The nine recorded covers with Small Dragon stamps cancelled by the Seoul Customs c.d.s. are :
1: 1892 (2 May) envelope to Paris bearing Small Dragons 3ca. strip of three in combination with France 25c. Ex Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman, Lam Man Yin collection. The Red Revenue Surcharges China 1897, Vol. II, p. 859. Illustrated.
2: 1892 (13 July) envelope to Berlin bearing Small Dragons 3ca. block of six in combination with France 25c. pair. Robson Lowe, 16.10.74, lot 1294. Mizuhara Meiso collection, p. 110.
3: 1892 (29 July) envelope to Shanghai bearing Small Dragon 3ca. Mizuhara Meiso collection, p. 109.
4: 1892 (17 Oct.) envelope to Shanghai bearing Small Dragon 3ca. Mizuhara Meiso collection.
5: 1893 (26 Dec.) Japan 3s. postal stationery card to Shanghai bearing Small Dragon 3ca. Ex Dr. Warren G. Kauder, Robson Lowe, 10.11.71, lot 166. Mizuhara Meiso collection, p. 109.
6: 1896 (3 Sept.) envelope from the German Consul in Korea to Hong Kong bearing Small Dragons 1ca. pair, single and 3ca. strip of three in combination with Hong Kong 10c. Steve Chazen collection, Asian Philatelist (2010), p. 56.
7: 1897 (22 Jan.) envelope to Berlin bearing Small Dragons 1ca. strip of three and 3ca. pair in combination with France "Chine" 25c. Prize Selections from the Rocpex Taipei '81, p. 99; Customs Daters (1875-1913), p. 176.
8: ?
9: 1898 (25 Jan.) envelope to Peking bearing 3ca., ex Berteaux correspondence. Robson Lowe, 25.6.63, lot 19.
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