Public-Private Partnership: red-band cover from Taicang to Peking via Shanghai. The first leg was taken cared by private forwarder Zhouchangjizhan. The post office took care of the delivery from Shanghai. Taicang did not have a post office until 1905.
民居與官局聯合投遞：鎮洋至上海一段，由上海“周昌記棧”代收代寄，上海至北京一段，由郵政官局遞送。太倉縣郵局要到1905年才成立。