INAUGURAL AUCTION

Manchuria. 1907. Shenyang (31 December, Lunar Calender 27th day, 11th month) to Tientsin. Red-band cover franked with block of six CIP 2c stamps, tied by boxed "Third Sub-Office, Shenyang, Fengtien" canceller, with registration cachet number 7 and Tientsin arrival alongside. Earliest mail from that branch. Cover trimmed at top.

丁未冬月, 貼2分郵票六方連, 銷“奉天瀋陽第叁分局”碑形戳, 挂號第7號, 應該是該分局最早的實寄封之一, 臘月初一到天津。