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Postal Service & Customs Official Mail
郵局及海關公函

From Shanghai to France. Transit Shanghai French P.O. CDS of Nov. 5, 1908.

On the back origin Shanghai Bilingual Dater of Nov. 3, 1908.

This I.P.O. official mail was used to return Acknowledgment of Receipt for a Double Registered mail sent to China from France.

Customs official mail (Memo No. 142) from Statistical Department in Shanghai to Customs House in Nanning. On the back Shanghai Bilingual Dater and Shanghai Lunar Dater of Feb. 4, 1911. Wuchow Bilingual Dater of Feb. 10, 1911.

According to Mr. Sun, Junyi's The Postal Cancellation of Qing Dynasty: Inspectorate General Statistical Department (in Shanghai) used a Paid marking, all in English, handstamped in dark green or red. This mark was also printed on official envelopes, used between 1907 and 1913. Although it said "Postage Paid", actuarially was a kind of No Charge marking.


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