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| FOURTH ISSUE STRIP OF 3 (PART 'B' TO 'D') |
| PLEASE NOTE 'FEBY1909' SECOND ROW FROM THE BOTTOM IN BACKGROUND |
| INDEX 'KUO' OF TIENTSIN |
| CHINA |
| IMPERIAL EXPRESS LETTER STAMPS |
| ISSUES | Dragon's head facing |
Dragon's body |
Green borders | Roulette in Black | Special features |
| 1st. ?? | Down | Checkered | NONE | Perforation 11 | Dark green in colour |
| 2nd. ?? | Down | Checkered | NONE | Black Roulette | Olive green in colour |
| 3rd. | Up | Fish Scales | NONE | Black Roulette | with "Chinese Imperial Post Office" in background |
| 4th. | Up | Fish Scales | YES | Black Roulette | "FEBY 1909" in background |
| 5th. | Up | Fish Scales | YES | Black Roulette | "JAN 1911" in background |
| 6th. | Up | Fish Scales | NONE | Black Roulette | with "Imperial Post Office" in background |
| 7th. | Up | Fish Scales | YES | Black Roulette | "Imperial Post Office" in Chinese in background of inner frame |
| MINT |
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| FOURTH ISSUE STRIP OF 3 (PART 'B' TO 'D') |
| PLEASE NOTE 'FEBY1909' SECOND ROW FROM THE BOTTOM IN BACKGROUND |
| INDEX 'KUO' OF TIENTSIN |
| USED |
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| FIRST ISSUE PART 'B' DRAGON'S HEAD | ||
| INDEX "CHOU" SHANGHAI TO TIENTSIN SHANGHAI LUNAR '1907 seventh month 22' |
BACK OF STAMP WITH RECIPIENT'S SEAL PLEASE NOTE THINS CAUSED BY PEELING OFF STAMP FROM THE LETTER |
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| FIRST ISSUE PART 'B' DRAGON'S HEAD | ||
| INDEX "TIEN" SHANGHAI TO PEKING SHANGHAI LUNAR '1907 seventh month 29' |
BACK OF STAMP WITH PEKING LUNAR RECEIVING '1907 eighth month 4' AND RECIPIENT'S SEAL |
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| FIRST ISSUE PART 'D' DRAGON'S TAIL | SECOND ISSUE PART 'D' DRAGON'S TAIL | |
| DARK GREEN AND CHARACTERS IN SCRIPT HANKOW LUNAR '1907 winter month 2' |
OLIVE GREEN AND REGULAR 'SUNG' CHARACTERS PEKING LUNAR '1906 winter month 5' |
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| SECOND ISSUE PART 'C' DRAGON'S BODY | ||
| INDEX "SHENG " of TIENTSIN with LUNAR
'1906 fifth month 29' RECEIVING SHANGHAI LUNAR '1906 sixth month 6' |
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| THIRD ISSUE PART 'C' DRAGON'S BODY | ||
| HSUCHOW TO KAIFENG WITH LUNAR HSUCHOW '1910 third 22' |
BACK OF STAMP WITH KAIFENG LUNAR AND RECIPIENT'S SEAL |
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| THIRD ISSUE PART 'D' DRAGON'S TAIL | THIRD ISSUE PART 'D' DRAGON'S TAIL | |
| BILINGUAL TIENTSIN '30 JUL 09' | LUNAR PEKING '1909 LEAP MONTH 20' |
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| FOURTH ISSUE PART 'B' DRAGON'S HEAD | FOURTH ISSUE PART 'D' DRAGON'S TAIL | |
| WITH POSTMAN MARK '3' | WITH POSTMAN MARK '13' IN SQUARE |
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| FOURTH ISSUE PART 'C' DRAGON'S BODY | ||
| WUCHANG TO KAIFENG WITH LUNAR WUCHANG '1909 twelfth month 4' |
WITH 'SENDING MONEY IN MAIL IS FORBIDDEN, NO REIMBURSEMENT BY POST OFFICE IF LOST' MARKING |
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| FIFTH ISSUE PART 'C' DRAGON'S BODY | SIXTH ISSUE PART 'D' DRAGON'S TAIL | |
| PLEASE NOTE 'JAN. 1911' SECOND ROW FROM BOTTOM |
PLEASE NOTE 'IMPERIAL POST OFFICE' IN BACKGROUND |
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| SEVENTH ISSUE PART 'B' DRAGON'S HEAD | SEVENTH ISSUE PART 'D' DRAGON'S TAIL | |
| SHANGHAI CDS '1912 SEPTEMBER 12' | PEKING CDS '1912 OCTOBER 18' |
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| SEVENTH ISSUE PART 'C' DRAGON'S BODY | ||
| HULAN CDS '1913 JANUARY 19' | BACK OF STAMP WITH HARBIN CDS '1913 JANUARY 20' |