Yes, your ID is correct. 19May1922 Shanghai cancel.
If anybody is wondering why you cannot count the 9 horizontal lines above the head (it is not necessary to ID this stamp, as the other features are sufficient to ID it is Type III), the portrait is shifted up slightly relative to the frame, so some of the top horizontal shading lines are masked by the oval.
@khj thanks for the input! Great observation, I can see that now. I IDed relying on the Scott Type III description: "Top frame line fully shaded with vertical lines"; my reasoning being Type II and III both have the area filled with horizontal lines.
Vertical lines in top frame of Type III:
Horizontal lines above head of Type II and Type III:
By the way, thanks for posting these nice big high resolution scans! It makes confirming your IDs and explaining things a lot easier.
Can't tell you how many times we aren't able to help ID stamps because the stamp picture is a blurry camera picture with the stamp size a tiny 10% of the entire picture.
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