Lot 1597
1597
cover SHEN DAH FU: 1903 (Sep.) envelope (small peripheral faults) of the Chinese Imperial Railway (Peking - Hankow branch) to France "Via Siberia" bearing C.I.P. 1c. (5) and 5c. cancelled by good strikes of the double-oval handstamp; the reverse with Peking bilingual c.d.s., French Post Office in Peking and arrival c.d.s. Attractive and scarce. Photo

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cover SHEN DAH FU: 1903 (Sep.) envelope (small peripheral faults) of the Chinese Imperial Railway (Peking - Hankow branch) to France "Via Siberia" bearing C.I.P. 1c. (5) and 5c. cancelled by good strikes of the double-oval handstamp; the reverse with Peking bilingual c.d.s., French Post Office in Peking and arrival c.d.s. Attractive and scarce. Photo