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TOO LATE
Extracted from the Postal Guide of Imperial Chinese Post Office (Article 161):
Mail packets / trains operating on published schedules carried most international mail matters. The post office worked backward from the departure time to establish the time at which the mailbags were closed and taken to the ship / train. Mails received after the stated mail closing time were held at the post office for the next dispatching. To avoid confusion about who was responsible for the delay in transit, a wooden hand-stamp "TOO LATE" was used to indicate that it had been posted too late for inclusion in the day's dispatch.
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