cover PEKING: 1898 (23 May) 1c. postal stationery card to London (6.7 arrival) uprated with 1897 lithographed I.C.P. ½c. vertical pair and 1c. single, 1898 engraved C.I.P. 1c., all cancelled by Peking Dollar chop, also bearing Hong Kong 2c. pair cancelled (27.5) in Shanghai. Signed Holcombe. A rare and fine mixed franking of the lithographed and engraved issues and early use of C.I.P. issue on postal card. Photo

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cover PEKING: 1898 (23 May) 1c. postal stationery card to London (6.7 arrival) uprated with 1897 lithographed I.C.P. ½c. vertical pair and 1c. single, 1898 engraved C.I.P. 1c., all cancelled by Peking Dollar chop, also bearing Hong Kong 2c. pair cancelled (27.5) in Shanghai. Signed Holcombe. A rare and fine mixed franking of the lithographed and engraved issues and early use of C.I.P. issue on postal card. Photo

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