CHINA POSTAL REGION ATLAS X30 MAPS VGC

CHINA POSTAL SERVICE

Publication Date: 1933

About this Item

China Postal Atlas showing the establishments and postal routes in each province. Nanking, Directorate General Posts, 1933. Large folio (62 x 38 cm.). Third edition (2nd edition 1919). "The present issue has been corrected up to various dates in 1933. For the first time, the Postal atlas shows telegraph offices, air-mail lines and motor-vehicle routes" (from Preface). Original green cloth with title lettering in gilt on upper cover. Three preliminary leaves in Chinese, the preface is in Chinese, English and French, and the double page title/map index is in Chinese and English. 30 chromolithographs: double page index map, 26 double page maps (6 with fold-outs), 4 single page maps. 6 page index in Chinese and 2 page index in English.spine and map hinges skillfully rebound The text is very clean and bright and appears to have been little used if at all. The condition of the text is Very Good . A very scarce/rare item containing much source material about transportation routes and communications from that period. "The entire work, with the exception of the printing, has been carried out by the staff of the Chinese Post Office." (Preface).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CHINA POSTAL REGION ATLAS X30 MAPS VGC
• Publication Date: 1933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 8 kilograms