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7.2 ... in difficult times Scouts have delivered the mail often at danger to themselves

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Cover from Shanghai to Andover, Mass., US.A. Shanghai Emergency Postal Service label on reverse.
On front franked with 3c Canadian and postmarked Vancouver British Columbia J UN 14 1932.

During the 1932 Chinese Postal Service Strike, Shanghai
mail was collected at an Emergency Post Office, operated
by volunteers including Boy Scouts. Only Shanghai mail
for overseas destinations was dealt with. Purpose made
labels were affixed and cancelled "E.P.S" in a circle. The
mail was sent to London, Hong Kong, Vancouver or Japan
where it was franked and forwarded to the addressee.

Reduced image offront ofcover.

EMERGENCY POSTAL SERVICE
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Complete booklet with five labels.