CHEFOO: 1896 Cover from the French Vice-Consulate in Chefoo to France, with Russian 10k tied by single circle Chefoo 13.12.96 ds with day and month completed by hand (not recorded by T&S), reverse with further strike and French consulate hs, a few tone spots, the only other example of this cancel that has been recorded is the following lot, and confirms that a Russian P.O. in Chefoo was open as early as 1896, a very important item of from the Russian P.O.s in China Note: Illustrated British Journal of Russian Philately no.58 (1981) p.20