Lot 2206

1915 Hokow (30 Dec) to General Tang Chi- yao, Yunnanfu. Registered cover, f.w. Junk 1c in pair + 3c in pair, tied by Hokow bilin- gual cds, along with Yunnanfu and Hokow Checked and No Damaged cachet. Arrived Yunnanfu (2 Jan) with the personal seal of Tang. Yunnan is the first province to rebel against Yuan Shi-kai. Very historical.

1915.12.20 河口寄雲南府之唐繼堯。掛號封，背貼帆船1分雙連 + 3分雙連，銷河口腰框英漢日戳。另見雲南府及河口“查驗無損”戳記。1.2抵雲南府，另見“唐繼堯印”。雲南為首個舉兵倒袁之省份。極具歷史意義。