South Africa to Tsingtau Kiautschou, China via German P.O. 3
February 1908, a German PO registered stationery envelope in South
Africa (on
South Africa to Tsingtau Kiautschou, China via German P.O. 3
February 1908, a German PO registered stationery envelope in South
Africa (on the top part of the cover: AANGETEEKENDE BRIEF:
Registered Letter in German) with a printed registered mark of "R
ZA.R."addressed to E.W, Volckmann Esq., Tsingtau, Kiautschou,
China, On the front side, affixed with a 2-1/2 d King Edward stamp
in blue cancelled by a double circled c.d.s. in purple "REGISTERED
JOHANNESBURG/-3 FEB 08", together with two boxed registration mark
"R/JOHANNESBURG / No.578" in purple color. HK registered c.d.s.
"REGISTERED HONG KONG / 20 MR 08", German P.O. arrival c.d.s.
"TSINGTAU KIAUTSCHOU /27.3/08". On the reverse side, cancelled by
entry port Shanghai bilingual c.d.s. dated 23 MAR 08. A very
desirable South Africa registered postal stationery envelope.
南非經德國郵局寄往中國膠州灣掛號郵件
1908年2月3日,本件為一封德國郵政格式的掛號郵資信封,於南非使用,信封頂部印有荷蘭語「AANGETEEKENDE
BRIEF」(即掛號信,對應德語 Eingeschriebener Brief),並印有紫色「RZAR」掛號標記,寄往:E. W.
Volckmann Esq. Tsingtau, Kiautschou, China(寄達地址為德國租借地膠州灣青島)。
信封正面貼有英王愛德華藍色2%便士郵票一枚銷以紫色雙圈日戳 “REGISTERED JOHANNESBURG-3 FEB 08
並加蓋兩枚紫色掛號框戳 “R/JOHANNESBURG /No. 578”,途中經香港註冊郵局中轉戰“REGISTERED HONG
KONG / 20 MR 08" 德國膠州灣郵局到達戳 “TSINGTAU KIAUTSCHOU / 27.3/08"
此封展示南非早期掛號郵資信封的實寄用途,使用德式格式設計掛號信封,但於英屬南非實際寄出。
