Foreign P.O.    



Photographic postcard sent to England franked Hong Kong 4c tied by somewhat unclear strike of Tientsin BR. P.O. code A (Webb Type A) datestamps, Shanghai B.P.O. and arrival cancels, a rare despatch cancel.
China (French) 1903 Receipt form - "Canton"
issued for the sending of goods by value declared mail, cancelled by "Canton" double-ring datestamp of the French Post Office. Scarce item. (pt)
China (French) 1904 Indo-China "Overland" PSE 25c Black
Postal Stationery Envelope cancelled by Mongtze B Chine double-ring, endorsed "via Burma" addressed to France with arrival on reverse. A very rare item of mail written from the French Railway workers in the closed city of Yunnan routed on the scarce OVERLAND route through Teng-Yueh and Bhamo, Burma. (pt)
China (French) 1896 French General Colonies 5c PSE
Postal Stationery Envelope cancelled by Bake Cochinchine double-ring addressed to Saigon, Scarce village cachet paying the printed matter rate. Exhibition quality. (pt)
China Japanese Post Office 1911 Picture Postcard (Railway)
PPC of Dairen Station at Dalny, to France bearing Japan 4 sen Rosine SG9, tied by Dairen I.J.P.O. datestamp in Violet. Very fine quality item from Manchuria. (pt)
China (Russian Post Office) 1904 Registered envelope to France
bearing Russia 1kop Orange (Pair) SG64, and 7kop Blue SG69 Strip of 4, tied by Port Artur "2" datestamp with registered label and Rheims arrival. Scarce item of mail. (pt)
China (French) 1903 Registered envelope to the Constructor of the Railway
(Yunnan Province, China), bearing French China 5c Green Yvert 23 (10), tied by Shan-ghai double-ring with Boxed registered handstamp , routed via the British Post Office Hong Kong with Registered sent via Haiphong Tonkin with French Post Office Mongtze arrival. Superb cover for the exhibitor. (pt)
China (Italian Post Office) 1908 Picture Post
PPC of Tea House Nanking Road, Shanghai, to the 16th Regiment of French Troops at Peking, bearing Italy 5c Green Yvert 66, and 15c Grey Yvert 78, tied by Italian Post Office Distaccamento R. Marina In Cina datestamp with French Post Office arrival in Pekin (Pothion Type 84). A very fine item of internal foreign Post Office mail. (pt)
China (French) 1890 Military Mail envelope to France
bearing French General Colonies 15c Blue Yvert 41, tied by octagonal Corr. D'Armees Saigon datestamp with Military cachet Cochinchine Francaise / Cercle des officiers in Violet with French entry cachet and Paris arrival. (pt)
China (French) 1892 Military mail envelope
cancelled by Touranne Annam double-ring with Military cachet Corps Exp. Annam Tonkin with Marine Francaise Service a la Mer and Paquebot Corps Exp. Tonkin Ligne No.7, routed via Saigon with Versailles arrival on reverse. (pt)
China (French) 1903 Receipt Form issued for Sending of Goods
by value declared mail attached to Chinese Telegraph Company Form cancelled by "Peking Chine" double-ring datestamp of the French Post Office. Scarce item. (pt)
China (French) 1906 PicPostcard to Senegal
PPC of Tientsin, bearing French Chine 10c Red Yvert 24, tied by Tientsin French Post Office datestamp, routed via Peking to France with Dakar Senegal arrival. Scarce destination. (pt)
China (French) 1901 PPC of the Election of Chef de Rue, Hanoi, Tonkin
Picture Postcard cancelled by Military cachet "Nua Truong Thay Dong / Thuduc" in Black, addressed to France. Scarce item. (pt)
China (French) 1903 Receipt Form issued for the sending of Goods
by value declared mail cancelled by CANTON double-ring datestamp of the French Post Office. Scarce item. (pt)
China (French) 1903 Receipt Form issued for sending of Goods
by value declared mail cancelled by "Shanghai Chine" double-ring datestamp of the French Post Office. Scarce item. (pt)
China 1900 Picture Postcard of Annan, to Lao-Kay Tonkin
PPC of Annam - Hue - Marchands, bearing Chinese Imperial Post 2c Red SG110, tied by native circular, underpaid with TAX handstamp and Hokow transit. (pt)
China (Japanese Post Offices) 1900 Japanese PSC
1 1/2 sen Blue Postal Stationery Card upgraded with Japanese Post Office 5r Slate SG1, and 2 sen Green SG6, tied by Tientsin I.J.P.O. datestamp, routed via Yokohama, addressed to Germany with Hamburg arrival. Very fine and attractive item. (pt)
China (Italian Post Office) 1918 PPC of Lama Temple Peking
Picture Postcard from the Italian Military Detachment in Peking cancelled by Military Cachet in Violet Distaccamento Ra Marina in Cina addressed to Tien-tsin. Fine item. (pt)
China (Japanese Post Offices) 1905 Picture Post Card
of Vice Admiral Kamimra of the Japanese Fleet bearing SG 3, 1 sen brown tied by Swatow I.J.P.O. date stamp addressed locally to the Nanking Road, Swatow. Very fine. (pt)
China (Japanese Post Offices) 1904 Picture Post Card
to France bearing Japanese Post Office SG 9, 4 sen rosine tied by Tientsin I.J.P.O. date stamp routed via the Japanese Post Office in Shanghai with Victoria Hong Kong transit and Auch arrival in France. Fine item of commercial mail. (pt)
China (Japanese Post Offices) 1908 Picture Post Card
of Port Arthur bearing Japan SG 140, 4 sen rosine tied by Port Arthur I.J.P.O. date stamp in violet addressed to France. Nice item. (pt)
China (French) 1880 French Cochinchine Official Journal
Official Journal bearing French General Colonies Yvert 17, 5 cents green (pair) tied by Saigon Cochinchine double ring with octagonal French paquebot date stamp in blue. Scarce item paying the 10 cents news-paper rate to France. (pt)
China (French) 1928 Illustrated 'Correspondance des
Armees' card written from Tientsin and cancelled by Tien-Tsin Chine Poste Francaise (Pothion T84) date stamp with military cachet 'Corps D'Cccupation de Chine/Force Publique/Le Commandant' routed via Shanghai with the scarce Shanghai (echoppe) date stamp on reverse addressed to France. Fine and rare item of military mail. (pt)
China / Indo-China 1896 Occupation Mail envelope to France
cancelled by Caobang Tonkin datestamp with Military Cachet 3rd Regiment de Trailieurs Tonkinois / 2nd Compangnie / Capitaine Commandant in Blue with Tonkin Corps Exped. double-ring. (pt)
China / French China 1888 Military Mail envelope to France
bearing French General Colonies 25c Black on Rose Yvert 54, tied by Quang-Yen Tonkin datestamp with Military Cachet Corps Expre. Annam Tonkin in Blue, routed via Haiphong with Modane a Paris ambulant in Red and French arrival. Superb. (pt)
China (French) 1866 Envelope to France (Paquebot)
bearing French General Colony 10c Bistre Yvert 3, 40c Orange Yvert 5, tied by dotted CCH in Lozenge with Cochin-Chine Saigon datestamp in Blue and octagonal French Paquebot Col. Fr. Suez Paq. F. Amb. Mars. in Red, Boxed PD and various French transit entry cachets on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
China (French) 1867 Envelope to France sent via Suez
bearing French General Colony 20c Blue Yvert 4, tied by dotted CCH in Lozenge with Octagonal Corr. D. Armees Saigon datestamp and Boxed PD with Lyon arrival on reverse. Very fine early item from French China. (pt)
China (French) 1908 Registered envelope to Hanoi
bearing Pak-Hoi 75c Brown on Yellow Yvert 14, tied by Pak-Hoi-Chine double-ring with Boxed registered routed via Haiphong with Hanoi Tonkin arrival. Superb single franking. (pt)
China (French) 1934 Military Mail Cover
cancelled by Military Mail Cachet Direction D'Artillerie de Tien-Tsin / Le Director with Corps D'Occupation Le Vaguemestre cancel in Violet, sent by French Paquebot KOBE a MARSEILLE No.1 datestamp. (pt)
China 1901 PPC of Chinese Street Vendors, sent to France
bearing Chinese Imperial Post 4c Brown SG124, tied by Shanghai datestamp routed via the French Post Office bearing 10c Black Yvert 4, tied by Shang-Hai Chine double-ring paying the overseas postage. Nice combination. (pt)
China (Russian) 1903 Military mail envelope to France
headed Corps D'Occupation de Chine bearing Russian China 5 kop Purple SG4 (Pair), tied by Tien-Tsin CDS routed via St. Petersburg with receiving cancel on reverse. Unusual combination. (pt)
China (French) 1906 Military Mail PSE France
Postal Stationery Envelope with illustrated hand drawn picture bearing French China 25c Black on Rose Yvert 8, tied by Han-Keou Chine Poste Francaise double-ring, with Eaubonne arrival on reverse. Scarce item of Postal Stationery from the Occupying French Troops. (pt)
China / Indo-China 1909 Registered envelope to Thailand
bearing Indo-China 15c Brown Yvert 29, and 50c Bistre Yvert 35, tied by Saigon Central double-ring with Boxed handstruck registered and Bangkok arrival on reverse. (pt)
China / China Expeditionary Force 1906 PPC Peking to Egypt
Picture Postcard of Summer Palace, Peking, bearing 1/2 anna Green SGC2 (2), tied by F.P.O. No.1 datestamp routed via Base Office B with Victoria Hong Kong transit and Suez and Ismailia arrival. Superb quality item. (pt)
China (Russian Post Offices) 1907 PPC of Pagoda - Hanyang, sent to Belgium
Picture Postcard bearing 4 kop Red SG9, tied by Russian Post Office Hankow datestamp (Tchil 513) with Brussels arrival. A fine cancel from this scarce office. (pt)
China Japanese Post Offices 1910 Picture Postcard to France
PPC of Summer Palace, Peking, (Dragon Flag), bearing 3 sen Rose SG8, tied by Peking I.J.P.O. datestamp with Tarn arrival. Very fine. (pt)
China (French) 1893 envelope to Penang (Malaya)
bearing Type Sage 50c Rose Yvert 98, tied by Shanghai Chine double-ring (Pothion Type D) sent on the Steamer Ancona with Hong Kong, Singapore and Penang transit and arrivals on reverse. Unusual destination. (pt)
China (French) 1902 Registered envelope to Tonquin
bearing Hoi-Hai 10c Black Yvert 5 (2), 30c Brown Yvert 10, tied by Hoihao ILE de Hainam double-ring with Boxed handstruck registered and French Post Office in China Tonquin Haiphong arrival in Blue on reverse. (pt)
China (French) 1905 envelope to France, Paris
bearing French China 1c Black Yvert 35 (5), and 20c Yellow-Green Yvert 41, tied by Canton double-ring. (pt)
China (Canton) 1905 Registered envelope to France, Superb franking
bearing French China 10c Rose Yvert 53, 50c Brown Yvert 59, and 15c Brown Yvert 67, tied by Canton double-ring with Boxed registered and Paris arrival on reverse. (pt)
China (Canton) 1905 envelope to France (Paquebot)
bearing French China 4c Violet Brown Yvert 37 (Pair), and 5c Yellow Green Yvert 38, mixed with Canton 5c Yellow Green Yvert 5, tied by Canton double-ring with octagonal French Paquebot Yokohama a Marseille datestamp. Very fine item. (pt)
China (French) 1907 Indo-China Postal Stationery Envelope 5c Green
cancelled by Faifo Annam double-ring routed via Saigon Cochinchine, addressed to Paris. A very fine item of printed matter mail. (pt)
China (Kouang-Tcheou) 1939 envelope to France via Saigon
bearing Kouang-Tcheou 20c Lilac & Grey Yvert 90 (Pair), tied by Phnom-Preh Cambodge datestamp. (pt)
China (French) 1884 Telegram Form, Unusual & Fine item
cancelled by Torquin Hai-Phong double-ring. (pt)
China (French) 1903 Registered Postal Stationery Envelope 25c Black of Indo-China
mixed with Mongtze 1 franc Olive Yvert 15, tied by Mongtze Chine double-ring with Boxed handstruck registered routed via Lao-Kay Tonkin and Singapore, addressed to Metz, Germany with arrival on reverse. Very rare item of French Indo-China mail. (pt)
China (French) 1905 Registered envelope to France, overland via Burma
bearing French China 50c Bistre Yvert 59, and 5c Green Yvert 65, mixed with Yunnansen 20c Yellow-Green Yvert 7, tied by Yunnan-Sen Chine double-ring with Boxed handstruck registered endorsed "via Burma" with Isere arrival on reverse. A scarce routing for French Chinese mail overland via Burma. (pt)
China (French) 1895 Occupation mail envelope to Haiphong
cancelled by Hanoi Tonkin double-ring with Military cachet Secretariat General de L'Indo-China Tonkin 4th Bureau in Blue with Hai-Phong Tonkin arrival on reverse. Very fine item of Occupation mail. (pt)
China (French) 1903 Incoming Mail PPC from France, Taxed
Picture Postcard of Flowers, bearing France 3c Green Yvert 111, tied by Poitiers datestamp, addressed to Cochinchine, Underpaid with Tax handstamp and French General Colonies Postage Due 10c Brown Yvert 19 applied and tied on arrival by Mytho Cochinchine double-ring. (pt)
China (French) 1905 PPC to France routed via Burma
Picture Postcard of Tonkin, Pagoda of Grand Buddha, bearing French China 5c Yellow Green Yvert 38, tied by Mong-Tseu-Chine double-ring, via Burma with native instructional and French arrival. (pt)