Lot 156

1904 Hankow (17 Nov) to France. "Chien Men Street" view PPC, f.w. Coiling Dragon 1c x4, tied by Hankow bisected bilingual cds. Transit Shanghai Chinese PO (21 Nov), French PO (24 Nov). Arrived Loire (31 Dec). Example of taking sea route instead of Siberia during Russo-Japanese War.

1904.11.17 漢口寄法國。前門大街圖片明信片，貼蟠龍1分x4，銷漢口半切漢英日戳。11.21經上海中國郵局，11.24經上海法局。12.31抵Loire。日俄戰爭期間西伯利亞郵路中斷，故取海路。