Lot# 8015

affixed with a half-cent dragon stamp overprinted with "Republic of China" in Song typeface. The stamp was cancelled with a half-cut small round Shanghai postmark, and it was transferred through the Shanghai I.J.P.O., with a Kobe, Japan arrival postmark. The Y-X measurement is 2.5mm, meaning the top edge of the postal sign on the right was 2.5mm higher than the top edge of the French text. This is a very important special format of the Qing Dynasty fourth series postal card. There are only six known examples of this distance difference in existence. It is rare to find this special format on an actual mailing.