UNITED STATES - CHINA: 1858, part paid lettersheet from "PROVIDENCE R.I. FEB. 23 1858" via Prussia, Trieste and Alexandria to Hongkong. Prepaid with 38 cents till Alexandria and taxed here with "1/-" for the conveyance to Hongkong, to be paid by the recipient. Just 5 letters from The US via Trieste to China have been recorded.
