1897, card ICP 1 C. canc."SHANGHAI LOCAL POST E AP 17 99" used local with messenger chop, on reverse large printed ad for opening of dentists practice, toning.
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1897, card ICP 1 C. mint w. on reverse ink drawing of "Peking Imperial Palace Marble Bridge" signed T. R.
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1897, card ICP 1 C. mint w. on reverse ink drawing of "Forbidden City" signed T. R.
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1897, card ICP 1 C. mint w. on reverse ink drawing of Chinese with winter hat, signed "T. R.".
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1897, card ICP 1 C. tied oval bilingual "PEKING MAY 13 1901" as german field post card via "KD Feldpoststation No. 2 18/5" to Harburg and fwd. to "THORN3 10.7.01", on reverse painting of chinese dragon (Image)

1897, card ICP 1 C. w. on reverse multicolour litho "Chinese Court" and dateline Pekin, 29/9, used as german field post card with wooden dateless chop "PEKING DEUTSCHE POST" to Gladenbach/Germany, transit "MARBURG 14.11.00", arrival nex day, sender of 1st comp. II SB Peking.
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1897, card ICP 1 C. uprated coiling dragon 1 C. (3) canc. bisected bilingual "CHEFOO 23 MAY 99" in combination with Hong Kong QV 2 C. rosine pair tied "SHANGHAY MY 25 99" and boxed "I.P.O." (also ties imperial chinese stamp) to Germany w. arrival "GEESTEMÜNDE 2.7.99". (Image)

1897/98, two stationery cards and one ppc with uprates removed inc. lunar dater Hokai/Chihli, boxed dater Yenchow/Shantung and pa-kua of Shanghai. (Image)

1907, card CIP 1 C. with violet "SOLD IN BULK" (2): unused mint and cto "HANKOW 19 DEC 07".
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1898, double card CIP 1 C. uprated coiling dragon 1 C., 2 C. tied oval bilingual "PEKING MAR 22 1901" used as german field post card with "K.D. FELDPOSTATION No. 2 23'3" alongside to "CASSEL -3.5.01", reply part adhering cto. Peking March 23 dateline. (Image)

1898, card CIP 1 C., question part of double card, canc. "TIENTSIN 24 MAY 13" used local with mailmans chop, on reverse printed offer by M. Krippendorf german delicatessen shop of freshly arrived by steamer Princess Alice: goose liver terrine, caviar, various fish mixed picles, swiss cheese ec. ec., amazing. (Image)

1898, card CIP 1 C., reply part of double card, canc. "TIENTSIN 13 MAR 13" used local with mailmans chop, on reverse printed offer by M. Krippendorf german delicatessen shop of spices, herbs, hop, mustard, amazing. (Image)

1898, card CIP 1 C.reply section (characters deleted by sender) uprated coiling dragon 1/2 C. (2), 2 C. canc. lunar dater "Kwangtung Tungkun" via "CANTON 2 JAN 05", "VICTORIA HONG KONG 3 JA 06" to Germany "TREFFURT 30.1.06" and fwd. internal to "HOHENMÖLSEN 31.1.06", bumped corner. (Image)

1898, card ICP 1 C. uprated coiling dragon 1 C. (one RC), 10 C. tied tombstone "Siangtan/post office" registered via "YOCHOW 9 SEP 03" and Shanghai imperial and french p.o. to Germany w. arrival "SCHLESWIG 22.10.03", painting on reverse. (Image)

1907, card oval dragon 1 C. light green, reply part, uprated coiling dragon 1 C. tied "FOOCHOW 28 MAR 08" to Amoy w. March 30 arrival, drawing "water buffalo and children paper dragon game" on reverse. (Image)

1908, card square dragon 1 C. used as form w. Germany 5 Pf. applied tied "Imp. German Navy Mails" with Shanghai 8.7.12 dateline to Goldap/Eastern Prussia, Germany. On reverse affixed real photo of "S.M.S. Leipzig Shangai 4 July 1912" of latter fame at Coronel and Falkland Is. sea battles.
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1908, card boxed dragon 1 C. green uprated coiling dragons 2 C. green, 4 C. tied boxed bilingual "SHIHTAO", transits Chefoo and Kiaochow to Tsingtau. Greetings from group of germans inc. Fritz Vogt, Kunze, Lütje, Lessing, Hermann, Voskamp (signatures) who visited the site of the german gunboat SMS Iltis distaster of 1896. (Image)

1908, registered card usage from Yunnan: card square dragon 1 C. light green uprated coiling dragon 1/2 C. (2), 1 C., 2 C. green, 4 C. red, 5 C. dark violet tied boxed bilingual dater "YÜNNANFU -.6.22" registered via "LAO-KAY 30 JUIL 10", Saigon Aug. 8 resp. Haiphng Aug. 11 to Switzerland w. Zürich arrival of Sept. 5. Correct uprate of 13 C. = 14 C. total for the 4 C. +10 C. UPU rate. Card on top has brown ink soiling which needs expert remedy, nevertheless a rare registered usage from Yunnan.
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1908, card square dragon 1 C. (2) uprated coiling dragons with paitings on reverse: with 4 C. carmine tied boxed bilingual "TIENTSIN C 9 SEP 10" via french office Tientsin to Berlin/Germany; with coiling dragon 1 C., 2 C. green tied bisectedbilingual "CANTON 15 NOV 08" via Shanghai to Denmark. Two cards. (Image)

1913/15, 1 C. cards (2) uprated junk 3 C. green canc. bisected bilingual "CHANGSHA / Changshafu 4", flag card 1913 via "CHANGSHA" and "MOUKDEN", light green junk card 1916 via "HANKOW" to Saarbrücken/Germany. (Image)

1914, UPU card junk 4 C. uprated junk 2 C., 5 C. canc. "YUNNANFU 5.10.11" (Oct. 11, 1916) used inland by AR-registered to Likiangfu w. arrival "LIKIANG 5.10.20". Most unusual usage of UPU card in the interior and one of the few stationery cards known used by AR. Vertical bend.
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1915, Sinkiang, stationery card 1 C. light green uprated 1 C. old plate (pair) canc. "TIHWA (URUMTSI) 21.12.31" to Ininghsien (Kuldja), new years greetings. Commercial usage.
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1918, stationery card junk 1 1/2 C. blue uprated 1915 1/2 C. and 1923 1 C. (2) tied "FOCHOW 9.2.25" (Feb. 25, 1920) to Luzern/Switzerland, transit "SHANGHAI 1 MAR 20".
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1926, UPU card junk 6 C. uprated revised airmails 30 C., 60 C. etc. with rate endorsed 1.15, tied "SHANGHAI 11.7.31" (same dateline on reverse) by airmail via, on reverse, "MANCHOULI 16.7.31" (to Hannover/Germany, german three line airmail confirmation hs. "Transported/by airmail/Postoffice 1 Hannover". Unusual. (Image)

1944, stationery card $3/4 C. uprated surcharges $1 (2), $5, $20 (corner copy), $50 (2), $100 total $227 for a $230 rate as foreign mail card registered tied "SHANGHAI 5.5.45" to Vienna/Austria, most unusual usage, mailed three days before war in Europe ended.
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