The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 - Day 3

1902 (Sep 5) Chinese red band cover from Chu Cheng to Chingtao,f.w. CIP Coiling Dragon 1c x 1 on reverse, matching the domestic ordinary postage, tied by rare Chu Cheng Post Office cds., with Kiaochow transit cds. (1902 Sep 7) alongside. This is the item from "Postmarks History of the Imperial Ching Dynasty (1876-1912)", editted by Yu Chao-Nien.

光緒廿十八年八月初四日(1902.9.5)中式紅條封由山東諸城平信寄青島，郵資一分，背面單貼蟠龍1分票，銷罕見的諸城郵政局日月戳，經膠州轉遞（1902.9.7），未銷青島戳，不明到達日期。山東日月戳中諸城較少見。俞兆年編著《大清郵政史》第150頁實物。