1895 cover to Louisville, Ky, franked with single 50p purple, prepaying the single weight letter rate to the United States. Stamp is tied by the extremely rare "MOKPO/COREE 9 Aout 02" foreign mail cds, with additional strike below, with Chemulpo 13 Aout 02 transit, San Francisco Sep 12 and Louisville arrival pmks on back. Cover is slightly repaired to improve appearance, still fine and accompanied by a clear 1999 Florian Eichhorn certificate "the Latin style foreign mail marking MOKPO belongs to the top difficulty group of its kind, and on cover is among the rarities of Korean philately" (Cat No. 9) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1900 4ch carmine and 5ch deep blue, tied on back of cover (opened for display) by two clear strikes of "MOKPO/COREE" 17 Aug 1903 cds, additionally struck on front of the cover addressed to Pas de Calais, France, with Chemulpo and Seoul (20 Aug) transit pmks, endorsed "Via Suez", transmitted via the French Post Office in Shanghai (29 Aug), arriving Lapugnou Pas De Calais (8 Oct), fine and rare cover from Mokpo (Cat No. 22,24) (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1900 20ch red brown, tied by blue "Gwendoline/Coree" 7 June 1902 cds, repeated alongside on registered cover front from Gwendoline to England, red corresponding Registry handstamp at left, with London transit and Ayton (Jy 31) arrival postmarks. While only a coverfront, this is stated to be the only known example of the Gwendoline registry handstamp (Cat No. 27) (Image)

Est.US$500

1903 (20 Oct) 4ch folded stationery reply card franked with 2ch Plum Blossom and 3ch on 50p purple (the return card similarly franked but not canceled), tied by "MASANPO COREE" cds, repeated below, sent via Seoul and Nagasaki to Germany, with Hamburg (23.11) arrival cds, fine and rare (Image)

Est.US$500

1903 (25 Aug) 4ch stationery card additionally franked with 2ch blue Plum Blossom, canceled by MASANPO COREE cds, with straight line handstamp in red, addressed to the French Legation in Shanghai, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1903 (29 June) 4ch UPU stationery card, uprated with 2ch blue, tied by "MASANPO/COREE" French double circle cds, repeated alongside, addressed to Riga (Russia), routed via Nagasaki (violet 2 July pmk, with additional two Japanese cancels at top and bottom of the card), Riga arrival postmark struck on the front of both values, fine example of this extremely rare cancel, commercially used on card (sender writes in German "from Masanpo Korea, on the way to Port Arthur and Vladivostok, my best wishes on a rare postcard") (Image)

Est.US$750

1903 (13 Aug) picture postcard franked with 2re gray and 5ch pink, tied by Chemulpo departure cds, repeated alongside, addressed to a crew member on the "Italian Cruiser 'Calabria'" at Masanpo, with a perfect arrival "MASANPO/COREE 18 Aout 03" French double circle cds, also Nagasaki, Japan transit, some toning, fine and remarkable usage from an Italian warship in a Korean Port, showing the rare Masanpo Korea arrival pmk (Image)

Est.US$500

1903 (4 July) 4ch UPU stationery card canceled "GWENDOLINE/COREE" in violet, repeated below, sent via Chemulpo (9 July) to Callao, Peru, with Tacoma, Wash (Aug 3) and New York (Aug 8) transit pmks on back, minor toned spots, fine and scarce origin and unusual destination from Gwendoline to Peru (Image)

Est.US$500

1904 (19 Mar) cover franked with 20ch Falcon, tied by blue "Gwendoline/Coree" cds on "W.Pritchard Morgan & Co. Seoul" cover to London, strike repeated below, with Chemulpo and French Post Office in Shanghai (4 Apr) transit markings on back, overall toning and cover tears, fine usage, ex-Mizuhara (Cat No. 48) (Image)

Est.US$250