Lot 1638
1638
cover 1906 (August) commercial envelope from Shanghai to Tsingtao bearing 4c. on 10pf. tied by a good strike of the undated, wooden oval cancellation, showing the arrival c.d.s. on the reverse. Fine and rare. only seven covers are thought to exist
cover 1906 (August) commercial envelope from Shanghai to Tsingtao bearing 4c. on 10pf. tied by a good strike of the undated, wooden oval cancellation, showing the arrival c.d.s. on the reverse. Fine and rare. only seven covers are thought to exist

Details
cover 1906 (August) commercial envelope from Shanghai to Tsingtao bearing 4c. on 10pf. tied by a good strike of the undated, wooden oval cancellation, showing the arrival c.d.s. on the reverse. Fine and rare. only seven covers are thought to exist
Further details
During the summer of 1906 and additional canceller was required, and this ordered from Berlin. Before this was delivered, an auxillary cancel was made locally in wood. This was used on the steamship 'Peiho' and is known used between July and October 1906