CHINA Imperial China - Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 2181 |
E |
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 1901 (2
Feb) red-band cover franked with 5c CIP, tied by oval Kiaochow bilingual datestamp, used locally, fine and relatively scarce usage outside the German concession
(Image) (image 2181a)
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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2182 |
E |
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 1901
red-band cover franked with single 2c CIP Coiling Dragon, tied by Shanghai departure pmk, red chops alongside, oval Peking Dec. 25 1901 arrival datestamp on reverse, fine
(Image) (image 2182a)
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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2183 |
E |
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 1901
red-band cover franked with 1c and 2c CIP adhesives, canceled by Xiguang strikes, showing Canton pmk alongside, Wuchow and additional pmks on back (Image) (image 2183a)
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SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2184 |
E |
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 1901 (23
Apr) 1c stationery card additionally franked with 1/2c-4c C.I.P. Coiling Dragons, tied by blue Tientsin departure pmks and sent to Germany, card endorsed "Feldpost", with East-Asia Expedition Corps departure, fine and colorful card (Image) (image 2184a)
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SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2185 |
E |
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 1901 (22
July) cover franked with 5x2c CIP, tied by Soochow departure cds, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai where 25c "Chine" was added for further transmission to Poerworedjo, Java, with additional Shanghai (23 July) and "N.I. Agent Singapore"
(5.8.1901) transits on back, Poerworedjo (11.8.01) arrival, minor flaws, fine cover to uncommon destination (Image) (image 2185a)
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SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2186 |
E |
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 1901 (27
Apr) cover franked with single 10c CIP, tied by Soochow departure cds, sent via Shanghai where pair of 5c Hong Kong adhesives was added for further transmission to Poerworedjo, Java, with additional Shanghai (28 Apr) and "N.I. Agent Singapore"
(12.5.1901) transits on back, Batavia (15.5) and Poerworedjo (17.5.01) arrival, little toning, fine cover to uncommon destination (Image) (image 2186a)
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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2187 |
E |
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 1901 (5
Feb) picture postcard to Laibach, franked with 4c CIP, tied by Wei-Hai-Wei departure pmk, sent via the French post office in Shanghai, where 10c "Chine" was added for further transmission to Europe, with bilingual "Laibach Ljubljana" arrival, some
toning, otherwise fine and scarce usage from Wei-Hai-Wei to present-day Slovenia (Image)
(image 2187a)
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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2188 |
E |
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 1901 1c
stationery card additionally franked with 2c CIP, canceled "Paoting" (4 May 01) and sent to Germany, hand-colored illustration on message side, fine and attractive card
(Image) (image 2188a)
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SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2189 |
E |
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 1901-02 two
covers, each franked with 25c Type Sage overprinted "Chine", first from Shanghai to Belgium, part of backflap missing, with Paris transit and Ciney arrival pmks, the other to New York, endorsed "Per SS Alhenian", with Nagasaki and Yokohama transits,
fine-v.f. (as of early 1900, Chinese stamps were no longer required on outgoing mail) (Image) (image 2189a)
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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2190 |
E |
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 1901-04 two
1c stationery cards, each with additional CIP franking, sent from Peking, via Shanghai to Germany, three different types of departure markings, fine (Image) (image 2190a)
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SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2191 |
E |
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 1902 (2
May) red-band cover franked with 2x1/2c CIP, tied by large Peking dater, with oval departure datestamp (May 3) alongside, rectangular Post Office handstamp, cover with corner added, otherwise fine (Image) (image 2191a)
(image 2191b)
 
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SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2192 |
E |
|
 1902
red-band cover franked with 2x1/2c CIP, overlapped and tied by rectangular violet letterbox pmk, Tientsin (arrival?) pmk on back (Image)
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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2193 |
E |
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 1902 (19
Nov) Egypt 4m stationery card from Cairo to Woosung, China, with Consulate de Haiti handstamp, numerous transits including F.P.No.5 (19.12 - opened during the Boxer Rebellion and allegedly closed in July,1901, clearly not the case, as it was still
operating a year later) Suez, Victoria, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Woosung (21 Dec) arrival pmks, "Returned" and similar markings repeated on the way back to Egypt, some card mending, but certainly a well traveled item (Image)
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SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2194 |
E |
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 1904 (28
Dec) Danish 5o stationery card from Shanghai to Copenhagen, showing German Post Office in Shanghai (26 Dec), Chinese Post Office (30 Dec), French Post Office (31 Dec) pmks, strip of 3x1c CIP Coiling Dragon affixed alongside, canceled on arrival in
Denmark (2.2.1905), fine usage (since Denmark did not have its own Post Office in China, Danish stamps could not be canceled until arrival in Copenhagen) (Image) (image 2194a)
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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2195 |
E |
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 1904 (6
Feb) red-band cover (opened for display) franked with 4x1c C.I.P. Coiling Dragon, tied by oval bilingual "Tzuchuan" datestamps, with Changtun (Feb 7), Kiaochow (9 Feb) and German Post Office Tsingtau Kiauchau (9 Feb) arrival pmks on back, fine (Image)
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SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2196 |
E |
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 1905 (27
Dec) picture postcard from Egypt to Shanghai, franked with 2m green, Cairo departure and Suez transit pmks, Shanghai German Post Office arrival, forwarded via Shanghai Local Post (Jan 23 06), fine (Image) (image 2196a)
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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2197 |
E |
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 1905
registered red-band cover franked with pair of 1c and single 5c CIP Coiling Dragons, tied by native pmks, with Registration handstamp on back, 5c slightly discolored, otherwise fine (Image) (image 2197a)
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SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2198 |
E |
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 1906 (6
Nov) red band cover franked with 2c CIP with manuscript Lunar characters, tied by departure pmk, with red Canton letterbox seal and additional markings, fine
(Image) (image 2198a)
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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2199 |
E |
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 1906
registered "Grand Hotel Des Wagons-Lits, Ltd, Peking" cover to San Francisco, franked with 10c and 20c CIP, tied by Tientsin departure pmk, sent via Yokohama, where a Registry label was added, showing "Tientsin I.J.P.O." (10.4.06) and San Francisco
pmks on back, tape reinforcements on reverse, otherwise fine (Image) (image
2199a)
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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2200 |
E |
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 1907 (19
Nov) Chinese style cover to Lincoln, Nebraska, franked with 3x1c and pair of 2c CIP, tied by "Yochow City" (19 Nov 97) bilingual pmks, with corresponding Yochow 19 Nov and Shanghai 25 Nov 07 transit cds on back (Image) (image 2200a)
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SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
