拍品描述： 1897年2月3日天津寄印度挂号破剖封，在封背贴洋银一分盖于一分银，洋银贰分盖于贰分银，洋银伍分盖于伍分银各一枚及洋银捌分盖于陆分银两枚，销天津蓝色椭圆型戳，信封面有天津海关分发戳，另贴两枚香港10仙红及紫色票一对，销红色天津椭圆型粗框R号码戳，旁有香港圆框形R挂号戳，另有些不同地方的中转戳，包括2月8日上海海关戳，2月9日上海英国客邮戳，3月10日Tuticorin(杜蒂戈林港)戳及印度其他邮戳包括3月25日Sealkot(鍚亚尔科特，今属巴基斯坦)等邮戳. 非常优秀的稀罕封，这亦是天津寄出的最早期大清国办邮政封，同时也是中国各城市中最早的大清国办邮政挂号封，也包括追加邮资4仙的冬季邮费，而且那天津椭圆型戳也不该被使用于此封(然而因天津海关日戳遵守当时并不能作为邮票之盖销戳的原故)，加之天津IV型挂号戳是较晚期使用于此封(其使用期间为1895年11月2日至1897年2月14日); 令这件慈寿挂号实寄封成为集邮家们所追求的梦想藏品.。1897 New Currency Surcharges，Small Figures Surcharge，Covers10c. International Rate plus 10c. Registration，1897 (3 Feb.) opened-out envelope registered to India bearing, on the reverse, 1c. on 1ca., 2c. on 2ca. 5c. on 5ca. and 8c. on 6ca. (2) cancelled or tied by Tientsin seal in blue, the Customs Tientsin despatch c.d.s. is on the address side, fractionally covered by a pair of Hong Kong 10c. purple on red with a fine strike of "<H>tientsin/R/no..."， in oval in red with Hong Kong "R" in circle alongside. There is a fine range of transit marks including Shanghai Customs (8.2), British Post Office Shanghai (9.2), Tuticorin (10.3) and other Indian datestamps including Sealkot (25.3). An outstanding cover of the highest order. This is the earliest Imperial Post cover from Tientsin，, it is also the earliest Imperial Post registered cover from any city, it includes the additional 4c. winter rate, the seal cancellations should not have been used (however, Tientsin stuck to the rules with regard to the Customs Post datestamp which was not meant to be used as a cancellation) and late use of the Tientsin type IV registration handstamp. This exceptional cover could grace the finest of collections. Photo