Lot 3709

1937 Suwannaket, Laos to Jaoping. Qiaopi (money remittance letter), f.w. French Indochina 15c on reverse, tied by Cholon (4 Jan) cds , alongside with serial number manuscript and Annam Qiaopiju vertical seal. Despite being part of French Indochina, Chinese immigrant population in Laos was even smalle than Vietnam and Cambodia. Qiaopi were mostly forwarded to Siam or Vietnam. Examples are very rare.

1937年素旺寄饒平。僑批紅條封，背貼法屬印支票15生丁，銷堤岸1.4中轉戳。另見手寫幫號及“安南匯元批局”直戳。老撾雖為法屬印支一部分，但華僑人口比越南及柬埔寨更少，故僑批大多在老撾收集後轉至暹羅或越南中轉。郵例更較稀罕少見。