Lot# 8056

the first card was sent from Kaifeng, Honan to Japan on 6 Oct 1909, with a 1/2-cent coiling dragon stamp attached, bearing a "No.5 Mailbox" small round postmark and postman mark "Chinese character "2"", cancelled by 3 Kaifeng (Ren) English and Chinese bilingual circle lunar year cds  (Jiyou, lunar 8th month, 23trd day), transferred via Shanghai, via Shanghai I.J.P.O. to Nagoya, Japan, the card size measures at 91.5x138mm. The second stationery card was also sent from Kaifeng, Honan to Japan on 19 Nov 1909, with a 1/2-cent coiling dragon stamp attached, bearing a blurred "No.5 Mailbox" small round postmark and postman mark "Chiinese character "3"", cancelled by 3 Kaifeng (Ren) English and Chinese bilingual waist-frame circle lunar year cds (Jiyou, 7th lunar month, and 7th day), transferred via Hankow, Shanghai, via Shanghai I.J.P.O. to Nagoya, Japan, the card size measures at 93x139mm.