Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

Kiautschou 1901 (March 4): Registered cover from Kiautschou to Bilstein, Germany, bearing China Dragon 1 c. (2, one with gutter), 2 c., 4 c. & 5 c., tied by oval bilingual KIAOCHOW datestamp in pink, given to the German P.O. in Taputur where franked with Precursor German Offices in China 1898/1901 with diagonal overprint 20 pf. ultramarine and 10 pf. red with steep overprint, tied by "TAPUTUR KIAUTSCHOU 4/3 01" cds, the provisional datestamp with narrow year '01'., Kiauatschou label alongside, reverse with BILSTEIN arrival (April 13) cds. Signed Steuer; cert. Eichele (2017).