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1894 Dowager Empress 60th Birthday Commemorative Issue continued...

Late Usage

Incoming Mail

Postal History continued...
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description
118 cover image1896 (May) envelope from Tientsin to a Captain with the 2nd Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment in Cape Town, South Africa, via Customs Shanghai (4.6), Hong Kong, Tuticorin (23.6), and Sea Post Office (26.6), redirected to the "Imperial Matabeleland Contingent, Maclontrie", showing Durban (5.8), Wyburg (10.8), and part "(Bul)awayo/(Rhodesi)a" c.d.s., bearing on reverse Dowager 9ca. green, canceled by seal in blue, and additionally tied by "Tuticorin" c.d.s., "Durban" double-ring d.s. (5.8) and "G.P.O. Capetown/ Cape Colony" squared circle d.s. (10.70), with "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring d.s. (4.6) alongside, and on front France "Chine" 25c. canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (5.6), the cover opened out for display, and a little ragged and reinforced around edges, nevertheless Fine, an evocative and probably unique destination.

The 2nd Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment was involved in the siege of Bulawayo and the fight against the natives in Matabeleland during the Second Matabele War (Matabeleland Rebellion) in 1896, to maintain the rule of the British South Africa Company. The territories of Matabeleland and Mashonaland eventually became Rhodesia.

Reference
Customs Dater (1875-1913), Taipei: Philatelic Writers' Club, 2008, pages 196-197. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$50,000-60,000
SOLD for HK$45,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
119 cover image1896 (8 July) envelope from Tientsin to Nagasaki (18.7), via Customs Shanghai (11.7) bearing on reverse Dowager 6ca. brown, canceled by Tientsin seal in blue and additionally tied by Nagasaki native dater in brown, matching "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring d.s., and on front Japan Koban 5s., canceled by "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." c.d.s. (16.7), with transit and "Nagasaki/Japan" arrival c.d.s. on reverse, the 5s. has negligible corner crease, cover opened out for display, Fine to Very Fine example of mail to Japan.

References
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 315.
Customs Dater (1875-1913). Taipei: Philatelic Writers' Club, 2008, p. 249. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$15,000-20,000
SOLD for HK$15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
120 cover image1896 (9 Aug.) "Walter S. Ward & Co." printed headed envelope from Tientsin to London (17.9), via Customs Shanghai (12.8) bearing on reverse Dowager 6ca. brown and 12ca. brown orange, canceled by Tientsin seal in blue and additionally tied by neat "London E.C./AF" circular dater in red, matching "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring d.s. alongside, and on front France "Chine" 25c. (2), canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (12.8), Very Fine and an uncommon use of the 12 candarins stamp.

Reference
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 345. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$30,000-40,000
SOLD for HK$30,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
121 cover image1896 (24 Aug.) registered envelope ("Gesandschaft des Deutschen Reiches/ Peking" paper seal on flap) from Peking to Karlsruhe, Germany (10.10), bearing Dowager 6ca. brown and 9ca. dull green, canceled by Peking seal in blue, in combination with France "Chine" 50c., canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (4.9), showing "Registered" straight-line handstamp in blue and "R" framed handstamp in red adjacent, with "I.G. of Customs/Peking" origin and "Customs/Shanghai" transit double-ring d.s., both in blue, and "Karlsruhe/Baden" arrival c.d.s. on reverse, the French stamp has a tiny filing pin hole at top left, nevertheless a Very Fine registered usage to Europe (9ca. foreign postage + 6ca. registration fee = 15 candarins), and a stunning exhibition item of the highest caliber.

Reference
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 348. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$100,000-120,000
SOLD for HK$90,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
122 cover image1896 (25 Oct.) envelope from the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank in Tientsin to Brisbane, Australia (3.12), via Hong Kong (3.11) and Customs Shanghai (29.10), bearing on reverse Dowager 9ca. green, canceled by Tientsin seal and additionally tied by "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring d.s. in blue, and on front France "Chine" 25c., canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (30.10), with transit and "Brisbane/ Queensland/X" arrival c.d.s. on reverse, the 9ca. has light ageing around perfs., and there is a light central stain on front of cover from the wax seal at back, Fine to Very Fine and a scarce destination.

Expertisation
Signed Peter Holcombe.

References
Sir David Roseway, "Cancellations on the Unsurcharged and Surcharged Stamps of the Dowager Jubilee Issue", The China Clipper, Vol. XX, No. 6 (Sept. 1956), p. 116.
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 382. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$30,000-40,000
SOLD for HK$30,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
123 cover image1896 (9 Nov.) envelope from Newchwang to Claremont, The Cape Colony, South Africa (21.1.97), endorsed "Via England", via Customs Shanghai (15.11), Hong Kong (24.11), Tuticorin (8-9.12), and Durban, Natal (17.1.97), bearing Dowager 3ca. orange yellow, canceled by Newchwang seal, matching "Customs/Newchwang" double-ring d.s. (on reverse), in combination with Hong Kong 5c. pair, canceled by "Shanghai" c.d.s. (20.11), with the various transit and "Claremont/Cape Colony" arrival c.d.s. on reverse, Fine and rare destination, further highlighted by the Newchwang origin.

References
Kong Wen Sun, "Dowager Covers from Newchwang", Chinese Philatelic Magazine, No. 82 (Aug. 2006), pages 14-21. The author draws attention to the fact that this is the only recorded Dowager usage from Newchwang through the British Post Office.
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 392. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$60,000-80,000
SOLD for HK$60,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
124 cover image1897 (5 Feb.) neat envelope from Peking to Jaurias, France, via Shanghai (22.2) bearing Dowager 3ca. orange yellow, canceled by Peking seal in blue, matching "I.G. of Customs/Peking" double-ring origin d.s., in combination with France "Chine" 25c., canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s., with superb strike of "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring transit d.s. in brown on reverse, Very Fine rare and unusual usage of the Dowager 3 candarins stamp one day following the establishment of the Imperial Chinese Post.

Overseas mail during the Imperial Chinese Post Winter Overland period was normally charged 14 cents (10c. foreign postage + 4c. domestic postage for Winter Overland mail). However, since the domestic and foreign postage stamps were both applied by the sender before posting, the letter was not subject to the 14 cents rate.

During the transitional period between the Customs Post and Imperial Chinese Post, there are eighteen envelopes recorded franked with the New Currency surcharged stamps and only nine envelopes franked with the Customs unsurcharged stamps. Of these nine unsurcharged frankings, only three were carried on the southbound route, two originating in Peking and the third in Tientsin. Consequently, these three Dowager unsurcharged covers from North China represent great postal history rarities.

Reference
Robert Kong, "A Rediscussion of the 1896-97 Winter Overland Service", Jiyu (Beijing), Vol. 30 (2020), pages 9-27. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$26,000-30,000
SOLD for HK$26,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
125 cover image1896 (26 Mar.) Germany 10pf postal stationery card from Shanghai to the German Legation in Peking (2.4), via Tientsin (1.4) bearing Dowager 2ca. green, canceled by Tientsin seal in blue, with "Customs/Tientsin" and "I.G. of Customs/Peking" double-ring d.s., both in blue on reverse, Fine to Very Fine.

A rare and unusual domestic usage between the German Post Office in China and the Customs Post, exceptionally treated as foreign or non-Customs mail, with the Dowager 2ca. paying the domestic postage for a postcard. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$50,000-60,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
126 cover image1896 (18 Oct.) printed envelope from Yokohama to Emilio E. d'Encarnaçao, I.M. Customs, Peking (26.10), "Per ‘Yokohama Maru' s/s" via Shanghai (20.10), bearing Japan Koban 1s., 2s. pair, and 5s., canceled by "Yokohama/Japan" c.d.s., in combination with Dowager 3ca. orange yellow, canceled by Shanghai antique seal, for payment of the domestic postage on overseas mail for North China, with "Customs/Shanghai" and "I.G. of Customs/Peking" double-ring d.s., both in blue on reverse, Very Fine and colorful franking, undoubtedly the finest of the few recorded incoming Japan covers from this correspondence.

Auction Record
Cavendish (Derby), 6.3.2008, lot 169.

Reference
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 377. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$60,000-80,000
SOLD for HK$80,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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