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Question No. 8

What was the postage rating of this domestic cover?

I.P.O. extended the postal route to Sinkiang at the end of 1909

























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Double registered Chinese style red band cover from Kucheng to Tientsin. Kucheng Lunar Dater of March 27, 1911, Sinkiang Kuchengzi Port "R" mark, large "AR" Mark.

On the back CIP 5c vertical pair and vertical strip of 4 canceled by Kucheng Lunar Dater on March 27, 1911. Transit Tihua (Urumtsi) Lunar Dater of March 28, 1911. Transit Peking? Lunar Dater and Peking Bilingual Lunar Dater of May 19, 1911. Arrival Tientsin Bilingual Lunar Dater of May 9, 1911.

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According to the postal rate of I.P.O. the domestic letter rate for Sinkiang and Mongolia was 6c, registration fee was 5c, double registration fee was 10c. Why this cover apparently paid international letter rate of 10c double registration fee of 20c?

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