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241 1898 (30 Mar.) A cover to Inland Mission, Shanghai, bearing ICP Coiling Dragon 1c, tied by ‘HANKOW’ Dollar chop, on reverse with ‘SHANGHAI LOCAL POST/2.4.98’ arrival cds, fine. Photo HK$ 5,000 - 6,000 242 1898 (31 Dec.) A Postage Due cover from Tientsin to Peking, bearing CIP Coiling Dragon 1c, tied by ‘TIENTSIN’ Pakua cancel in blue green, with faint ‘TIENTSIN’ Dollar chop transit in blue green underneath, and ‘T’ Postage Due mark alongside, on reverse with faint ‘PEKING/31.12.98’ arrival cds. fine. Photo HK$ 12,000 - 13,000

243 1898 (8 May) A cover from Chefoo to Montreal, Canada. On front bearing Japanese Koban 10s, tied by ‘SHANGHAI/ I.J.P.O/13.5.98’ cds, adjacent ‘CHEFOO/8.5.98’ Dollar chop in blue green, on reverse ‘SHANGHAI/12.5.98’ Dollar chop, ‘YOKOHAMA/18.5.98’ and ‘SANFRANCISCO/7.6.98’ transit, ‘MONTREAL/13.6.98’ arrival cds, missing small part of the back flap. Photo HK$ 4,800 - 5,200 243

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