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RAILWAY CANCELLATIONS
Peking to Taku
on piece 1901 (15 Feb.) piece bearing unoverprinted Germania 50pf. pair and 2m. deep blue tied by Peking c.d.s. and showing a good strike of the double-oval "KAISERLICH DEUTSCHE BAHNPOST/PEKING TAKU" with thre stars (vertical crease affects this mark, but not the adhesives), scarce
Details
on piece 1901 (15 Feb.) piece bearing unoverprinted Germania 50pf. pair and 2m. deep blue tied by Peking c.d.s. and showing a good strike of the double-oval "KAISERLICH DEUTSCHE BAHNPOST/PEKING TAKU" with thre stars (vertical crease affects this mark, but not the adhesives), scarce
Provenance
'Wilhelm', May 1981
Literature
Albert Friedemann, German Post Offices in China, 1967 (illustrated)