33rd International Auction

1916. Picture post card (corner crease at lower left) of 'Mahometane Pagoda, Peking' addressed to France bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG 269, 1c yellow (2) tied by Peking date stamp '26th April' routed via Tientsin '29th April' and Manchuria '3rd May' with vernacular instructional, routed via Russia with Petrograd transit '12th May' with boxed Petrograd censor and Paris arrival '5th June'. Superb item sent at Printed Matter rate. Catalog...

1922/1936, covers (5) inc. registered to Germany or Yugoslavia, three from CANTON. (T) Catalog Price 300,00

1923, junk 10 C. tied "SHANGHAI 7.8.29" in combination with USA air mail stamp 5 C. tied ship TPO "S.S. PRESIDENT TAFT AUG 15 1929 EAST" to cover to New York. Reduced on top with scissor cut to both stamps. Sent air mail San Francisco-New York. Very rare prepayment of the US domestic airmail by sender (member 4th Rgt. USMC Shanghai). Catalog Price 250,00

1923, reaper 20 C., junk 1 C. resp. 4 C. tied bilingual "SHINKIACHWANG 6.10.20" (Oct. 6, 1931) to cover to Plzen/CSR, transit machine with bilingual slogan "Flood relief" of HARBIN, faults (stains, covers small tear) Catalog Price 100,00

1927, 5 October: Field Post Office 3-HQ, 14th Brigade, Hyams Camp, Shanghai Defence Force to VII. Rare Office. Catalog Price 130,00

1929/33, four covers with Paquebot markings of Dairen (3) or Shanghai. Catalog Price 100,00

1930. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Shanghai bearing SG 315, 4c olive (4) and SG 384, 15c black and green tied by Hankow date stamp with boxed bilingual 'Air Mail' cachet in red and vernacular 'A.R.' hand-stamp in red with registered receipt on reverse. Very attractive. Catalog Price 200,00

1931, early Eurasia commercial air mail: air mails 90 C. (pair) and reaper 20 C. (2) tied "SHANGHAI 13.6.31" endorsed "Air mail via Siberia / Shanghai to Manchuria" Red confirmation hs. of Berlin central AP w. respective dater on reverse "30.6.31". The air mail transport was halted and the air label cancelled there. Routing to US via Siberia is quite unusual. Catalog Price 200,00

1931, early Eurasia commercial air mail: air mail 45 C., 30 C. etc. total $2.40 tied "Hupeh.Hsinchow 20.6.2" via "MANCHOULI 13.6.31", "BERLINC L2 23.6.31" and "STOCKHOLM 24 6 31" to Norrköping/Sweden. Cover bit scraped bottom right not affecting stamps. Catalog Price 200,00

1931, early Eurasia commercial air mail: airmails 30 C. (2) on reverse, hall of classics $2 and reaper 15 C. tied "SHANGHAI 24.7.31" as $2.75 air mail cover to Dublin/Ireland, transits "MANCHOULI 4.8.20" and on revers 'Berlin Central Airport 19.8.31'. Vertical crease, unusual destination. Catalog Price 200,00

junk 1 C. (3 inc. pair on reverse), 5 C. (pair, one stamp faults) tied "AMOY 3.6.21" to locally used letter telegram envelopeof "Great Northern Telegraph Co." sent by AR to local "Chipbee College" Catalog Price 150,00

1933, SYS 5 C. tied "LLYOD TRIESTINO MONTE ROSA 1.11.34" to printed matter envelope "Xmas cards only", corners clipped of to make content visible, italian ship line postmark, scarce Catalog Price 160,00