1898 by a clerk a Customs Amoy (18 May) to Austria. Hong Kong QV 4c
PSC, applied with Amoy dollar cds in brown (dated intercalary
1898 by a clerk a Customs Amoy (18 May) to Austria. Hong Kong QV 4c
PSC, applied with Amoy dollar cds in brown (dated intercalary 3rd
month). Transit Hong Kong (19 May). Arrived Leobin (18 Jun). The
dollar chop relates to either payment in cash, subscriber's card,
or acceptance of foreign postage applied by the sender ("Postal
Note, No. 14" of 3 Apr 1897). 2008 (6 Dec) Interasia "Imperial
Dollar Daters of China - The W S Kong Collection Part 1", lot A3.
Illustration fig 23-9, p. 162 in "Explore Dollar Daters
(1897-1913)" by Philatelic Writers' Club.
1898.5.18
由廈門海關一名職員寄奧國。香港維多利亞女皇像4仙郵資片，鈐廈門棕色大圓戳（月份為閏三月）。5.19經香港。8.13抵德國。根據1897年4月3日第144號郵政通令，所蓋之大圓戳可代表寄件人已支付購買外國客郵之郵資，或已接受寄件人自貼之外國客郵郵票。
2008.12.6 Interasia“龔文生大圓戳專場第一部分”，拍品號A3。
郵文聯誼會《大圓戳探索（1897-1913）》第162頁圖23-9原件。
