1917 (26 November) Registered Cover from Canton Hoppo (廣東河婆) to Sussex, England A brownish envelope posted from Hoppo, Canton
1917 (26 November) Registered Cover from Canton Hoppo (廣東河婆) to Sussex, England A brownish envelope posted from Hoppo, Canton (廣東河婆) to Sussex, England, bearing Junk issue 10c (1) and 5c (2) adhesives, all neatly tied by a fine Hoppo framed datestamp dated Republic Year 6, 10th Month 13th Day (= 26 November 1917, Gregorian). On transit, additionally struck with Kityang (揭陽) framed datestamp and bilingual Swatow (汕頭) framed datestamp. Registered with two distinct markings: on the obverse, a rectangular “R / CANTON (CHINA)” registration cachet in light ink, and on the reverse, a boxed Hoppo registration handstamp (河婆掛號印), showing manuscript rate mark “第〣〥〢”. The cover further bears a red oval London Registered transit and a black oval Liverpool Registered marking. A most attractive and scarce registered cover from a small interior posting office in Kwangtung Province, carried through multiple postal stages before reaching England. Such examples of Hoppo registered mail are seldom encountered.1917年11月26日 廣東河婆寄英國薩塞克斯之掛號封 廣東河婆寄往英國薩塞克斯之棕色封，貼帆船圖案郵票10分壹枚、5分貳枚，均以「河婆」腰框日戳銷蓋，日期為民國六年十月十三日（西曆1917年11月26日）。途中加蓋「揭陽」腰框戳及英中「汕頭」腰框戳。 封上具兩種掛號標記：封正面蓋有淺色矩形**「R / CANTON (CHINA)」掛號戳**，封背再蓋一方形**「河婆掛號印」，內書「第〣〥〢 」字樣。另有紅色橢圓形倫敦掛號戳及黑色橢圓形利物浦掛號戳**。此為罕見之廣東內陸小局河婆寄出掛號郵件，經揭陽、汕頭，殊為難得。
