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China Kiaochow 1905 Postage Due Postcard to Germany
Picture Post card of a Chinese Boy Gruss aus Tsintau, endorsed Tsintau Cathedral in Red (Chinese), bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG109, 1c ochre tied by Tsintau vernacular datestamp, underpaid with TAX 3 cts handstamp and routed via Kiaochow with Imperial and French Post Office Shanghai transits with Gross Baudiss arrival. Attractive.
China 1901 Red Band A.R. Cover Registered Mamoi Foochow
Red Band Envelope bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG110, 2c deep red (2), and SG113, 10c Green tied by Mamoi vernacular datestamp with Boxed Registered Mamoi (Foochow China) and oval AR (Advice of Receipt) with arrival. Very fine and attractive item.
China Imperial 1905 Registered Red Band Cover to Annam
Reg. Red Band Envelope bearing Chinese Imperial Post coiling dragon SG127, 10c Green (vertical Pair) tied by vernacular datestamp with handstruck registered "R / No.39" and boxed instructional in Red, routed via the Imperial and French Post Offices Canton with Saigon Central Cochinchine arrival. Very fine and scarce item of registered mail.
China 1916 Postal Stationery cancelled by Kuikiang
Postal Stationery card 1cent red cancelled by vernacular KuiKiang datestamp addressed to Hankow with Imperial Post arrival. (pt)
China 1907 Postal Stationery cancelled by Imperial Post
Postal Stationery card 1cent red cancelled by Imperial Post Newchawang datestamp, routed via the Imperial Post Office Tientsin with 'Tien-Tsin-Chine Poste Francaise' double ring arrival. (pt)
China 1906 Picture Postcard Temple of 500 Geniin Canton
Picture Postcard of the 'Temple of 500 Genii, Canton' addressed to France bearing SG109, 1c ochre tied by Canton datestamp with Victoria Hong Kong transit. (pt)
China Postal Stationery Imperial Post Office Tientsin
Postal Stationery card 1cent red cancelled by vernacular Newchwang datestamp, routed via the Imperial Post Office Tientsin with 'Tien-Tsin-Chine Poste Francaise' double ring arrival. (pt)
China COCHINCHINE 1891 Cover to France via Mekong River
Envelope to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert54, 25c black/rose (right side marginal pair) tied by Traon Cochinchine Telegraphic datestamp, routed on the Mekong River with 'Vapeur No6' datestamp in blue and Mytho transit with Paris arrival on reverse. A great rarity for the exhibitor. (pt)
China 1901 Imperial Chinese Postal Stationery Card
PSC card 1 cent rose upgraded with SG 109, 1c ochre and SG 110 2c red tied by oval Peking datestamp. Very fine.(pt) (pt)
China 1899 Envelope to Surgen on H.M.S. Barfleur
Cover written from Chefoo 23 Feb 1899 to the Surgen on "H.M.S. Barfleur" at Wei-Hai-Wei bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG 110, 2c red tied by Chefoo dollar chop mixed with Wei-Hai-Wei courier post SG 3, 2c scarlet (un tied). The local post paid the rate to the ship but this remained uncancelled as the letter was handed to the Surgen in person. (pt)
CHINA Expeditionary Force 1901 Imperial Chinese Card
Imperial Chinese Postal Stationary card 1cent red mixed with C.E.F.C2, 1/2 anna green tied by Field Post Office No 20 date stamp addressed to Tientsin with Base Office B arrival on front. ( British Railway Administration stamp has been removed ). A rare item. (pt)
CHINA 1916 Official mail cover Peking via Shanghai
Officail mail envelope from the Inspectorate General of Customs Peking addressed to the "H.Fletcher, Commissioner of Customs, Tengyueh, Yunnan" cancelled by boxed "Postage Paid" with Imperial Post Office Peking (1) date stamp, routed via Shanghai, Hokow and Yunnan with Imperial Post Teng-Yueh arrival on reverse. Very fine item of mail. (pt)
China 1897 Red Band Envelope to France
cancelled by boxed Paid hand-stamp with adjacent Peking dollar chop routed via the Imperial Post Shanghai with chop on reverse and forwarded via the French Post Office bearing French China Yvert 8, 25c black / rose tied by Shanghai Chine double-ring, sent by French Paquebot with "Ligne N Paq Fr No 10" datestamp on reverse with Muret arrival. (pt)
China 1904 Picture Postcard "Chinese Funeral" to France
bearing SG124, 4c brown tied by Hankow datestamp routed via the Imperial and French Post Offices Shanghai. Very fine. (pt)
China Burma 1908 Picture Postcard from France 10c
bearing 10 cents Sower addressed to the French Customs at Teng Yueh routed via Lao-Kay Tonkin with Imperial and French Post Office Mong-Tseu and Yunnanfou transit with Teng Yueh arrival. Scarce item of mail to this small Post Office on the Burma / Yunnan border. (pt)
China Burma 1910 Reg. Envelope to France
bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG151, 2c green (16) and SG156, 10c blue tied by vernacular chop with handstruck registered and hand-stamp A.R. (Advice of Receipt) routed via Liking on the Bhamo overland route with Teng-Yueh transit and Paris arrival. Few A.R. covers known on the scarce Burma route. (pt)
China Treaty Ports 1893 Red Band Envelope to Shanghai
bearing Shanghai SG151, 1/2cent on half 5c pink (pair) tied by Local Post Shanghai double-ring with Shanghai Local Post May 29/93 arrival in blue on reverse. Scarce stamp with the raised stop on cover. (pt)
China Jap. Post Offices 1908 Picture Postcard Temple
Temple of Heaven bearing SG8, 3 sen rosine tied by Peking I.J.P.O. datestamp in violet addressed to France. Very fine item. (pt)
China 1940 Postal Stationery Card 30c red upgraded
upgraded with SG419, 30c maroon tied by Shanghai datestamp addressed to France with German censor cachet. Scarce. (pt)
China 1904 Picture Postcard of Wharf Amoy 4c brown
Picture Postcard of the Wharf Amoy bearing SG111, 4c brown tied by Amoy datestamp addressed to Italy, routed via the French Post Office with "Amoy Chine Poste Francaise" double-ring transit. (pt)
Indo-China 1904 Postal Stationery Envelope 15c blue
cancelled by Viettri Tonkin double-ring addressed to France with Cassel arrival. (pt)
China 1899 C.I.P. Chefoo Cover to Wei Hai Wei
envelope to the Surgeon on "H.M.S. Barflur" Wei-Hai-Wei bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG110, 2c red tied by Chefoo dollar chop mixed with Wei Hai Wei courier post SG4, 5c yellow green (uncancelled). The local post stamp has been applied to pay the postage to the SHIP but the Revenue has been collected in cash and so the Wei-Hai-Wei stamp has remained uncancelled. See photo-copy from the same correspondance. (pt)
China 1911 PSC Wunshien via Hankow to Germany
Postal Stationery Card Chinese Imperial Post 1c green upgraded with SG121, 1/2c brown tied by Wunshien datestamp routed via Hankow and Peking addressed to Germany. (pt)
China 1902 Picture Post of the Bund
Chinese Imperial Post SG110, 2c red tied by octagonal French vaquero Yokohama a Marseille L.N. No 10 datestamp addressed to France. Very fine. (pt)
China 1902 Picture Post of Peking
Picture Post of Peking bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG110, 2c red tied by vernacular datestamp addressed to France. Very fine. (pt)
China 1903 Reg. Envelope to France 5 kop
Russian Post Office. Registered Envelope to France bearing SG4, 5 kop purple (Block of 6) tied by Peking datestamp with Peking registered label and circular registered with handstruck registered in violet with Paris arrival on reverse. Very fine item. (pt)
China 1898 Chinese Imperial Postcard
"Grusse aus Kiaotschau" from Hirsbrunner & Co, Shanghai bearing SG108, 1/2 brown tied by Pa Kau obliterator with Shanghai Local Post arrival on front. Very rare card. (pt)
China 1916 Feldpost card (Austria) Scarce
from the Austrian Military Detachment cancelled by "K. un K. Feldpostamt 88 double-ring with military cachet "K.U.K. China-Gebirgskanonenbatterie Nr. 3 / G.A.R. 2" in blue. Scarce and rare item from the small Austrian military post. (pt)
China 1904 Picture Postcard from Vienna
Austrian Military Detachment, registered Picture Postcard written from Wien and addressed to the Austrian Military Detachment in Peking bearing Yvert 73, 30 heller violet tied by Wien datestamp with registered label. Rare incoming mail from the small Austrian military post. (pt)
China 1915 Letter card addressed to Krizevci
from the Austrian Military Detachment cancelled by "K. un K. Feldpostamt 78 double-ring with military cachet "K.U.K. China Munitions Kolonne 2/3 Zensuriert" in violet with arrival on reverse. Superb and rare item from the small Austrian military post. (pt)
China 1901 Dollar Chop CIP PPC to Switzerland
Early Picture Postcard Graf Waldersee, bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG111, 4c brown (2) tied by Paoting dollar chop with Basel arrival. Very fine. (pt)
China 1901 French Troops Military Mail Cover
envelope from the French Troops headed "Service Militaire" bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG109, 1c ochre (Pair) tied by Tangku datestamp addressed to a Liutenant on the French Navy Ship "Friant" off AMOY with Shanghai transit and Imperial Post Office AMOY arrival on reverse. Very fine item of quality. (pt)
China 1905 Imperial Chinese Post PSC 1c Red
Postal Stationery Card sent from a Church cancelled by Yao-Wan datestamp with Shantow & Su-Tsien transits & Shanghai arrival. Nice item of domestic mail (pt)
China Hong Kong 1901 QV on CIP PSC to India
Chinese Imperial Post Postal Stationery Card 1c red upgraded with SG109, 1c ochre and SG110, 2c red tied by Wusueh Pa-Kua cancel with matching datestamp routed via the British Post Offices Shanghai mixed with Hong Kong SG33, Queen Victoria 2c carmine (Pair) tied in transit by Shanghai datestamp addressed to India with Madras, St. Thomas Mount arrival on front. Very fine combination. (pt)
China 1906 Chinese Imperial Post PSC 1c Red
Postal Stationery Card upgraded with SG109, 1c ochre and SG110, 2c red tied by Yuen-Yun, Shan-Shi Province datestamp routes via Tai-Yuen and Ping-Yang with Imperial transit sent via the Imperial Post Office Shanghai addressed to Sweden with Jonkoping. Very fine. (pt)
China 1906 Japanese Concession - Tientsin PPC
Early Coloured Picture Postcard bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG110, 2c red tied by Tientsin datestamp routed via Shanghai, addressed to France, underpaid with Chinese Tax handstamp and French Postage Due Yvert 29, 10c brown applied and tied on arrival. (pt)
China 1900 Small Dragon Cigarettes Advertising Card
Card from Roldany, Peru, with illustrated of Small Dragon and Coiling Dragon Dowager. Unusual item. (pt)
China 1903 CIP Advertising Postal Stationery
Chinese Imperial Post Postal Stationery Card 1c Red, handstamped "Sold in Bulk" and cancelled by Hankow Imperial datestamp addressed locally to Hankow with advertising on reverse. (pt)
China 1903 I.C.P. Advertising Stationery Card
Imperial Chinese Post Postal Stationery Card 1c Pink, handstamped "Sold in Bulk" and cancelled by Hankow Imperial datestamp addressed locally to the Rue de Hanoi with advertising on reverse for the Gillette Razor. (pt)
China 1907 I.C.P. Stationery Card to Gobitan
Imperial Chinese Post Postal Stationery Card 1c Pink upgraded with SG122, 1c ochre and SG123, 2c Scarlet tied by oval Peking datestamp addressed to Gobitan, Very fine. (pt)
China 1906 Envelope to Belgium Fr Railway Co.
Cover from the Kaifong to Honan French Railway Co. bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG123, 2c Red (5) tied by vernacular datestamp with Hankow and Shanghai transits on reverse with Brussels arrival. Fine item. (pt)
China Boxer Rebellion 1901 Imperial Post PSC
1 cent red Postal Stationery Card upgraded with SG122, 1c ochre tied by oval Peking datestamp with "K.D. Feld Post Station No2" datestamp & boxed S.B. 4/1 Oa J.R. addressed to Germany with Strassburg arrival. Very fine. (pt)
China Germany 1903 Registered CIP Stationery
Chinese Imperial Post Postal Stationery Card 1c red upgraded with Coiling Dragon SG127, 10c Green and Carp (Fish) SG129, 30c rose tied by Paotingfu Dollar Chop with Boxed handstruck registered forwarded threw the Imperial and French Post Office Shanghai, bearing French China Yvert 2, 5c Yellow Green and Yvert 8, 25c Black Rose tied by Shanghai double-ring with Boxed Registered, addressed to Germany with Roetz arrival. Very fine combination. (pt)
China Saigon 1906 CIP PSC via Amoy Hong Kong
Chinese Imperial Post Postal Stationery Card 1c Red upgraded with SG109, 1c ochre and SG110, 2c red tied by Liteng-Fou native datestamp routed via Amoy and Victoria Hong Kong addressed to Saigon Indo-China. Superb. (pt)
China 1876 Large Dragon 1ca Green SG4 USED
with wide margins showing plate flaw in bottom line cancelled by bar obliterator. (pt)
China 1907 Registered envelope to Cheng-Tu
cover to the French Consulate Cheng-Tu bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG111, 4c brown and SG113, 10c green tied by Imperial Ya-Chou datestamp with handstruck Registered and native boxed registered with Cheng-Tu arrival on reverse. Scarce item for the Exhibitor. (pt)
China Destination Mail 1909 Cover to Tunisia
envelope to North Africa cancelled by Boxed Imperial "To Pay" in Red with Chinese Imperial Post SG156, 10c blue tied by Ningpo datestamp routed via the Imperial and French Post Office Shanghai with instructional "Via Siberia" and La Laverie Regence de Tunis arrival on reverse. Nice item. (pt)
China 1904 Registered PPC of German Legation
Early Picture Postcard of Legation Street in front of the German Legation & French Post Office, bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG111, 4c brown and SG113, 10c green tied by Peking datestamp with boxed handstruck registered, routed via the French and Imperial Post Office Shanghai addressed to North Africa with Tunis arrival. Very nice item of destination mail. (pt)
China / Canton 1907 Registered Hand-Drawn Postcard to France
Picture Postcard (Feeding Chickens/Corks), bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG111, 4c Brown, and SG113, 10c Green tied by CANTON datestamp with Boxed handstruck Canton routed via the French Post Office with Canton Chine double-ring, sent by French Paquebot with octagonal Ligne N Paq.Fr.No.4 datestamp and Lyon arrival. Scarce item of registered mail. (pt)
China 1901 C.I.P. PSC 1c Red via Hong Kong, to India
Chinese Imperial Post Postal Stationery Card upgraded with SG109, 1c Ochre and SG110, 2c Red, tied by "Pa Kua" obliterator of Wusuen with Imperial Post Office datestamp, routed via Shanghai bearing Hong Kong SG33, 2c Carmine (Pair) tied by British Post Offices Shanghai datestamp, addressed to India with Tuticorin transit and Saint Thomas Mount arrival in Madras. Very fine combination and nice destination item. (pt)