Complete sheet of six sheetlets of 80pf (or equivalent) values for 12 different colonies, a few minor imperfections otherwise superb with full unmounted gum. Attractive fakes.
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA: 1901 Boxer Rebellion cover with faint regimental cachet at lower-left, to Germany with 'China' Overprints 10pf x2 tied by 'KD FELDPOSTEXPED/DES/OSTASIATISCHE/ EXPEDITIONSCORPS/28 5 b ' cds, superb 'WESTERLAND' arrival backstamp, the flap opened a bit roughly.
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA: 1901 Boxer Rebellion usage from Germany of 'Feldpostkarte' with pre-printed part-address including 'Ostasiat' at lower-left slightly obscured by 'PEKING/16 3/01/DEUTSCHE POST' arrival cds, minor corner bend.
GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA: 1910 commercial cover underpaid to Switzerland "via Siberia" with 4c on 10pf only tied by Schanghai cds, taxed with Swiss "30" in blue pencil, Postage Due 10c & 20c & tied by 'BERN/BRF DISTR' cds.
KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 '5 Pf.' on 'China' Overprint on 10pf Mi 2 (SG 8a), large-part original gum with several expertising marks including 'KILLIAN' & very minor hinge remnants, Cat €4000 (£4500). Ronald Steuer Certificate (2015) identifies the overprint as Type II, of which Michel states only 640 were printed.
KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 '5 Pf.' on 'China' Overprint on 10pf Mi 2 (SG 8a), full unmounted (postfrisch) original gum with Kohler expertising mark, Cat €6000+ (£4500+, for mounted). Superb. Michael Jaschke-Lantelme Certificate (2007) identifies the overprint as Sub-Type 4 (see footnote in Michel where it is stated that only 80 examples were printed) which occurred only twice on each pane at Pos [23 & 26], and [73 & 76].
KIAUTSCHOU: 1898 usage of German 10pf Postal Card with 'Nur fur Marine-Schiffsposten' Overprint * faint roneo'd 'Gruss aus China' illustration on the reverse, to Germany with very fine 'TSINANFORT/5 3/98/MARINE-FELDPOST' cancel & 'LAER' arrival cds. An important forerunner. Lease negotiations with China commenced 6.3.1898, the day after this was posted.
KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 (Apr 30) Gruss aus Berlin PPC ('Kaiser-Friedrich...Kirche') to "Tsintau/Deutsch China" with 2pf 3pf & 10pf x2 tied by Berlin cds & with 'Berlin 22' R label, full social message.
KIAUTSCHOU: 1900 'DEUTSHE REICHSPOST/Feld-Postkarte' endorsed at the top "...3/III Seebataillon", the brief message headed "Kaumi 15 11 1900", to Germany with 'WILHELMSHAVEN' arrival cds, a trifle aged, the cds Cat €750 on cover. Scarce Boxer Rebellion usage. [The cds recorded 26.9/00 to 1.1.01 only]
Sale No: 256
Lot No: 2619
Symbol: CPS
Cat No: Collection
KIAUTSCHOU: 1901-14 group with local PPCx x3 (two with Undivided Backs: Railway Station and Kaumi Mandarin with his Sedan Chair), two Japanese PPCs (one to Turkey) & 2c Postal Card x2 (one written entirely in Chinese), fine to very fine datestamps of 'TSINGTAU' ("bridge" type), 'SCHATSYKOU', 'TAITUNGTSCHEN', 'TSINGTAU-TAPAUTAU' and oval TPO types 'TSINGTAU-KIAUTSCHOU/.../ZUG 2' & 'TSINGTAU-TSINANFU/ ...ZUG 2', very fine group.
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KIAUTSCHOU: 1911 cover to Germany with scarce albeit philatelic franking of Yachts $½ red superb lower-right corner block of 4 (Cat €400+, for used singles) tied by 'TSINGTAU-Gr HAFEN' cds, 'Tsingtau-Gr. Hafen' R label, 'WILMERSDORF' arrival backstamp.
MARIANAS: 1919 Lost Colonies label complete sheet of 20 (5x4) with an Extra Line of Perfs across the second-last column, well centred, the first unit creased, some spotting mostly at upper-left but most units are very fine unmounted.
