Lot 155

1903 Hokien (Jul) to Belgium, f.w. Coiling Dragon 10c on reverse, tied by Hokienfu PO tombstone cancel. Transit Paoting (22 Jul) with dollar cds (dated intercalary 3rd month, single year digit "3" instead of common "03", missing Kuang Hsu year "29" in Chinese), Peking PO (23 Jul) with oval d.s., Newchwang Chinese PO (25 Jul). in combination with Coat of Arms ovpt. KITAI 10k, tied by Inkow (Newchwang) Russian FPO No. 13 cds (13 Jul) cds. Arrived Mouscron (18 Aug). Cover opened out for display. Very scarce variety dollar cds example. 2009 (Dec) Interasia "Imperial Dollar Daters of China - The W.S. Kong Collection", lot B92. Illustration fig 5-23a, p. 57 in "Explore Dollar Daters (1897-1913)" by Philatelic Writers' Club.

1903年河間府寄法國，背貼蟠龍1角，銷河間府郵政局碑形戳。經保定，鈐大圓戳（月份為閏三月；年份為單位數“3”而非常見的“03”，另漏光緒年份“廿九”）。7.23經北京，鈐橢圓形郵政局日戳。7.25經牛莊。加貼軍徽圖加蓋KITAI 10戈比，銷營口（牛莊）俄軍13局7.13日戳。8.18抵法國。封剖開以作展示。十分難得之變異大圓戳例子。 2009.12 Interasia“龔文生大圓戳專場”，拍品號B92。 郵文聯誼會《大圓戳探索（1897-1913）》第57頁圖5-23a原件。