1875年据《费拉尔手稿》(1896年8月22日呈报赫德的《中华帝国邮政邮票与明信片备忘录》)记载,海关筹议发行邮票始于是年。1876年据1904年邮政事务总论,附件丁《邮票略解》记载,是年“准于通商口岸寄带平人信件,其邮票一项,在所必需”。1877年3月5日奉赫德旨意赴沪筹备巴黎世博会中国参展事宜的原烟台海关税务司德璀琳致函中国海关驻伦敦办事处税务司金登干,询问在英国印制邮票事宜。3月德璀琳函复海关总税务司赫德关 According to the “Ferrare Manuscript” of 1875 (“China Imperial Post Stamps and Postcards Memorandum”, which was reported to Hart on August 22, 1896), Customs began issuing stamps in the first year. According to the general postal services of 1904, the “Stamps of a few abbreviations” in Annex D are recorded in the year 1876. They are “allowed to be sent at the port of commerce by ordinary letters, and their stamps are required.” On March 5, 1877, De Cailin, the original taxation department of Yantai Customs Department, prepared to go to Shanghai to prepare preparations for the Shanghai World Expo in China, sent a letter to Kim Dengan, the tax department of the Chinese customs office in London, asking about the printing of stamps in the United Kingdom. March de Cuilin letter Fu Customs General Taxation Hurd off