Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1173
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Coiled Dragon frankings 1) Undivided Back uncaptioned temple to GB with 4c tied by Peking & British PO in Shanghai cds, creased; 2) & 3) Divided Backs Chas Gammon 'In a Chinese Village' (group of local children) and Tabuqueiria Filipina 'Chinese ploughing the ground' (peasants with buffalo) both to USA with 2c green pair & Japanese PO in Shanghai transits; 4) Undivided Back CH 'Shanghai - Soochon creek' (terrific view of boats approaching the pier) to Wales with 1c only & two other stamps removed; also two 1921 cards to Japan each with Junks ½c x3; and Peter Nissen (Hamburg) Undivided Back 'Gruss aus Shanghai' with rounded corners but unused.
(Qty 7)
Scenes of Canton x4, Peking, Shanghai x2 & 'The great Iron Bridge on the Yellow River (Pehan Railway)' (very unusual for having a row of Chinese characters), five with Undivided Backs, all postally used to GB x6 or Australia x2 with Hong Kong KEVII frankings tied by British PO cds of Canton x2, Shanghai x4 or Hong Kong x2
(Qty 8)
1902 JM (Paris) Undivided Back artist card 'CHINE/LA COIFFURE/DE L'ANTIQUITE/A NOS JOURS' by Paul Dufresne being a series of hairstyles for fashionable women plus three dudes for good measure, unused. A really beautiful card.
1904 Alterocca Undivided Back artist card 'The Emperor of China gives andience [sic; for 'audience'] to the Foreign Ministers, soiled on the reverse, to GB with Hong Kong 4c tied by British PO in 'SHANGHAI' cds. An evocative image of both European imperialism & obsequiousness.
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1178
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1952 colourful propaganda PPCs on quite flimsy stock featuring deliriously happy children doing all manner of Western activities and ethnic minorities struggling to crack a smile, three feature Chairman Mao, two with ink messages otherwise unused. Very early PRC emissions.
(Qty 19)
Amoy: Mee Cheung (Amoy) Undivided Backs 'Chinese wells' of women & children drawing water & doing washing, 'Street scene' with three well-dressed women, 'Kulangsu Temple' and 'Memorial Arch, and Divided Back 'The Masonic Hall and Recreation Ground, Kulangsoo, Amoy', very fine to superb unused.
(Qty 5)
Tientsin: 1906 (circa) De Vinna (?) real photo card 'THE WAY THEY FIX ROADS IN TIENTSIN' of a pig-tailed overseer watching about 16 bare-footed men hauling a heavy concrete roller, unused. A fantastic social history card.
Tientsin: Undivided Back ¾-view of 'IMPERIAL HOTEL' with rickshaws in the street (unused); Franz Scholz (Tientsin) Undivided Back of a smiling dwarf (very fine unused); and framed coloured views of 'Astor House hotel' & 'International Bridge' both used under cover, minor soiling.
(Qty 4)
