PEKING INCOMING: 1885 Cover from Mexico (stamps excised) to the Russian Embassy in Peking via San Francisco, the US Consulate in Shanghai, the Chinese P.O. in Shanghai (where « To Pay » hs was applied) before arriving at the Russian P.O. in Peking (Tchilinghirian & Stephen type 3 ds), then redirected to St. Petersburg via Kyakhta (taking another 64 days owing to the state of Siberian post roads during winter). Note: Possibly because it was applied to mail abroad, the Peking cancel used the New Style calendar instead of the Old Style then in use in Russia and its foreign P.O.s