Imperial Post Period
cover SHANGHAI: 1899 (16 July) 1c. "I.C.P." stationery card addressed Hong Kong cancelled by Shanghai Local Post c.d.s., with "C.I.P." 2c. tied by Shanghai pa kua with transit c.d.s. including German Post Office and "KAIS DEUTSCHE/MARINE-/SCHEFFSPOST/NO.40", with coloured picture post card featuring the S.M.S. Deutschland; also 1909 cover from Shanghai addressed to to S.M.S. Leipzig in Hong Kong with photo card of the ship. (4)

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cover SHANGHAI: 1899 (16 July) 1c. "I.C.P." stationery card addressed Hong Kong cancelled by Shanghai Local Post c.d.s., with "C.I.P." 2c. tied by Shanghai pa kua with transit c.d.s. including German Post Office and "KAIS DEUTSCHE/MARINE-/SCHEFFSPOST/NO.40", with coloured picture post card featuring the S.M.S. Deutschland; also 1909 cover from Shanghai addressed to to S.M.S. Leipzig in Hong Kong with photo card of the ship. (4)

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