printed with blue and brown red progressive colour. Extremely rare. Plus two printed 4th series stationery cards with different plate format and styles. The first card measures 89.5x137mm, the postage symbol is 23x27mm, Chinese bold font, T-line connected. The second card measures 91.5x137mm, the postage symbol is 23.5x27mm, Chinese thin font, T-line connection is separated. Interesting

the first stationery card was sent from Tienstin to Japan, and the Tientsin round postmark is a bit blurred. The second one was sent from Kaochangmiao in Shanghai to Japan. Kaochangmiao is in the south of the Yangtze River, has a long history and once had a far-reaching reputation. Kaochangmiao has two meanings, first is the name of the temple, then it became the name of the place, this term is full of historical weight. Over the past hundred years, the Kaochangmiao area has developed from a traditional village into a key foreign affairs town. 

with a 3-cent coiling dragon stamp attached. It was cancelled with two Chekiang Huchow waist frame round cds, and a "Huchow/Four" mailbox tombstone. It was transferred to Shanghai, and then via I.J.P.O. in Shanghai to arrive Newton, U.S.A.

the first card was sent from Wuhu to Shanghai, cancelled with a "Wuhu Changjie" Chinese-English waist frame lunar cds, with three Shanghai arrival stamps. The second card was sent from Nanking to Shanghai, cancelled with a Nanking (Yi) Han-English waist frame stamp, arranged in the order of "year, day, month", different from the general "year, month, day", and also cancelled with a Shanghai (Jia) Chinese-English waist frame arrival stamp.  The third card was sent from Hankow to Kuling, cancelled with a Hankow (Zi) leap month Chinese-English waist frame branch stamp, transferred to Hankow, with a Kweilin arrival stamp on the back. These 3 stationery cards are in different size format: 90x134.5mm, 89.5x137mm, 91x136.5mm.

the first card was sent from Shanghai to Tsinan, cancelled with a Shanghai year of Renzi datestamp (22/15 Feb in Renzi year). It was also cancelled with a Tsinan arrival stamp on the back.  The second card was sent from Mengtse, Szechuan to Yunnanfu, cancelled with a bilingual small circle Mengtse datestamp (20 June 1912), and also cancelled with a Yunnanfu arrival stamp (one on the front and one on the back). A few months after the establishment of the Republic of China, Qing postal cards and Qing stamps were still in use, as exemplified by this card. The third card was sent from Shanghai to Yochow City, cancelled with a Shanghai bilingual datestamp (14/20 May in the second year) and a small circle Shanghai cds, and also cancelled with a Yochow City arrival cds (21 May).  These 3 stationery cards are in different size format: 90x134.5mm, 92x139mm, 91.5x138.5mm.