Lot 614

1907 Kwannan (9 Apr) to Peking. Double-registered cover, f.w. Coiling Dragon 2c + 5c + 10c, for 12c domestic double reigstered rate + 3c of overpayment, tied by Yunnan Kwannan double ringed lunar year cds, alongside with RR mark and Kaihwa-Peking registered mark. Arrived Peking (4 May). Before Jan 1907, mails from Yunnan via Tonkin or Burma had to pay international postage. But since Feb 1907, domestic mails from Yunnan via sea route were no longer handled by French Indochina post so only domestic postage was charged. But mails taking Burma route still had to pay international postage.

1907.4.9 廣南寄北京。雙掛號紅條封，貼蟠龍2分 + 5分 + 角，合國內雙掛號郵資，溢貼3分，銷雲南廣南雙圈干支日戳，旁鈐RR章及開化至京都掛號章。5.4抵北京。 在1907年1月前，雲南郵件不論經印支東京或緬甸均需付國際郵資。但同年2月起，自雲南經海路寄國內郵路不再由法屬印支郵局處理，故只需付國內郵資。但若經緬甸仍需付國際郵資。 《郵史研究》第二十九期原件。