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222

1899 (Nov 2), Mixed franking picture post card to Germany, franked with C.I.P. ½¢ pair plus 1¢ and 2¢, plus a pair of Hong Kong 2¢ Queen Victoria, all tied by boxed cancels or "Shanghai Local Post" postmarks; reverse shows a multicolor Chinese wedding procession, with message, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [China (Empire) 1899.1102] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$1,000-1,500
SOLD for HK$1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

223

1899 (Nov. 14), Cover from Chinkiang to Chicago, via Yokohama and San Francisco, showing Chinkiang bilingual origin c.d.s., bearing on reverse five examples of C.I.P. 2c scarlet canceled by pakua with Shanghai bilingual transit c.d.s. (11.16) alongside; on front, Japan 5s Koban vertical pair with "I.P.O." framed tie-print and "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." c.d.s. (11.17); small piece at top right corner of cover missing, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [China (Empire) 1899.1114] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$3,000-4,000
SOLD for HK$9,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

224

1899 (Nov. 16), "W.A. Main, Methodist Episcopal Mission, Foochow, China" corner card cover to Chicago, Illinois, via Yokohama (11.30) bearing on reverse C.I.P. 2c scarlet irregular block of five canceled by Foochow bilingual c.d.s. and additionally tied by Shanghai bilingual transit c.d.s. (11.24); on front, Japan 10s Koban with "I.P.O." framed tie-print and "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." c.d.s., Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [China 1899.1116] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$4,000-5,000
SOLD for HK$3,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

225

1899 (Nov. 29), Cover from Foochow to Chicago (1.1.00), via Yokohama and Tacoma (12.28) bearing C.I.P. 5c salmon pair, canceled by Foochow bilingual c.d.s.; Shanghai transit c.d.s. (12.3, on reverse); in combination with Japan 5s Koban pair with "I.P.O." framed tie-print and "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." c.d.s. (12.4), Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [China (Empire) 1899.1129] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$4,000-5,000
SOLD for HK$3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

226

1899 (Dec. 4) "West China Mission, Chentu, Sz-Chuan, via Hankow" corner card cover to Chicago, via Yokohama (12.25) and Vancouver (1.11.00) bearing C.I.P. 10c green, Shanghai transit c.d.s. (12.18, on reverse), in combination with Japan 10s Koban with "I.P.O." unframed tie-print (Chungking type 1) and "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." c.d.s. (12.4), Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [China 1899.1204] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$4,000-5,000
SOLD for HK$8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

227

1900 (Jan. 4), "Rev. R.E. Maclean, Kiukiang, China" corner card cover to Chicago, via Yokohama (1.12) and San Francisco (1.31), showing Kiukiang bilingual origin c.d.s., bearing on reverse C.I.P. 10c green canceled by matching pakua with Shanghai bilingual transit c.d.s. (1.6) alongside; on front, Japan 10s Koban canceled by "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." c.d.s. (1.6); inconsequential piece of top right corner of cover missing, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [China 1900.0104] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$2,800-3,200
SOLD for HK$5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

228

1900 (Jan. 9), "Methodist Episcopal Mission 'Special Gift' Schools" cover from Foochow to Chicago (2.4), via Yokohama (1.14) bearing C.I.P. 10c green canceled by Foochow bilingual c.d.s., in combination with Japan 10s Koban with "I.P.O." framed tie-print and "Shanghai/ I.J.P.O." c.d.s. (1.8); Shanghai bilingual transit c.d.s. (1.8) and "Chicago/Ill./Mail Delayed/Train Late" arrival datestamp on reverse, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [China (Empire) 1900.0109] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$5,000-6,000
SOLD for HK$5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

229

1900 (Apr. 27), "Wiley Memorial Mission Hospital, J.D. Skinner, M.D. Supt., Post office, Foochow, China" corner card cover to Chicago (6.3), via Yokohama (5.11) bearing on reverse C.I.P. 1c ocher block of ten (2 x 5) canceled by Foochow bilingual c.d.s. and additionally tied by Shanghai bilingual c.d.s. (5.3); on front, Japan 10s Offices in China canceled by "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." c.d.s. (5.4), Very Fine and neat cover. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [China 1900.0427] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$1,500-2,000
SOLD for HK$3,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

230

1901 (July), "The Rebecca Orphanage. Bertha S. Ohlinger. Superintendent. Antau, China via Foochow" corner card cover to Omaha, Nebraska (9.2), redirected to Oakland, California (9.5), bearing C.I.P. 1c ocher pair canceled by "Hingua/Post Office" tombstone handstamp; Foochow (7.20, year date error reading "10" instead of "01") and Shanghai (7.29) transits both on reverse, in combination with Japan 2s Offices in China canceled by "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." c.d.s. (8.18, date slugs inverted); cover creased and with faulty flap originally unsealed because of Printed Matter regulations, Fine to Very Fine appearance,

Franklin Ohlinger had served as a missionary under the Methodist Episcopal Church Foreign Mission Board in Foochow since 1870 and established the Union Theological School there in 1871. While on furlough in the United States in 1876, he married Bertha Schwenifurth, and both returned to Foochow later in the same year. In 1887, the Ohlingers were reassigned to Korea, and they eventually went back to the United States in 1893. Later in 1894, Franklin returned to Hinghua as an independent missionary, where he founded the Rebecca McCabe Orphanage. After being reinstated as a Methodist missionary in 1897, his wife Bertha rejoined him in China in 1899, where she served as the Orphanage's Superintendent. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [China 1901.07] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$4,000-5,000
SOLD for HK$8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

231

1903-20, Selection of five covers, comprising 1903 (Oct. 22) local cover bearing Foochow Provisional 1¢ on half of 2¢ scarlet (Chan #136A) tied by "Postage/1 cent/Paid" framed handstamp and Foochow bilingual c.d.s.; 1904 local cover to H.M.S. Woodlark bearing Chungking 2¢ scarlet bisect (Chan #136B) canceled by double-ring lunar datestamp, envelope opened through at left; 1920 pair of local covers each showing "Local Postage Paid" large bilingual c.d.s. (Feb. 4-15), one franked with superfluous Russia imperforate 1k vertical pair; also 1903 forged Foochow bisect cover ("C.T. Sia, E.E. Telegraph Co."), mainly Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Get Market Data for [China (Empire) 1903] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$3,500-4,000
SOLD for HK$3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

232

1903 (Apr.), Cover from Kiangyin to Soochow (4.6), via Shanghai (4.5) bearing C.I.P. 1¢ orange pair, canceled by Kiangyin non-standard type bilingual c.d.s.; "Kiang Yin/1" rectangular handstamp in red, as well as transit and arrival c.d.s., on reverse; a few opening faults on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [China (Empire) 1903.04] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$3,000-4,000
SOLD for HK$26,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

233

1903 (Aug. 1), 1¢ C.I.P. postal card from Tangku to Germany, uprated by 1898 CIP watermarked 4¢ orange brown (Scott #101, Chan #107) tied by boxed cancel, the card's indicia pakua-cancelled; addressed to Porz near Cologne, Germany, with Tangku 1 Aug 03 postmark at left, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [China (Empire) 1903.0801] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$600-800
SOLD for HK$5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

234

1905-11, Three 1¢ C.I.P. Postal Cards, comprising 1905 1¢ card from Wuchow to Shanghai via Canton, canceled by double-ring lunar datestamp, 1906 1¢ message card from Hiaokan to Shanghai via Hankow, canceled by double-ring lunar datestamp, and 1911 (June 28) 1¢ reply from Tientsin to Moukden, canceled by "A/Tientsin" segmented bilingual c.d.s. with similar type c.d.s. for Fengtien adjacent, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Get Market Data for [China (Empire) 1905] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$3,000-4,000
SOLD for HK$3,200.00
Will close during Public Auction