【Autumn 2022 Sales Special Features: Interim Period Usage】
Interim period. Empress Dowager small figures surcharges 2c. on 2ca., cancelled by “Customs/Shanghai” double-ring d.s. of “Jan 23 1897” on 1896 (13 Dec.) “Madagascar et Dépendances/ Direction de l’Agriculture/ Service de l’Agriculture” corner card envelope from Tananarive, Madagascar to Peking (7.2.97) bearing “Poste Française/Madagascar” overprint on France 5c., cancelled by “Tananarives/ Madagascar” c.d.s. Berteaux correspondence. BPA certificate.
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馬達加斯加寄北京法國使館，經上海加貼慈壽2分小字加蓋郵票，支付冬令郵路郵資，並蓋銷1897年1月23日日戳，2月7日到京。帶BPA證書。
