lot # 2772 - china alt portomarken
1896/40: US Post Postal Agency usages, the selection of covers/cards (81) with six letters from American missionaries bearing Japan Koban issue frankings from Nagasaki, Shanghai and Tientsin; 1905/08 cards into the Shanghai Local Post, 1908 cover incoming to Hangchow Presbyterian Mission, 1914 registered cover from Shanghai to USA with USA 1 c. green (12); 1918 cover with US 5 c. franking to USA with "PBC" censor cachet in violet; 1919 24 c. on 12 c. claret on large part cover (Gi = £ 110 off cover), 1922 cover with USA 2 c. carmine taxed on arrival in Shanghai with China Postage Due 4 c. blue in a strip of three, 1927 card taxed with China Postage Due 2 c. blue pair etc. and 1936/38: USA Naval Ship Visits to China: the collection of 50 covers with visits to Chefoo, Shanghai, Tsingtao and Wuhu etc. from USS Asheville, Augusta, Barker, Black Hawk, Bulmer, Finch, Henderson, Heron, Isabel, John D. Ford, Marblehead, Minanao, Oahu, Palos, Peary, Pillsbury, Rochester and Sierra. A useful group.