33rd International Auction

1900 (July 20). Postcard of Peking and ruins of Wan-shou-san, written from TAKU from Italian Naval Steamer and franked on reverse with Chinese Imperial Post 4c chesnut tied by bold strike of R.NAVA ELBA datestamp inblack, mailed to VENICE. Catalog Price 400,00

1898, coiling dragon 2 C. strip-3 canc. three strikes "REGISTERED LOCAL POST SHANGHAI NO 27" adressed local. Catalog Price 300,00

1901, French Col. 10 C red imprint "China" and Chinese Imperial Post 4 C red-brown on picture card sent from "TANGKU 16 AUG 01" via "SHANG-HAI 21 AOUT 01" to Jonzac, France with arrival 27.9.01 Catalog Price 100,00

1901, 6-country card: China 1 C. with stamps of foreign offices Japan, Russia, Germany, USA (unovpt.), India C.E.F. all tied by Tientsin same day 2 Mar 1901 postmarks of present foreign p.o. resp. military mail stations of India and US to UPU card Japan 4 S. to Jadgallen/Eastern Prussia, Germany, unusual Catalog Price 200,00

1901. Envelope (vertical fold and corner crease) addressed to France headed 'Apostolique de Pekin et Tche-Ly-Nord' bearing Imperial China SG 114, 20c claret tied by oval Pekin date stamp routed via Shanghai bearing French China SG 12, 50c carmine tied by French Post Office 'Shang-Hai/Chine' double ring with arrival on reverse. Very fine and rare combination. Catalog Price 1100,00

1902, coiling dragon 2 C. red, a left interpanneau margin pair canc. lunar dater „Kiangsu Shanghai 1.21” with violet letter box marking „Shanghai No. 43” alongside, on reverse of redband cover to Tsingtau, arrivals „TSINGTAU 28.1.08” resp. „TSINGTAU-TAPAUTAU 28.1 08” Catalog Price 100,00

1902, coiling dragon 10 C. (2), 20 C. on reused cut-out (two sides scissor cut) tied bisected bilingual "AMOY 3 NOV 05" to registered cover to USA, backstamps HK, SF and arrival Seattle. Catalog Price 750,00

1902, carp 20 C. w. coiling dragon 10 C. tied oval violet bilingual "CHOWTSUN MAY 18 1904" to "Shantung Railway Co." envelope in combination w. Kiautschou 30 Pf. pair tied "TSINGTAU 20/5 00" registered cover to Hungary, on reverse transit blue KIAOCHOW and hungarian arrival, bumped corners, commercial usage, cert. Jäschke-Lantelme (2013). Catalog Price 4700,00

1902, coiling dragon 1 C., 2 C., 4 C., 5 C. salmon tied lunar dater "Shantung Tsining intercalary.17" to ppc registered via Tsinan, Shanghai and french p.o. "SHANG-HAI 18 JANV 06" to Austria w. arrival "SALZBURG2 20.3.06", real photo ppc "entrance to mosque of Mulsam in Zining", sender missionary. Catalog Price 800,00

1902. Registered Imperial Chinese Post Red Band envelope addressed to Haiphong bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG 122, 1c ochre (4), SG 123, 2c scarlet and SG 125, 5c rose (2) tied by Lungchow date stamp with hand-struck 'R' routed via Lang-Son/Tonkin bearing Indo-China SG 10, 10c black and SG 14, 30c brown tied by Lang-Son/Tonkin double ring with Tonquin/Hai-Phong arrival on reverse in blue. Wonderful mixed Indo-China combination paying the...

1902/1940 (ca.), ppc (2), air mail cover (2), FFC (1) all used to foreign, to be inspected. Catalog Price 100,00

1905: Picture Postcard from Tientsin to Francewith nice triple combination (Japanese PO, Imperial PO and French PO). Nice pictorial cachet on the adresse side. Stains. Catalog Price 200,00