Imperial railway mail Beijing Taku * on fieldpost card (cut in) from Tongku 9. July 1901 to Halle at the Saale (arrival postmark 28 08 01) with rectangle cancel, S. B. Ostas. Exped. Army postal service army postal serviceexepd. "card from the time of the Boxer Rebellion at post conductor Friedrich Schmidt - to be sure philatelic influenced, but genuine postally used! Study group 750,-