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		1st Imperial Issue - Coiling Dragon Lithographed in Japan (1)



		After the establishment of the National Postal Service, a set of definitives was ordered from Waterlow & Sons, London. It would take more than a year to engrave the plate, print and ship the stamps from England, to meet the immediate needs, another set of lithographed definitives was ordered from Japan. This set was printed by Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry, and issued on October 1, 1897. Since the English inscription on this issue is IMPERIAL CHINESE POST, collectors called it as ICP Issue, and the London print as CIP Issue for the English inscription of that issue is CHINESE IMPERIAL POST. Registered cover from Shanghai to Amoy. ICP 2c x 7 canceled by Shanghai Dollar Dater on Oct. 7, 1897. Large "R" mark. On the back arrival Amoy Dollar Dater of Oct. 12, 1897. Chinese style red band cover from Peking to Tientsin. On the back ICP 2c canceled by Peking Dollar Dater on Nov. 17, 1897. Arrival Tientsin Dollar Dater of Nov. 18, 1897. "Postage Paid, Don't Demand" mark. From Amoy to Hong Kong. ICP 1c x 2, 2c canceled by Amoy Dollar Dater on Dec. 11, 1897. On the back arrival Hong Kong CDS of Dec. 13, 1897.



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