1980s assortment of issues including 1983 Roses, 1984 Youth Festival & 1985 Festive Lanterns sets in complete sheets of 40, plus other single values in sheets & some individual sets, plenty of thematic interest, all fine unmounted, Cat £450+. (Qty 100s)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1900 German Post Offices Japanese 2s Postal Card (Woman & Umbrella illustration) to Germany with German 'China' overprint 5pf affixed alongside the value indicium & tied by 'TSINGTAU/10.1/00/KIAUTSCHOU' cds, lengthy personal message on back, 'MARBURG/17.2.00' arrival cds on face.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1904 British Post Offices Japanese postcard endorsed written on board "S/S Wing Sang, Yokohama", to England with Hong Kong KEVII 4c tied 'SHANGHAI/AU8' British PO cds, message on view side reads in part "... we were detained here 13 days passing the Russians/Shanghai 6th arriving all well ...", minor aging marks. [Russian naval ships were in Chinese waters as part of the Russo-Japanese war, the major Battle of the Yellow Sea taking place on 10.10.1904]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1908 French Post Offices Cercle Lyonnais d'Assurances Maritimes Fluviales et Terrestres folded notice of insured objects to France per 'Delhi' departing Shanghai for Marseilles & London with Rights '10 CENTS' on 25c blue tied 'SHANG-HAI/6/JAN/08/CHINE' cds and 'LYON/31-1/08' arrival b/s.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1910 British Post Offices usage of North Borneo 'Native Market...' picture postcard to Italy with Hong Kong KEVII 2c pair tied 'VICTORIA/25AP/10/HONG KONG' cds, carried via China with 'SHANGHAI/MY3/10/B.P.O' British PO transit alongside, couple of minor blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1914 German Post Offices usage of 'Ming Graves, Peking' picture postcard showing Lion Headstone to Tientsin with German ' * */2 Cents 2/China' on 5pf overprint tied by 'PEKING/2.1/14/DEUTSCHE POST' cds paying local postcard rate.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1915 German Post Offices printed Prisoner of War envelope with 'Hulfstation/fur Deutsche u Osterr-Ungar Gefangene/ in Siberien' imprint on the flap, to Pomerania with 4c on 10pf & 10c on 20pf tied by 'TIENTSIN' cds, red & black/white R label, 'WITZMITZ' arrival b/s, light vertical fold. [From late-1915, all POW mail was sent unstamped]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1916 Chemins de Fer de l'Etat Chinois, Ligne du Lung-Hai cover to Australia with Junks 1c & 3c x3 tied by 'SUCHOWFU' cds, 'NANKING' and 'SHANGHAI' b/s, censored in transit at Hong Kong with chamfered-boxed 'PBC' [Passed By Censor] cachet in violet on face, a few blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1937 Orient Line cover airmail to Texas endorsed "via China Clipper" for carriage by FAM-14 Flying Boat, franked with Sun Yat-sen 5c x3, 25c x2 & $1 x2 tied 'SHANGHAI' cds, violet 'Via Hong Kong & by U.S. Air Service' cachet on face, couple of minor blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1939 cover airmail to Australia from Shanghai "Poste Restante" (return address) franked with Sun Yat-sen 15c and 20c paid tied '31.8.1939/SHANGHAI' cds (day before outbreak of WWII), by ship to Hong Kong with 'VICTORIA/3SP/1939' transit then airmail by Imperial/Qantas service with Melbourne '12SEP/1939' b/s and early 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet [no 'V'] in blue on face, couple of light folds not affecting stamps.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1950s to recent commercial covers with variety of commemorative & definitive frankings, destinations include USA, Germany and quite a few to Romania, some single frankings, plus two documents with 1950s overprinted revenues, condition variable but generally fine.
(Qty 58) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 849
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1965 airmail to USA with Peonies 52f Flower and Second National Games 30f Weightlifting tied Peking cds, re-directed with New York transit b/s.
MANCHUKUO - POSTAL HISTORY: 1935 printed matter cover to North Dakota (USA) with 2f tied by fine native cds, 'Catholic Mission/Yenki/Prov Chientao Manchukuo' h/s on the reverse, 'DEVILS LAKE ND' arrival cds on the face. [With the tiny enclosure]
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 851
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
TAIWAN - POSTAL HISTORY: 1930 Japanese Occupation usage of 'View of Takao City' picture postcard to Western Australia with 3s red only tied by 'TAINAN/TAIWAN/JAPAN' cds, taxed with 'CTMS/T' h/s in violet and manuscript "T"-in-circle alongside, Sydney '9JY30' transit b/s, no evidence of collection of postage due, message written in Esperanto.
TAIWAN - POSTAL HISTORY: 1942 Japanese Occupation British unstamped postcard to "2078653 Sapper MA Rooney, 288th Field Coy Royal Engineers, Singapore...c/- Japanese Red Cross, Tokyo" with 'NORWICH/NORFOLK' cancel, crowned 'PASSED/P.W.5917' British censor cachet in magenta, on arrival in Singapore endorsed "OVS 27/10/42" by the Bureau of Records & Enquiry at Changi for forwarding to an overseas camp, censored with Japanese boxed Sazawa Unit censor cachet in violet and marked "1 Ei" in red crayon characters to indicate Camp 1 English for Kinkaseki Camp in northern Taiwan, couple of minor blemishes. [Most next-of-kin were not advised where POWs were held until late-1942, but from January 1943 onwards mail from Great Britain was usually addressed directly to Taiwan]
