France Post Offices In China

Anyone know where the French post office known as Arsenal Pagoda was in China?

Foochow/Fuzhou

That's what I thought but couldn't find confirmation. It would have been at the navel arsenal that France was helping the Chinese build. Is that correct?

I'm putting together a map for the album.

I think you meant to say "naval" instead of :navel" ? There is a difference (-:


Peter

Thank you one and all and yes, I most certainly meant "naval."

I'll ask again with the proper spelling:

Was the Arsenal Pagoda post office on the Fou-Tchéou Naval Arsenal?

Translation;
Foochow, capital of Fukien Province was opened
to foreign trade in 1842 by the Treaty of Nanking.
A Shanghai local post office was opened
at Foochow and at Pagoda Arsenal 10 miles up the river
around 1882 and its stamps were in use until 31
December 1894. The Foochow local post office was
opened on 1 January 1895.
February 3, 1897 is the date of the first day of Imperial Posts and
therefore the last day of use of local post stamps



https://laphilateliechinoise.com/wp...-Locales.pdf

Thanks very much, I appreciate it. That's very helpful.

While trying to find out the location of the Arsenal Pagoda post office I stumbled on a 1915 Chinese postal map of Foochow. If that's of interest to anyone it can be found online.

Pagoda arsenal cancels are very rare..
Siegal auction example below:


Description
France, Offices in China, "Arsenal Pagoda Chine, Poste Francaise" Datestamp. Three items, first is Offices in China, 1894, 25c Black on Rose (6; Yvert 8) tied by Nov. 1905 datestamp on cover to France, plus two picture postcards to France with Offices in China, 1903, 10c Rose Red (35; Yvert 24), each tied by 1906 datestamps, Fine and scarce trio, this datestamp which was not authorized for use on public mail, less than a dozen examples are thought to exist, most with blurry and poor strikes, from the Magnolia collection

https://www.philasearch.com/en/i_94...fr&row_nr=15