KOREA

Covers and stamps / Korea

KOREA: 1901 (Aug 17): Imperial Korean Post U.P.U: 4 c. stationery card uprated 10 c. purple and sent registered to Paris, cancelled "SEOUL COREE" cds and with framed red registration handstamp top left, "SHANGHAI CHINE" transit cds of the French Post Office, reverse with arrival cancels. Only two registered examples recorded, stained bottom right corner, a rarity.