Lot 10006 – PORT ARTHUR: 1898 3k Stationery card uprated 1k to

PORT ARTHUR: 1898 3k Stationery card uprated 1k to make overseas rate to Germany tied by PORT ARTHUR Type I cds (1 VI 1898 old style), transit cds of Russian P.O. Chefoo (old style), 2 days later arrived at Russian P.O. Shanghai (type I cds in blue new style), transiting Hong Kong 4 days later, arriving Hamburg on 23 7 98, fine and appealing, was the earliest recorded until the recent discovery of lot 10075