International Rarities - Volume 25

China: Württemberg postal stationery postal card 10 Pfg with attached reply part used both ways: 1)
Württemberg postal stationery postal card 10 Pfg with attached reply part used both ways:
1) „K.K OESTERR SCHIFFPOST AM BODENSEE 22.2.99“ departure cds (Austrian shipmail on the lake Constance) sent to „H. Schwager, Custom House Wuchow China“ with black oval arrival date stamp „IMPERIAL POST OFFICE WUCHOW 2 APR 99“, „SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG“ and „CANTON 1.4.99“ transit cds.
2) on arrival the reply part was recognized as fully valid by the chinese post office and cancelled by bluish departure date stamp „IMPERIAL POST OFFICE WUCHOW 11 APR 99“ and send back to Tübingen, Germany with „HONG KONG AP 13 99“ cds applied in transit.
FOREIGN REPLY POSTAL STATIONERIES USED AT AN IMPERIAL CHINESE POST OFFICE ARE MAJOR RARITIES, COMPARABLE TO CHINESE POSTAL STATIONERIES USED ABROAD.
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