cover 1914 (7 Oct.) commercial envelope from Tientsin and addressed to Hamburg, bears 2c. and 4c. (2) tied by single-ring Tientsin c.d.s. and shows a superb strike of boxed "RETURNED/NOT TRANSMISSIBLE" with champhered top corners and boxed "O.F.T." both in violet, the reverse shows Shanghai (10.10) and Tientsin (24.2.15) c.d.s. The cover is with some minor soiling, rare. Photo

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cover 1914 (7 Oct.) commercial envelope from Tientsin and addressed to Hamburg, bears 2c. and 4c. (2) tied by single-ring Tientsin c.d.s. and shows a superb strike of boxed "RETURNED/NOT TRANSMISSIBLE" with champhered top corners and boxed "O.F.T." both in violet, the reverse shows Shanghai (10.10) and Tientsin (24.2.15) c.d.s. The cover is with some minor soiling, rare. Photo

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