1899/1906, to France: 5 C. tied "LAO-KAI 18 NOV 09" to small native envelope with mark of origin "CUSTOMS MENGTSZ ...4 1899"; 5 C. tied bilingual "MONG-TSEU-CHINA 24 NOV. 06" to ppc via "LAOKAY". (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

French Offices, 1908. Military mail envelope (creased, roughly opened) endorsed 'Corps d'Occupation de la Chine addressed to 'Sous-Officier aux Tirailleurs Senegalais, Cote Occidentale d'Afrique' bearing French China SG 77, 4c on 10c carmine tied byTien-Tsin-Chine/Poste Francaise '16th Juil' with mililary cachet '16th Regt. D’infanterie du Marine’ on face routed via Dakar/Senegal '21th Aout', St Louis/Senegal ‘24th Aout' and Upper Niger with Kayes/Ht. Senegal et Niger '30th Aout' and Kati arrival '1st Sept' with m/s ‘Inconnu 1st Senegalis a St. Louis’ with instructional ‘Retour/A L’Envoyeur’ and routed via Kayes ‘10th Sept’, St. Louis ‘19th Sept’ with Paris ‘7th Oct’ and Tien-Tsin French Post Office receiver ’25th Oct’ on reverse. Very nice item of destination mail from French China. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1892, RUSSIAN POST OFFICES. Envelope addressed to 'Doctor Popoff' on the French Navire "Souvenir d'Azow" at Hong Kong bearing Yvert 28, 1k orange (5), Yvert 32, 7k blue and Yvert 33, 14k blue and orange tied by date stamp in blue '30/2' with ambulanton reverse '4 Mars', forwarded to Nagasaki via the Japanese Post Office in China with 'I.J.P.O. Shanghai/Meiji 25' transit double ring '22/3' and arrival in Nagasaki '23 April on reverse. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)