INAUGURAL AUCTION

4c foreign,. 1897. Chungking (21 May) to London. Cover franked with Dowager 4x ½c + 2x 4c statmp, tied by oval Customs Chungking cds. Transit Shanghai (7 Jun) with dollar chop. Transferred to Shanghai Fr.PO which cancelling the French Chine 25c stamp (10 Jun). Arrived Leeds (19 Jul). Name of sender “Archibald Little” printed on flap. Little was the owner of the Chungking Local Post.

重慶寄英國, 蓋重慶海關橢圓戳和上海海關日戳, 轉上海法國客郵局寄出。封舌印有發信人李度姓名, 李度是重慶書信舘的東主。