China Covers and Cancellations Postmarks Numbered Daters: Peking: 1912 (26 May) red band cover to Tientsin bearing Republic 3c. tied by Peking 14 datestamp and with a good strike of the large Peking number 1 rectangle in rose-red, with further despatch and smudged arrival c.d.s.; light water stain in one corner. Ex Peter Padget. Photo