China / Yunnan 1905 Registered envelope to France / Overland

cover sent from the Laokay to Yunnan French Railway Company bearing French China Yvert 59, 50c Brown on Blue tied by Yunnanfou Chine double-ring with Boxed handstruck registered and endorsed "Via Burma" with transit and arrival. A rare item of mail from Yunnan, ex Sir Percival David and Gerald Davis Pioneer study of the Overland routes. (pt)

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