Contents 1
Your 2 cents worth; Q & A 2
Donations 3
First Meeting; Awards; Images and Errata 4
IPO Tieprints Introduction and Approach 5
Member Exhibits at Annual Meeting; Literature For Sale 7
The IPO Team 8
What is a Cash Cover — A Fantasy…………………….Steve Gates 10
Known and Possible IPO Tieprints on Hong Kong Stamps………….Steve Gates 13
How to be a Team Player 13
IPO Tieprints – Their Occurrence on Foreign Post Office Adhesives On Cover
…………………....Mick Goldsmith 16
Unsolved Mysteries: Choices of Foreign Postage Made by the Imperial Post and
its Uses During its Early Days……………………………………….Steve Gates 20
The Subtypes 21
Kiungchow Tieprints 24
Canton Tieprints 25
Chefoo Tieprints and Wei Hai Wei Usage…………Benny Cheung & Sam Chiu 27
A Review of Chungking IPO Tieprints……………………………….Steve Gates 32
Kongmoon Tieprints 36
1897 – 1902 International Mail from Nanking In ‘The Combination Cover Period’
…………………...Mick Goldsmith 38
Foochow Tieprints………………………..41 Hangchow Tieprints..…………….…….42
Hankow Tieprints………………………...43 Ichang Tieprints……………………..….44
Peking Tieprints…………………………..45 Samshui Tieprints……………………....46
Shasi Tieprints……………………...…….46 Soochow Tieprints……………………...47
Swatow Tieprints…………………………48 Wenchow Tieprints……………………..49
The Rest of the Tieprints 49
In Pursuit of Philatelic Trivia (2)…………………………………..….Paul B. Lee 52
The Paper Chase, Part 1: The Local Post, (2)………………….………Sam Chiu 54
Philatelic News from China ….…………………………………….....Fang Xiang 56
Dealers : Zurich Asia Limited 59