1886 native Chinese cover from German destroyer "Iltis I", endorsed "An Bord S.M. Kbt. Iltis, Hong Kong China", franked with 10pf carmine canceled "Kiel 3.4/I 86" and blue crayon, with additional Kiel and Stettin arrival pmks, rare usage (Image)

Est.US$250

1893 (6 May) Germany 10pf rose and 50pf brown, handwritten "Tientsin" and canceled "Kaisrl. Deutsche Postagentur" on small piece, fine and rare forerunner (Image)

Est.US$500

1893 Shanghai Local Post stationery 1c lettersheet, faint blue cancel, endorsed "Feldpostbrief" with "Deutsche Post Agentur Shanghai" 13/10/93 pmk and sent to Dusseldorf, where "T" handstamp was applied and "40" charge in blue crayon imposed on arrival, some toning, interesting usage (Image)

Est.US$250

1894 (31 May) cover franked with unoverprinted Germany 10pf vertical pair, tied by "Deutsche Postagentur Shanghai" cancels, addressed to "Coast Guard Station (near Maldon), Essex, England", with arrival pmk, marked "Retour", also "Gone Away" blue crayon, sent back via Bremen (where it was opened and resealed with two official labels), marked "Absender Unbekannt", showing return address of William R.Faries in Wei-Hien, via Chefoo, North China, with Shanghai Local Post pmks on arrival back in China, overall ageing, well traveled cover from German Missionaries in Wei-Hien, China (Image)

Est.US$500

1895 (30 Aug) cover from Tientsin to Kobe, franked with unoverprinted 10pf, 20pf and 50pf German Eagle, tied by two clear strikes of Tientsin KDPA forerunner pmks, with Japanese arrival (10 Sep) on back, fine three-color forerunner usage from Tientsin, China (Image)

Est.US$150

1900 (10 Dec) cover franked with Hong Kong 10c Victoria, canceled "Marine Schifspost No.35" addressed to Germany, with Kassel arrival pmk, showing return address of a sailor on board S.M.S. Weissenburg, Hong Kong-Woosung-Shanghai, filing fold away from the stamp, fine cover (SMS Weissenburg was one of the first ocean-going battleships of the Imperial German Navy and was deployed to China during the Boxer Uprising) (Image)

Est.US$500

1900 (19 Oct) "Feldpostbrief" free-frank cover addressed to a field hospital in China, sent from Southampton, with violet "Paquebot" handstamp, sent from a German national on a boat to England, carried free because of the Boxer Rebellion, with Base Post Office and "Singapore to Hong Kong" (Nov.19, 00) markings (Image)

Est.US$500

1900 (16 Feb) Shanghai Municipal Council envelope, franked with 7x3pf ocher brown, tied by Shanghai Deutsche Post cds, sent to Hannover, with arrival (22/3/00) cds on back, fine and scarce cover, signed Steuer (Mi.IIc) (Image)

Est.US$250

1900 (24 Oct) Army & Navy Dept of YMCA cover franked with 5pf (2),10pf and 20pf "China", diagonal overprints, paying 40pf from Tientsin to San Diego, Nagasaki and Yokohama transits, San Diego arrival (Nov 23,1900) pmks on back, minor cover wear, scarce usage during the Boxer Rebellion (Image)

Est.US$250

1900 5pf green, canceled on piece by Tientsin cds, v.f., signed Senf, Pfeninnger, Ebel, etc., cat. $360 (Cat No. 18) (Image)

Cat. $360, Est.US$150

1901 (6 May) picture postcard from Singapore to Shanghai, franked with 10pf carmine "China" overprint, tied by German East Asia ship cancel, with Singapore departure, Hong Kong transit and Shanghai May 18, 01 arrival pmks. Also another ppc from German Shanghai to a British soldier in Kowloon, Hong Kong, with Canton transit and Victoria, Hong Kong arrival pmks, fine (Image)

Est.US$200

1901 (26 Feb) German stationery 5pf postal card, additionally franked with 2pf and 5pf Reichspost, canceled Peking Deutsche Post and sent to Gera, with 13.4.01 arrival cds below (Image)

Est.US$250

1901 (19 Jan) philatelic "Internationaler Philatelisten-Verein, Sektion, Peking" illustrated card (showing German South-West Africa stamps, with dedications to each of the German Colonies) on back, with "Peking Deutsche Post" departure (date filled-in by hand), boxed "S.B. Ostas. Expeds. Bat. 2 Inf-Regmts." handstamp, addressed to Leipzig, fine and interesting card (Image)

Est.US$250

1901 50pf purple & black, horizontal strip of three canceled on piece by "Shanghaikuan Deutsche Post" cds (undated), v.f. (Cat No. 31) (Image)

Est.US$200

1902-06 two Registered stationery postcards, one 5pf from Shanghai, with 25pf China alongside, used from Shanghai to Hamburg, provisional "Shanghai" overprinted Registry label, the other card is from Kiauchau, 4pf carmine upfranked with 20c Yacht, "Tsingtau, Kiautschou" Registry label, fine pair of registered stationery cards (Image)

Est.US$250

1903 (2 Jan) picture postcard from Shanghai to a German soldier in Tangku, franked with 5pf China (Reichspost), canceled by "Deutsche Seepost" cds, with Shanghai departure pmk below, Hong Kong transits, large "I.P.O. - R.M.S. Peking Tangku No.1" bilingual cachet, additional pmks, including "Postdiennst", etc., fine and rare (Image)

Est.US$500

1903 (25 June) stationery 10pf card to Germany, with oval "Deutsche Seepost Yangtse Linie" departure pmk, Flensburg (29 July) arrival cds at bottom, fine and scarce maritime pmk (Image)

Est.US$250

1911 (27 May) red band cover franked with 4x1c China surcharges, tied by "Tschifu Deutsche Post" departure pmks, with Tsingtau Kiautschou (29.5.11) arrival cds, fine and unusual native cover from the German Post Office in Chefoo to Kiauchau (Image)

Est.US$250

1914 (28 July) picture postcard from Tegernsee, Germany to Hermine v.Babbo in Chefoo, China, sent unpaid via Siberia, with bold framed censor handstamp applied in Vladivostok, from where the card was apparently forwarded and delivered to addressee, "T" and "8" charge markings, the latter in blue crayon (4c postage and 4c penalty postage due), fine and double signed Bothe. This card was sent on the day World War I broke out. The fact that it was released by the Russian authorities after being censored, makes it extremely rare (Image)

Est.US$500

1916 (26 June) registered cover from the German Post Office in Peking to Berlin, franking with 5c (5) and 20c surcharges, sent via New York, with 28.7.1916 transits, opened by censor and resealed, held for three years during the War, with violet "Released by the British Military Authorities" handstamp, arriving in Berlin 5.8.1919, cover somewhat faulty, rare war-time usage, with 2013 Jaschke-Lantelme certificate (Image)

Est.US$250

1917 (1 Jan) picture postcard from Shanghai to Germany, franked with 4c on 10pf carmine, tied by Shanghai cds, sent via the United States, where "Mail Service Suspended to Country addressed" violet handstamp was added, sent back to China, with Shanghai 30.10.19 arrival, fine card, very few survive with this War usage marking, 2009 Steuer certificate (Image)

Est.US$250

1921 (22 July) printed matter card from Erfurt, franked with 30pf Deutsches Reich, addressed to Tsingtau, China, with Chinese and Japanese (Tsingtau I.J.P.O.) arrival pmks, red "Return to Sender Unknown" handstamps, late usage, unusual markings (Image)

Est.US$250