1909 to 1911. The set of 3 stamps that commemorated his inauguration was also the second set of commemorative stamps issued under Imperial China. His later defection to Manchukuo and his second inauguration as Emperor of Manchukuo by the Japanese also issued his stamps under the puppet regime of Manchukuo.


TIENTSIN	NANKING	HANKOW
23 SEP 9	14 SEP 09	16 DEC '6'


CHUNGKING	FOOCHOW	CHINKIANG
30 SEP 10	6 OC 09	14 NOV __


LUNGCHOW	MENGTSZ	SHASI
1 DEC 09	25 DEC __	10 NOV 0?


PEKING INDEX 'YI'	PEKING INDEX 'CHEN'	SHANGHAI INDEX '3'
1910 9th MONTH 8	1909 9th MONTH 5	3rd MONTH 23 (NO YEAR)


CHOWTSUN	KIAOCHOW	PINGHU
1st YEAR 9th MONTH 11	1910 2nd MONTH 24	1909 TWELFTH MONTH 16


HUNAN, CHANGCHOW	KIANGSI, FOYANG	KWANGTUNG, KITYANG
1910 3rd MONTH 10	1910 1st MONTH 22	1910 WINTER MONTH 5

BI-LINGUAL SOOCHOW CANCEL

COVER SEND FROM SOOCHOW TO U.S.A.

THE 3 & 7 cents HSUANGTUNG COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS PAID THE REGULAR MAIL RATE TO THE U.S.A. THE SOOCHOW BI-LINGUAL OF 18 OCT 9 WITH SINGLE YEAR OF '9' INSTEAD OF '09' WAS SEEN OFTEN ON BI-LINGUAL CANCELS LATE IN THE IMPERIAL ERA. ON THE BACK OF THE COVER WAS A STRAIGHT LINE LETTER BOX CANCEL OF 'INSIDE SOOMING OFFICE BOX', ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF NON-STANDARD CANCEL AND ORIGINATION CANCEL NOT CANCELING THE STAMPS.

FUKIEN MINGCHING LUNAR CANCEL

COVER SEND FROM MINGCHING TO U.S.A.

COVER SEND FROM FUKIEN TO U.S.A. BY THE PRINTED MATTER RATE AS ENDORSED ON THE FRONT OF THE COVER. THE 2 cents HSUANGTUNG COMMEMORATIVE STAMP WAS CANCELED BY A STROKE OF THE LUNAR CANCEL FIRST MONTH 12 WITHOUT YEAR. FOOCHOW & TANWEIKAI LUNAR TRANSIT MARK OF 1910 TO BACK OF COVER.

SWATOW BI-LINGUAL CANCEL

COVER FROM SWATOW ADDRESSED TO GERMANY

1911 COVER FRANKED WITH A COMPLETE SET OF THE HSUANGTUNG ISSUE CANCELED BY SWATOW BI-LINGUAL OF 30 DEC 11.
THIS IS A CANCELED TO ORDER (C.T.O.) COVER AND HAVE NO OTHER TRANSITS OR RECEIVING CANCELS

TAIANFU LUNAR CANCEL

TAIAN, SHANGTUNG COVER TO HUNGARY

A 1909 COVER SEND FROM TAIAN TO BUDAFEST, HUNGARY FRANKED WITH 3 & 7 cents HSUANGTUNG STAMPS CANCELED BY TWO STROKES OF THE BI-LINGUAL LUNAR CANCEL OF TAIANFU TENTH MONTH, TWENTY FOUR WITHOUT YEAR.
TSINAN AND TIENTSIN TRANSITS AND FRENCH TIENTSIN FORWARDING AT THE BACK OF THE COVER.

SHANTUNG TSINAN LUNAR CANCEL

RED BAND COVER TSINAN TO TSINGCHOW

THE CHINESE WRITING ON THIS COVER RECORDED THAT THE COVER WAS FROM KAUMI TRAIN STATION TO ANYUAN TRAIN STATION. THE LUNAR TSINAN CANCEL TIES THE 3 cents HSUANGTUNG COMMEMORATIVE STAMP TO THE COVER. TSINAN IS THE FIRST MAJOR TRAIN STATION AFTER KAUMI, AND THEREFORE THIS COVER MUST HAVE BEEN MAILED ON THE TRAIN OR IN A TRAIN STATION AND IT HAVE NEVER WENT THROUGH THE REGULAR POSTAL STATIONS. THIS ALSO EXPLAINED WHY IT HAVE NO OTHER MARKINGS.


IPO ROLLER CANCEL		BI-LINGUAL SHANGHAI
		CHINESE BELOW ENGLISH