Italy, Italian States and Colonies Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad China » The Boxer War » Italian Naval Mail
Sale No: 22JE
Lot No: 20523
Symbol: F
Cat No: Collection
China » The Boxer War » Italian Naval Mail. 1900 (April 20) China 1c stationery postcard from Chefoo to Brixen (Austria), additionally showing China 1898 4c, each cancelled by "Ra. Nave Elba" cds; tone spots, but a very rare usage in this period. In spring 1900, the Boxer Rebellion extended to Peking; in that period, the only Italian presence in China was represented by the "Elba" battleship, and in May a small group of 28 Italians were sent to Peking, together with a contingent of international troops to protect the Legations. One of very few C.I.P. postal stationeries known cancelled by Italian naval mail cds. (Image)
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Sale No: 22JE
Lot No: 20524
Symbol: F
Cat No: Sassone 63
1900 (May 26) Registered cover to Genoa franked by "Umberto" 45c, tied by "R. Nave Calabria" cds, repeated adjacent, registration marking below, Brindisi and Genoa backstamps, sent three days before arriving to China, rust spots. The "Calabria" battleship arrived to Taku on June 1st, bringing 39 seamen and 2 officers to join the other group of 28 Italians to defend the Legations in Peking, these being disembarked on the 5th. The only registered cover known of fewer than five available from the R. N. "Calabria". Signed Marchese. (Image)
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Lot No: 20525
Symbol: F,WWW
Cat No: Sassone 60, 61
1900 (Aug 31) Postcard and cover to Italy franked by "Umberto" 10c and 20c, tied by "Ra Nave Vettor Pisani" cds in red, repeated on reverse, then located in Taku; in addition a photo of the battleship. Extremely rare (no examples recorded in the Landini collection), and remarkably used in red, as well as one of the few postcards franked with the proper 10c postcard rate. Cert Marchese (for the postcard, 2004). (Image)
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Sale No: 22JE
Lot No: 20526
Symbol: F
1900 (Sept 3) "Umberto" 10c stationery postcard from China to Lugo (Italy), cleanly cancelled by "R. Nave Calabria" cds, additionally struck at left and adjacent to the arrival ds. The sender has strangely added later "Singapore" as the origin of the card; contents reading: "I learn now that from today we can send letters to Italy and I take the opportunity" (this makes believe that the ships which were carrying mail to Italy temporally interrupted the stage in China and, as a matter of fact, the troops complained then about the bad organization of the postal service), "30 August: at 13:00 the Colonel suddenly orders to land (...) I had for two days the command of the 'Comando di Tappa' in Taku", relating also other military events which are difficult to read. Less than five items known exhibiting the postmark of the "Calabria" used in China, and very rare usage of the Italian postal stationery in China. (Image)
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Lot No: 20527
Symbol: F
Cat No: Sassone 67
1900 (Oct 1st) Postcard from China to Italy franked by 5c pair (defective), tied by blue "Ra Nave Vettor Pisani" cds in blue, despite sent by a member of the crew of the "Giava", also struck twice by cds's on arrival, with interesting text "I am on board the Giava for an expedition against the Boxers... We hope the positive outcome...". A very rare naval cancellation used in China. (Image)
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Lot No: 20529
Symbol: F,WWW
1901 (May 9) Art Nouveau naval illustrated postcard to London, tied by bilingual Shanghai cds, with blue "R. Ariete Torpie. Fieramosca" cachet with coat of arms at left, on this date the ship being in Wosung, coming from Taku. The "Fieramosca" was the flagship of the "Oceanica" Naval Division of four battleships sent to China shortly before the declaration of War by China. One of only about five items known with this handstamp. (Image)
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Sale No: 22JE
Lot No: 20530
Symbol: F
Cat No: Collection
1901 (June 17) Large registered cover to Rome, sent free of charge as addressed to the Ministry of the Navy, on the date of dispatch the ship calling at Shanghai, bearing "Ra. Nave Fieramosca" cds and registration marking at left, both in blue, arrival square cds also on obverse. The Admiral Candiani, commanding the Italian naval forces in China, was embarked on the "Fieramosca". The only registered mail of the "Fieramosca" in China (no examples recorded in the Landini collection). (Image)
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Lot No: 20531
Symbol: F
Cat No: Sassone 61
1901 (Aug 19) Cover to Italy franked by "Umberto" 20c pair, tied by "Ra Nave Elba" cds's in bluish black, when this battleship was harboured in Taku, backstamps including transits and arrival. The mail from the "Elba" in China is very rare (Landini only recorded five usages). (Image)
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Lot No: 20533
Symbol: F
Cat No: Sassone 61, 65, 66
1901 (Dec 16) Registered hand-illustrated cover made of bamboo to Lecce (Italy), franked on reverse by "Umberto" 20c pair and two singles, and "Stemma" 1c and 2c pair, tied by "R. Nave Vesuvio" cds's in Shanghai, also struck on front, with receiving cds also tying part of the franking. A unique and spectacular registered franking of the Italian Navy in China (nothing comparable in terms of franking from any ship in the Landini collection). (Image)
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Lot No: 20537
Symbol: F
Cat No: Sassone 66, 71
1902 (Sept 21)-1903 (Jan 2) Two postcards to Italy and France, bearing different single frankings incl. 1896-97 2c and 1901 10c, tied by violet "Ra nave Lombardia" in Nagasaki (Japan) and Shanghai. (Image)
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Lot No: 20538
Symbol: F,WWW
Cat No: Sassone 69, 71
1903 (March 5) Postcard from Shanghai to Naples, posted at the post office of the cruiser with neat "R. Incrociatore Piemonte" cds in bue at left, from this transferred to the C.I.P. bearing 4c tied by bilingual Shanghai cds, entering the French mail with "Shang-Has/Chine" cds; in addition a photo of the "Piemonte". A very rare usage of the Naval Mail dispatch cancellation in conjunction with the C.I.P., and a probably unique triple-country combination with the French P.O. Cert Marchese (2004). (Image)
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Lot No: 20539
Symbol: F
1903 (Oct 1st) "Ricordo della Spedizione in Cina-1903" postcard issued by the "Minghetti" steamer, sent to Italy between two military members, posted in Singapore with Straits Settlements 3c tied by Singapore cds. Very scarce. (Image)
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Sale No: 22JE
Lot No: 20541
Symbol: F,WWW
Cat No: Sassone 69, 71
1903-07 Group of eight postcards/cover to Italy bearing 2c and 10c single frankings as well as 15c rate with naval cancellations of the "Vettor Pisani" (2, no examples recorded in the Landini collection), "Calabria", these three in blue used in China, "Puglia" (used in Yokohama), "Vesuvio", and three of the "Marco Polo" (one in Japan). (Image)
