1895 (2 Sep) 10pf stationery card sent from Amoy to Wilhelmshaven, canceled "Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No.5" (2/11/95) SMS "Prinzess Wilhelm" to Wilhelmshaven, with 10.12.95 arrival pmk below, v.f. This is purported to be the earliest recorded Naval card posted from China (Mi.VP25) (Image)

Est.US$250

1896 (27 Jan) cover from Shanghai to Hamburg, franked with unoverprinted pair of 5pf green and single 10pf carmine, tied by Shanghai departure pmks, with "Cub Concordia" imprint on backflap and Shanghai Local Post (Jan 23 97) pmk, little toning, fine forerunner cover, signed Bothe (Mi.V36c,V47d) (Image)

Est.US$250

1898 50pf red brown, complete gutter sheet of 100, n.h., folded horizontally along the gutter, with minor perf. separations, post office fresh, fine-v.f. A spectacular complete sheet (Mi.6 II, Euro 5,000+ as singles) (Cat No. 6) (Image)

Est.US$750

1900 Tongku German Post, undated "Kaiserlich Deutsche Feldpost China 1900" pmk tying 20pf "China" on cover to Hamburg, with "K.D.Feld-Postation No.4" and framed "Feldpostbrief" alongside, with "Tongku Deutsche Post" undated pmk and part of arrival (backflap missing) on reverse, filing fold away from the stamps, fine example of the rare "Tongku" pmk, in use only for the first few days in September of 1900 (Image)

Est.US$250

1900 80pf lake and black, "Tientsin 6/2 01" cds, nicely centered, v.f., signed Lange, etc., with 2000 Jakubek and 2016 Jashke-Lantelme certificates (Mi.14) cat. €6000 (Cat No. 23) (Image)

Cat. €6000, Est.US$2,000

1901 (28 June) picture postcard ("Group of Russian Offices at the station in Tientsin") franked with Kiauchau 5c green (two pairs), tied by "Peking Deutsche Post" cds, addressed to Basel, sender's endorsement at top, little toning, fine and scarce usage from Peking using Kiauchau adhesives (Image)

Est.US$250

1908 (4 June) postcard from Norway to a German Naval officer in Shanghai, with arrival pmk, also "Nicht Abgeholt Postausgabe" handstamp (Unclaimed) and sent back to Kristiania, v.f. and extremely rare (Image)

Est.US$250

1914 (6 June) large coverfront, registered from Shanghai to Germany, franked with $1 and $2 1/2, plus 2c and 4c surcharges, tied by Shanghai cds, fine-v.f., signed Steuer, Jaschke, etc. (Cat No. 48,49,55,56) (Image)

Est.US$250

1918 (24 Apr) Chinese 1c stationery card from Wan-shou-tze internment camp near Peking, violet bilingual framed "Correspondance des prisonniers de Guerre", oval Chinese equivalent and endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" at top, Shanghai transits and violet "Passed by Censor 628" alongside, addressed, via German Red Cross to Officer's quarters in Pola, sender's message muses regarding further fate of the German Navy and its ships, card further handstamped by German/Austria POW service in Bern and apparently returned back to China, as Pola was no longer in Austrian control (ceded to Yugoslavia) (Image)

Est.US$250

1919 (26 Jan) Chinese 1c stationery card from Nanking City, via Shanghai to Germany, departure pmk below, Shanghai transit, oval bilingual "Internierungs Lager in Nanking" violet hs, red "Prisoner of War" and "Passed by Censor" handstamps, minor toned spots, rare usage (Image)

Est.US$150