Ref: DR18201
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- £750.00
China. (French Territory in Kouang - Tcheou - Wan). 1909. Registered envelope addressed to Tien-Tsin, China bearing Kwangchow SG 13, 75c brown/ orange tied by Kouang-Tcheou-Wan-Chine double ring '12th Mai' with hand-struck 'R', routed via Canton '19th Mai' and Shanghai '25/5' with French Post Office Tien-Tsin arrival '28th Mai' on reversed. Very rare item of registered mail paying the double registration rate to China.
Very little registered mail was sent from the territory as indicated by the m/s '64' adjacent to the 'R' hand-stamp, this tells us by May 1909 only 64 items of registered mail had been sent through the Kouang-Tcheou-Wan Post Office.
