1901 Mengtsz (23 Dec) to Hanoi. Registered cover, f.w. Navigation
and Commerce issue x4, in total of 55c, tied by Mengtse (Mongtze)
French
1901 Mengtsz (23 Dec) to Hanoi. Registered cover, f.w. Navigation
and Commerce issue x4, in total of 55c, tied by Mengtse (Mongtze)
French PO cds, alongside with R mark. Transit Laokay (28 Dec).
Arrived Hanoi (6 Jan). In 2024 (Nov), AVA Auctions offered a
Mengtze to Paris cover, dated 28 Jan 1902 and claimed it is
probably the earliest cover since the name of the post office was
changed from Laokay A to Mongtze. This cover, however, is even
earlier. 2012 (Apr) Interasia, lot 1489.
1901.12.23
蒙自寄河內。掛號封，貼航海及商貿神像票4枚，合55生丁，銷蒙自法局日戳，旁鈐R章。12.28經老街。1.6抵河內。2024年11月艾華秋拍曾出售一件1902年1月28日之蒙自寄巴黎封，稱可能為老街A法國客郵局正名為蒙自後之最早實寄封，然而此封更早。2012.4
Interasia，拍品號1489。
