The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 - Day 3

1904 (Jun 16) Shantung Chefoo to France taxed cover, then returned to Chefoo,mixed franking with Japanese ovpt. CHINA 3s & CIP 1c, 3s uncanceled while 1c tied by Shantung Chefoo lunar year cds. (very early usage). Japanese 3c uncancelled due to not acceptable to the postal convention, and therefore unpaid and taxed at 10 centimes with 10c. Chiffre Taxe stamp cancelled by triangle mark in Paris, France, plus a large "T" mark underneath. The receiver was not in France and thus returned to Chefoo. Therefore, on the back side of cover, cancelled by a boxed "INCONNU", via Chefoo French P.O. cds. in purple color, Chefoo Imperial Post Office bilingual cds.,Shantung/Chefoo lunar-year cds. A very good cover full of characters.

1904年6月16日山東煙臺寄法國欠資封，後退回煙臺，混貼日本客郵3錢及蟠龍1分票各一枚，蟠龍票銷山東煙臺甲辰年干支戳（五月份為極早使用），日本票未銷戳，因不符合郵政規定，故作欠資處理，於法國貼10分欠資票並銷戳，因無法投遞退回寄件人，正背面蓋有多枚上海書信舘、法國客郵局、煙臺中國郵局、法國客郵局和法國到達戳等。十分精彩。