Qing Dynasty red band cover from Shanghai to Yunnanfu via Minchu.
Applied with Shanghai Minchu "Tien Soon Hsia" vertical seal.
Transit
Qing Dynasty red band cover from Shanghai to Yunnanfu via Minchu.
Applied with Shanghai Minchu "Tien Soon Hsia" vertical seal.
Transit Chungking. Sender was a Szechuan official while the
adderssee was an education official in Yunnan. Tien Soon Hsia, on
the other hand, was a sizable Min Chu with its headquarter in
Szechuan. Customs Post was not availbe to public by that time.
Illustration 2, p. 20 in "The Development of Yunnan Post System
1901-1949" by Mah Lang Moe. 2019 ROCUPEX TAIPEI & R.O.C.-Thailand
Stamp Exhibition. 2020 (Aug) "Postal Service Today / Republic of
China" Issue 752 p. 22 illustration.
清代紅條封自上海經民信局寄雲南府，背鈐上海天順祥信局直戳。經重慶抵雲南府。寄件人陳錫鬯為四川官員，收件人為雲南省最高教育行政長官。天順祥信局由上海商人王熾創立，總號位於重慶。當時海關郵政未收寄公眾郵件。
馬蘭茂著《雲南郵政史1901-1949》第20頁圖二原件。 2019年中泰聯合郵展特刊第67頁原件。
2020年8月《今日郵政》752期第22頁原件。
