The Hong Kong 'China' Overprints

British Post Offices in China from 1917 - 1930

Agency Usages - Hoihow

Letter to Great Britain dated November 8, 1922 A cover from Hoihow to Great Britain, franked with an SG23 10 cent stamp, paying the 10c Treaty Port/UPU rate. Cancelled with a Type Hii CDS of which Webb reports less than 25 examples exist on cover.

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Registered Letter to the USA dated June 13, 1917 This registered letter from Hoihow to the USA is franked with a pair of SG6 ten cent stamps paying the 10c Registered letter fee and the 10c Treaty/UPU rate. The stamps are cancelled with a Type Hi, Index D cds, of which less than 25 examples are known to exist on cover and the majority of these are index C. The Index D is extremely rare. This is also believed to be one of only four existing examples of the boxed Registered handstamp.

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Registered Letter to the USA dated August 11, 1917 This registered letter from Hoihow to the USA is franked with a pair of SG3 4 cent stamps and a pair of S 4 6 cent stamps paying the 10c Registered letter fee and the 10c Treaty/UPU rate. The stamps are cancelled with a Type Hi, Index D CDS, of which less than 25 examples are known to exist on cover and the majority of these are index C. The Index D is extremely rare. This is also believed to be one of only four existing examples of the boxed Registered handstamp.

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