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The Customs Mail Matter Handstamps of China, 1883- Kiukiang
Sale No: 34
Lot No: 2024
Symbol: C
1886 (May 30) envelope from Kiukiang to Copenhagen, Denmark, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp (6.1) on reverse, bearing on front France Peace and Commerce 25c bister on straw applied over the Customs Mail Matter handstamp and canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s.(6.4), with "Ligne N/Paq. Fr. No. 4" (6.10), blue "Paris/Etranger" (7.14), and arrival (7.16) c.d.s. on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Est. HK$20,000-25,000
Est. HK$20,000-25,000
Opening HK$ 16,000.00
Sold...HK$ 16,000.00
Closed..Dec-15-2021, 09:49:08 EST
Sold For 16000
Sale No: 34
Lot No: 2025
Symbol: C
1887 (Nov. 17) mourning envelope from Kiukiang to Paris, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp (11.19) on reverse, bearing on front France Peace and Commerce 25c applied over the Customs Mail Matter handstamp and canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (11.22), Fine to Very Fine. Est. HK$20,000-25,000
Est. HK$20,000-25,000
Opening HK$ 19,000.00
Sold...HK$ 19,000.00
Closed..Dec-15-2021, 09:49:59 EST
Sold For 19000
Sale No: 34
Lot No: 2026
Symbol: C
1890 (Feb. 27) envelope (embossed "Custom House, Kiukiang" on flap) from Kiukiang to Paris, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp and small part strike of black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp on reverse, bearing on front France Peace and Commerce 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (3.7), with "Modane à Paris" c.d.s. (4.11) in red adjacent, the stamp has been applied defective, Fine to Very Fine appearance.
Provenance Jacques Desrousseaux, Rossini (Paris), May 25, 2011, lot 56. Est. HK$12,000-15,000
Est. HK$12,000-15,000
Opening HK$ 12,000.00
Sold...HK$ 12,000.00
Closed..Dec-15-2021, 09:50:50 EST
Sold For 12000
Sale No: 34
Lot No: 2027
Symbol: C
1890 (Nov. 12) envelope from Kiukiang to Boston, via Yokohama (11.20) and San Francisco (12.8), showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring origin datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring transit datestamp (11.14) on reverse, bearing on front Japan Koban 10s applied over the Customs Mail Matter handstamp and canceled by "I.J.P.A./Shanghai" thimble type datestamp (11.15), with transit and arrival, the stamp is repaired across the foot not affecting the markings, Fine to Very Fine appearance, ex Allen correspondence. Est. HK$8,000-10,000
Est. HK$8,000-10,000
Opening HK$ 6,000.00
Sold...HK$ 8,000.00
Closed..Dec-15-2021, 09:51:52 EST
Sold For 8000
Sale No: 34
Lot No: 2028
Symbol: C
1891 (Apr. 7) envelope from Kiukiang to Paris, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp (4.9) on reverse, bearing on front France Peace and Commerce 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (4.10), with "Modane à Paris" c.d.s. (5.17) in red adjacent, "Paris/Distribution 1" arrival c.d.s. on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Est. HK$18,000-22,000
Est. HK$18,000-22,000
Opening HK$ 13,000.00
Closed..Dec-15-2021, 09:52:25 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 34
Lot No: 2029
Symbol: C
1891 (May 26) envelope from Kiukiang to Boston, via Yokohama (6.4) and San Francisco (6.23), showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring origin datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring transit datestamp (5.28) on reverse, bearing on front Japan Koban 5s, canceled by "I.J.P.A./Shanghai" thimble type datestamp (5.29), with arrival c.d.s. (6.29) on reverse, cover a little roughly opened at top in one place, Fine to Very Fine usage at the 5-sen preferential rate to the United States through the Japanese Post Office.
Provenance Allen Correspondence, Harmers (London), May 5, 2005, lot 356. Est. HK$25,000-30,000
Est. HK$25,000-30,000
Opening HK$ 19,000.00
Closed..Dec-15-2021, 09:52:54 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 34
Lot No: 2030
Symbol: C
1892 (Mar. 22) envelope from Kiukiang to Paris, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp (3.24) on reverse, bearing on front France Peace and Commerce 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (3.25), with "Modane à Paris" c.d.s. (5.1) in red adjacent and arrival c.d.s. (5.2) on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Est. HK$15,000-20,000
Est. HK$15,000-20,000
Opening HK$ 12,000.00
Sold...HK$ 12,000.00
Closed..Dec-15-2021, 09:53:25 EST
Sold For 12000
Sale No: 34
Lot No: 2031
Symbol: C
1897 (Mar. 6) registered envelope from Kiukiang to Shanghai, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "R" unframed handstamp and "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp, with "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring arrival datestamp (3.8) in brown on reverse, Very Fine.
Reference Customs Dater (1875-1913), pp. 95-96.
Auction Record Spink (Hong Kong), Nov. 22, 1998, lot 782. Est. HK$20,000-25,000
