cover 1912 (3 Dec.) double registered envelope (peripheral soiling) to New York bearing unoverprinted 50c. with, on the reverse, Republic ½c. (40) cancelled by Hokow bilingual c.d.s. The cover shows a good strike of the boxed handstamp which incorporates both the "R" and "AR" in one device, with the conventional "A.R." in circle alongside, transit marks via Lao-Kay/Tonkin. Photo