cover 1c. on 3c. with "large box" variety, a few lightly foxed perfs., on 1898 homemade wrapper (a few repaired tears) from the China Inland Mission in Hankow to Shanghai, cancelled by "HANKOW" dollar chop (12.9) and showing "SHANGHAI/LOCAL POST" c.d.s. (15.9) on reverse. A fine and scarce commercial usage. Photo

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cover 1c. on 3c. with "large box" variety, a few lightly foxed perfs., on 1898 homemade wrapper (a few repaired tears) from the China Inland Mission in Hankow to Shanghai, cancelled by "HANKOW" dollar chop (12.9) and showing "SHANGHAI/LOCAL POST" c.d.s. (15.9) on reverse. A fine and scarce commercial usage. Photo

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