Two different official seals are known from Imperial China. Both are infrequently seen on cover.
Catalog: Chang type 1, Drummond OS1, Ma #OS1
Date issued: 1899, EKU April 17, 1907
Printing: Dull gray green
Perforation: 11 1/2
Inscription: "CHINESE IMPERIAL POST / OFFICIALLY SEALED"
Control Number: None
Description: Repaired using eight 1st issue Chinese seals, this spectacular 1911 cover was "Recovered damaged through wreck on Yangtze"
Few covers with this seal are recorded.
Courtesy of Jim Kotanchik by permission.
Catalog: Chang type 2, Drummond OS2, Ma #OS3
Date issued: 1907, EKU December 7, 1908
Printing: Yellow green on thick white
Perforation: 11 1/2
Inscription: "CHINESE IMPERIAL POST. / OFFICIALLY SEALED."
Control Number: None
Description: Redirected 1916 envelope from an insurance company in Paris, France to Wuchow, China with two second issue yellow green official seals affixed, both tied by Nanning datestamps.
A rather late usage of an unoverprinted imperial seal.
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Updated March 2, 2008