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1895, registered cover with emboss "Inspectorate General of Customs / Statistical Department" with boxed vermilion seal w. inserted handwritten date "3. V. 95" plus "CUSTOMS T(IENT)SIN MAY 7 1895" in combination w. german offices, 20 Pf. blue vertical pair tied "TIENTSIN / Imp. German Postal Agency 11/5 95" to german navy Lt. aboard gunboat "SMS Iltis" local, then fwd. to Shanghai at full german foreign rate, arrival "CUSTOMS SHANGHAI MAY plus large double circle vermilion "CHINA SHANGHAI/R", slightly reduced at left and backed tear, opened out for display, double signed and cert. Bothe BPP (1979), full of character.
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