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Postal History continued...

The Postal History of Canton
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description
1118 cover image1841-1914, Selection of four Foreign Offices in China covers and a postal receipt, comprising 1831 (Apr. 9) folded letter from Canton to New York, carried privately; British P.O. 1911 (Mar. 31) cover to the US bearing Hong Kong 2c and 4c pair, canceled by "Canton" c.d.s.; French P.O. (2 items) with 1912 (Apr. 9) Registered cover to Scotland bearing French Indo-Chinese P.O. 1908 overprints 1c to 15c and 25c, canceled by "Canton/Chine" c.d.s., and German P.O. 1914 (Apr. 7) cover to Germany bearing 1c on 3pf singles (2) and 2c on 5pf, canceled by "Kanton/Deutsche Post" c.d.s., mainly Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Get Market Data for [China 1841-1914.] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$2,000-2,500
SOLD for HK$1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1119 cover image1889 (June 28), Cover from Canton to Augustus Diercking in Hannover, Germany, "Per P&O Steamer 'Coromandel'", showing on reverse "Customs/Canton" type A double-ring origin datestamp and bearing on front Hong Kong 20c on 30c orange red, canceled by "B62" barred obliterator, with matching "Hong Kong/A" c.d.s. (6.29) adjacent, Hannover Aug. 4 receiver on reverse; the cover opened out for display and a trifle reduced across the top at back, Fine to Very Fine and a scarce example of mail originating in the Customs Post. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1889.06.28] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$4,000-5,000
SOLD for HK$8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1120 cover image1897 (Mar. 2), Cover ("Custom House/Canton" embossed seal on reverse) from Canton to Hong Kong, showing "Paid" bilingual handstamp in red, with "Customs/Canton" type C double-ring origin datestamp alongside, and "Hong Kong/B" arrival c.d.s. on reverse, Fine to Very Fine, an important usage from Canton and the earliest recorded use of the "Paid" handstamp from Canton,

One of only seven recorded covers with this handstamp in combination with the Canton Customs dater, which was used between March 2 and June 12, 1897, and then replaced by the Large Dollar Dater from July 22, 1897.

The standardized "Paid" bilingual handstamp was applied in lieu of postage stamps during the first year of the Imperial Post, due to delays in the supply of the first definitive issue of the I.C.P. stamps which were printed in Japan and unavailabe at this time, and shortages of the New Currency surcharges, which were only available on an irregular basis. The "Paid" handstamps were used from February 10, 1897 (Amoy) until the end of 1897, when Postal Circulars Nos. 4 & 5 forbade their use from January 1, 1898. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1897.03.02] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$15,000-20,000
SOLD for HK$16,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1121 cover image1897 (July 1), Red-band cover from Canton to Shanghai, bearing Large Figures surcharge 2.5mm setting on Dowager 2nd printing 4c on 4ca pale rose (Chan 59, Scott 50), canceled by pakua, with matching "Canton" Large Dollar Dater of "1 Jul 97" adjacent; "Shanghai" arrival Large Dollar Dater (July 7) in brown on reverse, Fine to Very Fine double rate usage with this exceptional Large Dollar Dater,

The earliest recorded date of use of the "Canton" Large Dollar Dater, predating that (July 22) recorded in Explore Dollar Daters (1897-1913) published by the Philatelic Writers' Club (Taipei, 2007), as well as the earliest date for the pakua. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1897.07.01] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$15,000-20,000
SOLD for HK$10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1122 cover image1898 (May 13), Japan 1s postal card from Whampoa to Hamburg, Germany, showing crisply struck "Canton" Large Dollar Dater (indicating either payment in cash, subscriber's cover or acceptance of foreign postage applied by the sender), and bearing Hong Kong 2c rose pink, canceled by "Hong Kong/A" c.d.s. (5.17) with Hamburg receiver (13.6.98), Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1898.05.13] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$1,200-1,500
SOLD for HK$3,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1123 cover image1898 (July 4), I.C.P. 1c postal card from Canton to Hong Kong, canceled by "Canton" Large Dollar Dater and showing "Hong Kong/A" arrival c.d.s. (7.5) adjacent, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1898.07.04] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$1,200-1,500
SOLD for HK$2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1124 cover image1899-1913, Assembly of 18 covers and cards, mostly from Canton, comprising 11 envelopes, 5 postcards, and 2 wrappers, bearing C.I.P. values to 10c and "Republic of China" overprints, with domestic, local, Hong Kong and foreign usages comprising Great Britain and US; one 1904 wrapper is from Pagoda Anchorage to the US, franked with C.I.P. 2c, mainly Fine to Very Fine, imaged in full online. (PDF for this Lot) (Image1)

Get Market Data for [China 1899-1913] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$7,500-9,000
SOLD for HK$5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1125 cover image1899 (Jan. 24), Corner card cover from Canton to San Francisco, bearing C.I.P. 10c green singles (2), canceled by "Canton" Large Dollar Dater (clear second strike at lower left), in combination with Hong Kong 10c purple on red vertical pair with blue crayon line security marking, canceled by "Hong Kong/A" c.d.s. (1.25), Fine to Very Fine double rate franking. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1899.01.24] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$3,000-4,000
SOLD for HK$4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1126 cover image1899 (Feb. 22), I.C.P. 1c postal card from Canton to Elberfeld, Germany, uprated by C.I.P. 1c ocher and 2c scarlet, indicia and adhesives canceled by "Canton" Large Dollar Daters, in combination with Hong Kong 2c rose pink pair canceled by "Hong Kong/C" c.d.s. (2.23), Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1899.02.22] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$4,000-5,000
SOLD for HK$4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1127 cover image1899 (Mar. 4), Red-band cover from Canton to Wuchow, showing on reverse "Hoi Lai/Postal Hong" of the inner city of Canton circular origin handstamp in red, then passed to the Imperial Post where C.I.P. 2c scarlet (Chan 106, Scott 100) was applied and canceled by "Canton" Large Dollar Dater, with "Imperial Post Office/Wuchow" oval datestamp (3.5) on reverse, Fine to Very Fine, an extremely rare example of mail initially handled by the private post; one of four Hoi Lai hong and Canton IPO combinations recorded. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1899.03.04] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$8,000-10,000
SOLD for HK$34,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1128 cover image1899 (Apr. 12), Red-band cover from Canton to Wuchow, bearing on reverse 2c scarlet, canceled by "Canton" Large Dollar Dater and showing "Imperial Post Office/Wuchow" oval datestamp (Apr. 13) in blue adjacent; another strike of the Large Dollar Dater on front; stamp creased from application over flap and the cover a little roughly opened at top, Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1899.04.12] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$1,000-1,200
SOLD for HK$3,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1129 cover image1899 (Apr. 14), Double Registered red-band cover from Canton to Tientsin, reverse bearing C.I.P. 1c ocher with 5c salmon vertical pair and single, the 1c and 5c singles canceled by "Canton" Large Dollar Dater and the 5c canceled by by unframed "R" and "R.R." in circle, with another strike of "Canton" Large Dollar Dater, "R" handstamp and "Registered" bilingual unframed handstamp on front; the 1c has damaged lower left corner, nevertheless a Fine to Very Fine cover,

The total franking of 16c represents the double registered domestic triple rate (postage 3 x 2c = 6c + registration fee 5c + return receipt fee 5c = 16c). (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1899.04.14] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$12,000-15,000
SOLD for HK$16,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1130 cover image1899 (Apr. 20), Neat decorative cover from Canton to a member of I.M. Customs, Wuchow, bearing on reverse small figures surcharge on Dowager 1st printing ½c on 3ca orange yellow (Chan 37, Scott 28), canceled by "Canton" Large Dollar Dater; sent as unsealed wrapper and thereby paying the 1c rate, Very Fine and attractive. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1899.04.20] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$3,000-4,000
SOLD for HK$11,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1131 cover image1900 (Jan. 3), Double Registered red-band cover to Tientsin, showing on reverse "Canton/A" sub-office bilingual non-standard type double-ring handstamp and "Canton/Inside Old City Post Office" double-ring datestamp, both in purple, and "Registration/Request Receipt" unframed handstamp in red, and bearing C.I.P. 2c scarlet, 5c salmon pair and 10c green, the 2c and 10c canceled by "Canton" bilingual c.d.s. and the 5c canceled by handstruck unframed "R" and "R.R" handstamp in circle, "Tientsin" bilingual arrival c.d.s. (19 JAN) alongside, with another strike of the "Canton" bilingual c.d.s. and "R.R." handstamp on front, Very Fine, a spectacular cover with these rare markings, ex Paul K.S. Chang and illustrated in History of Postal Cancellation(s), Vol. II, p.,

The total franking of 22c represents the double registered domestic six times rate (postage 6 x 2c = 12c + registration fee 5c + return receipt fee 5c = 16c). (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1900.01.03] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$25,000-30,000
SOLD for HK$45,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1132 cover image1900 (Jan. 1), Red-band cover to Wuchow, showing on reverse "Canton/B" sub-office bilingual non-standard type double-ring handstamp, and bearing on front C.I.P. 2c scarlet canceled by "Canton" biligual c.d.s., with "Wuchow bilingual arrival c.d.s. (1.2) on reverse; opened out for display and a little reduced at top and foot, Fine to Very Fine and scarce. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1900.01.01] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$10,000-12,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1133 cover image1900 (Apr. 24), Registered red-band cover from Canton to Peking, showing on reverse "Canton/No.2" tombstone handstamp, "Canton/Inside Old City Post Office" double-ring datestamp and unframed registration handstamp in red, and bearing C.I.P. 1c ocher, 2c scarlet pair and 5c flesh pair, canceled by "Canton" bilingual c.d.s. and one 5c additionally tied by "R" unframed handstamp, "Peking" bilingual arrival c.d.s. (5.3) adjacent, with another strike of the "Canton" bilingual c.d.s., and ".R." unframed handstamp on front; opening faults at foot affecting arrival c.d.s., Fine to Very Fine, an appealing sub-office Registered usage,

The total franking of 10c represents the registered domestic five times rate (postage 5 x 2c = 10c + registration fee 5c = 15c). (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1900.04.24] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$15,000-20,000
SOLD for HK$12,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1134 cover image1902 (Jan. 1), Picture post card from Canton to Lille, France, bearing C.I.P. 4c deep chestnut, canceled by "Canton" bilingual c.d.s., in combination with Hong Kong 4c carmine with "I.P.O." framed tie-print (Webb type 4) and Victoria/Hong Kong" c.d.s. (6.2, error of date); the 2c stamp has a tear, which does not affect its Fine to Very Fine appearance. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1902.01.01] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$2,000-2,500
SOLD for HK$1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1135 cover image1902 (Mar. 7 and June 30), Pair of red-band covers from Canton to Wuchow and used locally, bearing on reverse C.I.P. 2c scarlet or ½c brown, canceled by "Canton" bilingual c.d.s., showing "Canton/8" and "Canton/32" Postal Agency tombstone handstamps respectively, the former in red, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Get Market Data for [China 1902.03.07] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$1,500-2,000
SOLD for HK$3,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1136 cover image1902 (Apr. 1), Cover from Canton to San Francisco, bearing C.I.P. 10c green, canceled by "Canton" bilingual c.d.s., in combination with Hong Kong 10c ultramarine with "I.P.O." framed tie-print (Webb type 2) and Victoria/Hong Kong" c.d.s. (Apr. 2), Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1902.04.01] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$2,500-3,000
SOLD for HK$2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1137 cover image1902 (July 9), Registered red-band cover to Tientsin via Shanghai, showing on reverse "Canton/No.2" tombstone handstamp and "Canton/Inside Old City Post Office" double-ring datestamp, and bearing C.I.P. 1c ocher and 5c orange, the former canceled by "Canton" bilingual c.d.s. and the latter by "Registered" unframed bilingual handstamp; "Shanghai" bilingual transit c.d.s. in blue (7.16) alongside, with "R/…" vertical framed handstamp in red and bilingual departure and arrival (7.22) c.d.s.'s on front, Fine to Very Fine,

The 6c franking represents the registered domestic reduced rate in effect from April 8, 1902 until August 30, 1904 (postage 1c + registration fee 5c = 6c). (Image1) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [China 1902.07.09] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Est. HK$7,000-9,000
SOLD for HK$4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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