tied by "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, May 4 2PM 95" duplex to Chefoo ½c postal card addressed to Louisville, Kentucky, "Local Post Chefoo 24 Apr 95" over indicium and repeated at left, faint blue "Shanghai Local Post Ap 26 95" datestamp, San Francisco and Louisville datestamps, small tape stains on reverse, very fine, message includes "You cannot imagine the sickness and the suffering...famine is often staring the people in the face. As one Christian sister said to me recently 'Is this the beginning of the last days?'"

Provenance: Drucker Family (R.A. Siegel Sale 855, 2003)