OTHER MARKINGS USED DURING THE CIP PERIOD

All the cancellation types on previous pages have mostly been canceled on stamps only. There are various cancellations that are canceled on the cover away from the stamps. As mention earlier, many of the non-standard cancellations, instructional markings, and even most small office cancellations are canceled away from the stamps. Below are a few examples of such markings used in the Imperial period.

POSTAGE PAID, DON'T DEMAND MARK

COVER FROM TIENTSIN TO PEKING

THERE ARE DIFFERENT DON'T DEMAND MARKS USED FROM MANY TOWNS, THE WORDING ON THEM ARE ALL DIFFERENT. ON THIS COVER THE TWO 2 cents CIP STAMPS WAS CANCELED BY A TIENTSIN DOLLARCHOP, THE 'POSTAGE PAID, DON'T DEMAND' MARK WAS APPLIED IN PEKING THE SAME TIME WHEN THE PEKING DOLLARCHOP WAS APPLIED. THE REASON FOR THIS MARKING WAS BECAUSE IN 'MIN CHU' POSTAL SERVICE, POSTAGE WAS PAID BY THE RECIPIENT AND NOT THE SENDER. THIS MARK IS TO AVOID NEW USER FROM PAYING THE POSTAGE TWICE.

EXAMINED, NO DAMAGE MARK

COVER SEND FROM HANKOW TO WEIHONG

THIS DOUBLE REGISTERED COVER SEND FROM HANKOW TO WEIHONG IN SHANTUNG HAVE THE INSTRUCTIONAL MARKING OF 'EXAMINED, NO DAMAGE'. INSTRUCTIONAL MARKINGS OF VARIOUS TYPES LIKE 'NOT DAMAGED' OR 'NOT ALLOW TO SEND CASH' ARE FOUND READILY ON DOUBLE REGISTERED COVERS.

WEST URGA LETTER BOX '3' CANCEL

COVER FROM URGA, MONGOLIA TO KALGAN

IT WAS COVERED ON EARLIER PAGE THAT SMALL OFFICES ESPECIALLY A LETTER BOX OR AGENCY POST OFFICE WILL NOT CANCELED THE STAMPS. HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE USED FROM THE WEST URGA LETTER BOX '3' IN MONGOLIA, THE STRAIGHT LINE LETTER BOX CANCEL WAS CANCELED AWAY FROM THE STAMPS.

BI-LINGUAL RETURNED TO WRITER MARK

COVER FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO AMOY AND BACK

THE WRITING ON THE FRONT OF THIS LETTER ASKED TO DELIVER THIS MAIL IN PERSON, AND NO DESTINATION ADDRESS WAS SUPPLIED. THE TWO STROKE OF PARA EMUY IN RED AND THE TWO PHILIPPINES STAMPS SEND THIS COVER VIA HONG KONG TO AMOY, WITH A BI-LINGUAL AMOY CANCEL OF 2 OCT 01. WITHOUT AN ADDRESS THE COVER WAS MARKED WITH REFUSED & 'T' AND CANCELED WITH TWO STROKE OF THE BI-LINGUAL 'RETURNED TO WRITER' MARKS. IT WAS THEN RETURNED TO THE PHILIPPINES AND A DUE MARK OF 5 CTMS 'T' AND ALSO A REC'D DEAD LETTER NOV 16 1901 DEPARTMENT OF POST CANCEL WAS APPLIED TO THE SIDE.

SQUARE 'IPO, RETURNED LETTER OFFICE' CANCEL

GERMAN POST OFFICE MAIL SEND TO FRENCH NEW CALEDONIA AND RETUNED

21 JAN 1911 COVER FRANKED WITH TWO 1 CENT GERMAN OFFICE IN TSINGTAU, CHINA STAMPS SEND TO VOUMEA, FRENCH NEW CALEDONIA AND RETURNED WITH A 'RETOUR A L'ENVOYEUR' CANCELS.
SHANGHAI BI-LINGUAL CANCEL OF 8 OCT (18) AND A SQUARE 'RETURNED LETTER OFFICE WITH THE FOUR CHINESE CHARACTER 'IMPERIAL POST OFFICE' IN CIRCLES AT THE CORNERS, OF 26 OCT CANCEL TO THE BACK OF THE COVER.
THE RETURNED TSINGTAU CANCEL WAS APPLIED TO THE WAX SEAL AND IS UNCLEAR.

PAQUEBOT CANCELED IN HONG KONG

POSTCARD TO U.S.A.

MAIL SEND ON OUTGOING VESSEL ARE ALWAYS FOUND WITHOUT ANY CHINESE CANCELS. ON THIS POSTCARD THE 4 cents CIP STAMP WAS CANCELED BY A VICTORIA, HONG KONG DATE STAMP OF 21 JAN 07 AND A BOXED PAQUEBOT BESIDE IT. A PAQUEBOT MAIL WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS TO WHY ONLY FOREIGN CANCELLATIONS ARE FOUND ON SOME CHINESE STAMPS.

FROM STREAMER'S LETTER BOX MARK

COVER SEND TO THE U.S.A.

THE INSTRUCTIONAL MARKING OF "FROM STREAMER'S LETTER BOX' WITH THE CANCEL ON THE FRENCH OFFICE STAMP OF 28 JANV 02 AND THAT NO CHINESE STAMPS WAS FRANKED SUGGESTED THAT THIS COVER WAS SEND ON A INCOMING VESSEL.

BI-LINGUAL PAID MARK

LOCAL COVER USED IN SHANGHAI

SHANGHAI LOCAL POST OF __R 28 98 AND A BI-LINGUAL PAID SEND THIS STAMPLESS COVER LOCALLY IN SHANGHAI FROM THE SHANGHAI CLUB TO THE GERMAN CONSULATE.
THE BI-LINGUAL PAID POSTMARK DENOTES THAT CASH WAS PAID TO THE POST OFFICE.

POSTMAN MARK

FRENCH PSC FROM SHUNTE TO BELGIUM

A FRENCH POSTAL STATIONARY CARD SEND AS A CASH COVER WITH AN OVAL SHUNTE OF 4 MAY 1904 TO BELGIUM. THE POSTMAN MARK OF '38' IN A CIRCLE BESIDE THE TRANSIT CANCELS SUGGESTED THE POSTMAN HAD HANDLED THE MAIL. MOST POSTMAN MARKS ARE ALWAYS AWAY FROM THE STAMPS.