Wilde Cup Winner
1989 - R. J. Newton
1c postal
stationery envelope added with 4c adhesive sent from Hong Kong (23 May
1901) to Wei Hai Wei struck with arrival Liu Kung Tau Oval Datestamp
of 3 June 1901, forwarded to F.P.O. No.13 (3 June, at Wei Hai Wei),
back to Kowloon Base Office (16 June), then to Jhansi (India, 4 July)
and Abbottabad (7 July) where the addressee who was a soldier in the
Royal Garrison Artillery apparently found there. Opposed to previously
recorded "belted" type, this F.P.O. No.13 was in plain type,
latest use beyond 6 months of previous record and the only known example
showing the combination of use of Liu Kung Tau Oval and F.P.O. No.13
datestamps.
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