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