Lot 701

1908 Kiluwuwutiao to Turkey, f.w. Coiling Dragon 5c in pair, tied by scarce Kiluwuwutiao PO tombstone cancel. Transit Hokow (23 Jan), Laokay (23 Jan), Haiphong (26 Jan), Port Said (27 Feb). Arrived Constantinople (27 Feb). Kiluwuwutiao was a temporary settlement for the construction of Yunnan-Indochina Railway. It was abandoned when the railway was completed.

1908年基路五五條寄土耳其，背貼蟠龍5分雙連，銷基路五五條郵政局碑形戳。1.23經河口，1.23經老街 ，1.26經海防，2.27經薩得港。2.27抵君士坦丁堡。基路五五條為修建滇越鐵路時的臨時工寮，在鐵路落 成後便被遺棄。2016年《火車郵史研究》第一期第9頁原件。