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

Kiukiang
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description
2024 cover image1886 (May 30) envelope from Kiukiang to Copenhagen, Denmark, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp (6.1) on reverse, bearing on front France Peace and Commerce 25c bister on straw applied over the Customs Mail Matter handstamp and canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s.(6.4), with "Ligne N/Paq. Fr. No. 4" (6.10), blue "Paris/Etranger" (7.14), and arrival (7.16) c.d.s. on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$20,000-25,000
SOLD for HK$16,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2025 cover image1887 (Nov. 17) mourning envelope from Kiukiang to Paris, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp (11.19) on reverse, bearing on front France Peace and Commerce 25c applied over the Customs Mail Matter handstamp and canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (11.22), Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$20,000-25,000
SOLD for HK$19,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2026 cover image1890 (Feb. 27) envelope (embossed "Custom House, Kiukiang" on flap) from Kiukiang to Paris, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp and small part strike of black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp on reverse, bearing on front France Peace and Commerce 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (3.7), with "Modane à Paris" c.d.s. (4.11) in red adjacent, the stamp has been applied defective, Fine to Very Fine appearance.

Provenance
Jacques Desrousseaux, Rossini (Paris), May 25, 2011, lot 56. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$12,000-15,000
SOLD for HK$12,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2027 cover image1890 (Nov. 12) envelope from Kiukiang to Boston, via Yokohama (11.20) and San Francisco (12.8), showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring origin datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring transit datestamp (11.14) on reverse, bearing on front Japan Koban 10s applied over the Customs Mail Matter handstamp and canceled by "I.J.P.A./Shanghai" thimble type datestamp (11.15), with transit and arrival, the stamp is repaired across the foot not affecting the markings, Fine to Very Fine appearance, ex Allen correspondence. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$8,000-10,000
SOLD for HK$8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2028 cover image1891 (Apr. 7) envelope from Kiukiang to Paris, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp (4.9) on reverse, bearing on front France Peace and Commerce 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (4.10), with "Modane à Paris" c.d.s. (5.17) in red adjacent, "Paris/Distribution 1" arrival c.d.s. on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$18,000-22,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
2029 cover image1891 (May 26) envelope from Kiukiang to Boston, via Yokohama (6.4) and San Francisco (6.23), showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring origin datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring transit datestamp (5.28) on reverse, bearing on front Japan Koban 5s, canceled by "I.J.P.A./Shanghai" thimble type datestamp (5.29), with arrival c.d.s. (6.29) on reverse, cover a little roughly opened at top in one place, Fine to Very Fine usage at the 5-sen preferential rate to the United States through the Japanese Post Office.

Provenance
Allen Correspondence, Harmers (London), May 5, 2005, lot 356. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$25,000-30,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
2030 cover image1892 (Mar. 22) envelope from Kiukiang to Paris, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp and black "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp (3.24) on reverse, bearing on front France Peace and Commerce 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (3.25), with "Modane à Paris" c.d.s. (5.1) in red adjacent and arrival c.d.s. (5.2) on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$15,000-20,000
SOLD for HK$12,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2031 cover image1897 (Mar. 6) registered envelope from Kiukiang to Shanghai, showing "Kiukiang Customs/Mail Matter" oval handstamp in red, matching "R" unframed handstamp and "Customs/Kiukiang" double-ring datestamp, with "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring arrival datestamp (3.8) in brown on reverse, Very Fine.

Reference
Customs Dater (1875-1913), pp. 95-96.

Auction Record
Spink (Hong Kong), Nov. 22, 1998, lot 782. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$20,000-25,000
SOLD for HK$22,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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