1895年5月6日以汉口订户制度寄天津商业挂号破剖封, 封面盖长方框型带手写编号2挂号戳, 在封背盖群青色汉口工部日戳, 5月9日上海工部中转戳, 旁有仅见蓝绿半枚的5月15日天津海关(四位数字年份)到达日戳, 另有邮差手写记事. 封背曾被剪, 包括部份天津海关日戳; 保存颇佳的使用极早期挂号戳及混盖海关戳实寄封.Hankow Subscription Mail 1895 (6 May) opened-out commercial envelope registered to Tientsin bearing a superb strike of the boxed "registered/no" handstamp in black with manuscript number "2" and, on the reverse, Hankow Local Post c.d.s in ultramarine, Shanghai Local Post (9.5) and a part strike of Customs Tientsin c.d.s. (four figure yeardate) (15.5) in greenish blue and postmans delivery note in ink. A part of the reverse has been trimmed off (including part of the Tientsin c.d.s.). A fine and important cover being very early use of the registration handstamp and rare combination with the Customs Post service. Photo
