Lot 715

1904 Yunnanfu (22 Apr) to France via Bhamo. View PPC, f.w. Coiling Dragon 2c + 2x 1c, tied by Yunnanfu bisected bilingual cds. Transit Siakwan (30 Apr) with hand-filled cds, Tengyueh (5 May), Sea Post (21 May). Combination franking of British Indian issues were no longer required after 1 Mar 1904 as China and India reached a postal convention. It is the earliest recorded example after the convention without combination franking. Illustartion in “History of Postal Cancellation of China” by Paul K.S. Chang. Illustration 14, p. 26 in “The Development of Yunnan Post System 1901-1949” by Mah Lang Moe. 。

1904.4.22 雲南府經八莫寄法國。風光明信片，貼蟠龍2分 + 2x 1分，銷雲南府半切漢英日戳。4.30經下關郵政局， 鈐手填日戳。5.5經騰越，5.21經海郵。由於中國與印度達成郵政協議，1904年3月1日後郵件不再需要混貼印度票。 此為協議生效後所見最早之不混貼郵例。張愷升著《中國郵戳史》原件。馬蘭茂著《雲南郵政史1901-1949》第26頁圖14原件