CUSTOMS MAIL MATTER
cover 1889 (10 MAY) XU5 (REPAIRED AND WITH THREE SMALL PUNCTURE HOLES ON FACE PANEL) TO FRANCE (21.6 ARRIVAL) SHOWING, ON FACE, FINE "KIUKIANG CUSTOMS/MAIL MATTER" oval cachet in red overlapped by France 25c. tied by "SHANG-HAI/CHINE" c.d.s., reverse showing equally fine "CUSTOMS/KIUKIANG" c.d.s. in red, together with similar type for Shanghai struck adjacent in black. Very scarce. Photo
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cover 1889 (10 MAY) XU5 (REPAIRED AND WITH THREE SMALL PUNCTURE HOLES ON FACE PANEL) TO FRANCE (21.6 ARRIVAL) SHOWING, ON FACE, FINE "KIUKIANG CUSTOMS/MAIL MATTER" oval cachet in red overlapped by France 25c. tied by "SHANG-HAI/CHINE" c.d.s., reverse showing equally fine "CUSTOMS/KIUKIANG" c.d.s. in red, together with similar type for Shanghai struck adjacent in black. Very scarce. Photo