1897 New Currency Surcharges Small Figures Surcharge Covers 10c. International Rate plus 10c. Registration 1897 (3 Feb.) opened-out envelope registered to India bearing, on the reverse, 1c. on 1ca., 2c. on 2ca. 5c. on 5ca. and 8c. on 6ca. (2) cancelled or tied by Tientsin seal in blue, the Customs Tientsin despatch c.d.s. is on the address side, fractionally covered by a pair of Hong Kong 10c. purple on red with a fine strike of "tientsin/R/no..." in oval in red with Hong Kong "R" in circle alongside. There is a fine range of transit marks including Shanghai Customs (8.2), British Post Office Shanghai (9.2), Tuticorin (10.3) and other Indian datestamps including Sealkot (25.3). An outstanding cover of the highest order. This is the earliest Imperial Post cover from Tientsin, it is also the earliest Imperial Post registered cover from any city, it includes the additional 4c. winter rate, the seal cancellations should not have been used (however, Tientsin stuck to the rules with regard to the Customs Post datestamp which was not meant to be used as a cancellation) and late use of the Tientsin type IV registration handstamp. This exceptional cover could grace the finest of collections. Photo literature: Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge issues, Tony Kwan, 2011 (illustrated page 513)
1897 New Currency Surcharges Small Figures Surcharge Covers 10c. International Rate plus 10c. Registration 1897 (3 Feb.) opened-out envelope registered to India bearing, on the reverse, 1c. on 1ca., 2c. on 2ca. 5c. on 5ca. and 8c. on 6ca. (2) cancelled or tied by Tientsin seal in blue, the Customs Tientsin despatch c.d.s. is on the address side, fractionally covered by a pair of Hong Kong 10c. purple on red with a fine strike of "tientsin/R/no..." in oval in red with Hong Kong "R" in circle alongside. There is a fine range of transit marks including Shanghai Customs (8.2), British Post Office Shanghai (9.2), Tuticorin (10.3) and other Indian datestamps including Sealkot (25.3). An outstanding cover of the highest order. This is the earliest Imperial Post cover from Tientsin, it is also the earliest Imperial Post registered cover from any city, it includes the additional 4c. winter rate, the seal cancellations should not have been used (however, Tientsin stuck to the rules with regard to the Customs Post datestamp which was not meant to be used as a cancellation) and late use of the Tientsin type IV registration handstamp. This exceptional cover could grace the finest of collections. Photo literature: Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge issues, Tony Kwan, 2011 (illustrated page 513)
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