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Sale No: 21JE
Lot No: 40218
Symbol: EUR
German Post Offices » Kiautschou. 1905 (March 6) 5c postal stationery card with rare printed illustration of the first international art exhibition in Tsingtau (25.2.05) on reverse, sent to Hamburg and cancelled by "DEUSTCHE SEEPOST/SHANGHAI-TIENTSIN/b" oval ds, arrival cds at left, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 180.00
Closed..Jun-15-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 21JE
Lot No: 40219
Symbol: EUR
1906 (Aug 14) 2c postal stationery card to Hanover, cancelled by "DEUSTCHE SEEPOST/SHANGHAI-TIENTSIN" oval hs without date, arrival cds alongside; this major cancellation rarity was only used from July to October 1906 on the "Peiho" steamer; (ARGE €2'500). (Image)
Opening EUR 800.00
Sold...EUR 1,700.00
Closed..Jun-15-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 21JE
Lot No: 40220
Symbol: EUR
1907 (June 13) 4c postal stationery card to Frankfurt, cancelled by "DEUSTCHE SEEPOST/SHANGHAI-TIENTSIN/a" oval ds, receiver at left, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 80.00
Closed..Jun-15-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 21JE
Lot No: 40221
Symbol: EUR
Cat No: 42
Naval Mail. 1911 (March 30) Large registered envelope with crown "MARINE SCHIFFSPOST N° 28" red wax seal on reverse addressed to a member of the "S.M.S. Gneiseman" in Shanghai, redirected to Kobe (Japan), sent as official mail as confirmed by the "Postsache" endorsement at lower left, bearing "TSINGTAU-Gr. HAFEN/KIAUTSCHOU" cds, franked in Shanghai for onward transmission to Japan with German P.O.'s 1906-19 20c on 40pf tied by corresponding cds, backstamped on receipt, an exceedingly scarce and interesting usage (probably unique). (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 600.00
Closed..Jun-15-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 21JE
Lot No: 40222
Symbol: EUR
Cat No: 29, 30, 31
1911 (Dec 26) Large registered envelope addressed to Peking, franked by 1905-19 2c, 4c and 10c vertical pair, tied by "TSINGTAU/KIAUTSCHOU" cds's, reverse with "TSINANFU/DEUTSCHE POST" (27.12) and Peking (29.12) cds's, the mail being undelivered and almost two months later showing ms blue notation dated 21.2.12, indicating the addressee to be unknown, then bilingual green/black instructional label denoting that the addressee had departed and overstruck with violet "Ausschuss für unbestellbare Postsendungen bei der Kaiserlich Deutschen Postdirektion in Shanghai, den..." three-line hs with inserted date on 23.12 and two postal-clerk signatures, then the letter was opened to find out the sender in order to return the mail, with opening slits closed with three paper seals of the German Postal management in Shanghai which were applied in cases of opening for unknown senders, which was revealed to be a guest in Hotel Prinz Heinrich as denoted by the red notation, Tsingtau arrival cds on 26.2; a very rare dead letter office usage of marking and paper seals (unrecorded in ARGE handbook). (Image)
