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The Customs Mail Matter Handstamps of China, 1883-1897 continued...

Tientsin
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description
2059 cover image1883 (June 6) official envelope from Tientsin to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Peking, showing "Tientsin Customs/Mail Matter" ornate framed double-oval handstamp in red (type I), with "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring datestamp and "Postage Paid. Do not Demand. Do not Pay" framed handstamp on reverse, Very Fine and a rare color.

Provenance
Sir David Roseway, Robson Lowe (London), Nov. 13, 1964, lot 596.
Paul Hock, Robson Lowe (Zurich), Oct. 19, 1983, lot 8. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$30,000-40,000
SOLD for HK$45,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2060 cover image1888 (June 12) envelope from Tientsin to Paris, via Brindisi (8.2), showing on reverse "Tientsin Customs/Mail Matter" ornate framed double-oval handstamp (type I) in purple, with "Customs/Tientsin" and "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamps in black adjacent, and bearing on front France "Chine" 25c pair, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (6.23), with "R" framed handstamp in red adjacent, "Brindisi" transit and "Wien" arrival (8.4) c.d.s. on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$10,000-12,000
SOLD for HK$13,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2061 cover image1894 (Nov. 4) envelope from Tientsin to Paris, showing "Tientsin Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type II) in blue, matching "Customs/Tientsin" and "Customs/Shanghai" (11.9) double-ring datestamps in blue on reverse, bearing France "Chine" 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (11.9), Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$8,000-10,000
SOLD for HK$8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2062 cover image1894 (Nov. 6) envelope from Tientsin to Weilheim, Germany, showing "Tientsin Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type II) in blue, "Customs/Tientsin" and "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamps in blue on reverse, bearing France "Chine" 5c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s.(11.15), with "Weilheim 2" arrival c.d.s. (12.24) on reverse, cover unsealed as per printed matter regulations, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$8,000-10,000
SOLD for HK$9,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2063 cover image1895 (May 13) registered envelope from Tientsin to Kansas City, Missouri, via Yokohama (5.27), Victoria B.C. (6.11), Winnipeg (6.15) and St. Paul, Minn. (6.17), showing on reverse superb "Tientsin Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type II) in blue, matching "Customs/Tientsin" and black "Customs/Shanghai" (5.17) double-ring datestamps adjacent, and bearing on front France "Chine" 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (5.23), with "Tientsin/R/No. 1055" oval handstamp (type III) and "R" framed handstamp, both in red, Very Fine, and an outstanding registered usage with the Customs registration handstamp. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$45,000-55,000
SOLD for HK$110,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2064 cover image1896 (Apr. 16) envelope from Tientsin (embossed "Custom House, Tientsin" on flap) to Wiesbaden, Germany, redirected to Jugenheim, showing on reverse "Tientsin Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp (type II) in blue, matching "Customs/Tientsin" and "Customs/Shanghai" (4.21) double-ring datestamps adjacent, and bearing on front France "Chine" 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (4.23), with "Wiesbaden (5.26) and "Jugenheim" (5.28) arrival c.d.s. on reverse, Fine to Very Fine.

Auction Record
Sun Philatelics (Hong Kong), July 23, 1991, lot 166. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$10,000-12,000
SOLD for HK$8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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