By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
lot # 5290 - varieties / plate flaw / specials
1902, incoming mail forwarded from French Indochina: Belgium 25 C. "ROEULX 16 FEB 1902" to passenger aboard french mail steamer MM Yarra bound for Saigon via Naples, but not found and tried with other MM steamers "Annam", "Ernest Simons" etc., then fwd. to China via Singapore, Hong Kong, french p.o. Shanghai (with note of postmaster "received by MM for fwd.") resp. "TIENTSIN 7 JUL 02" to mission station w. unclear large dollar of probably Hochienfu and tombstone "Hochienfu/ p.o." arrival. On front boxed routing mark "Hochienfu Catholic Temple". A well travelled cover. Vertical bend, opened out for display.
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