Imperial China continued...
| Lot |
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Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 30 |
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 1903 (Nov 23): Chinese inland stationery postcard 1 c. with add. franking Dragon 1 c. orange
and 4 c. brown, tied by clear Chinese handstamp, bilingual "KIAOCHOW 29 NOV 03" transit cds alongside. Given to the German postal administration in Tsingtau, Kiautschou adhesive (Mi 7) added to the card and tied by "TSINGTAU KIAUTSCHOU" despatch (Nov
15) cds, sent to Meschede with arrival (Dec 24, 1903) cds alongside. Some toning an appealing combination usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF1,600.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 31 |
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 1903 (Dec 14): Chinese inland stationery postcard 1 c. with add. franking Dragon 1 c. orange
and 2 c. red-brown, tied by light bilingual WEIHSIEN datestamp, crisp bilingual "KIAOCHOW 15 DEC 03" transit cds alongside. Given to the German postal administration in Tsingtau, vertical pair of Kiautschou 5 pf. green adhesive (Mi 6) added to the
card and tied by "TSINGTAU KIAUTSCHOU" despatch (Dec 15) cds, sent to Jever, Germany with arrival (Jan 11, 1904) cds alongside. Some perforation irregularities and toning, nevertheless an attractive combination usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF250.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 32 |
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 1904 (July 23): Picture postcard with 'Hankow' motif, despatched at the German post office
in Kankow and sent to Shanghai, forwarded locally, bearing German Offices in China 5 pf. green (Mi 16), tied by "HANKAU DEUTSCHE POST" cds, with "SHANGHAI DEUTSCHE POST" transit cds alongside. "SHANGHAI LOCAL POST" JUL 27 04" arrival cds, but
forwarded and therefore franked with transit Dragon ½ c. brown and 1 c. orange, tied by clear Chinese handstamp and 'T' handstamp. A fine and fresh combination usage from a German PO via the local Shanghai post to the Imperial Chinese post. Cert.
Kilian (1986). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF850.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 33 |
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 1905 (Dec 8): Chinese inland stationery postcard 1 c., sent from Puoly via Tsingta to
Altusried, Bavaria, the indicium tied by clear Chinese handstamp. Given to the German postal administration in Tsingtau, two examples of Kiautschou adhesive 1 c. brown-ochre (Mi 18) added to the card and tied by "TSINGTAU KIAUTSCHOU" despatch (Dec
21, 1905) cds, arrival (Jan 27, 1906) cds alongside. A most attractive combination usage. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF480.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 34 |
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 1906 (April 5): Picture postcard with 'The Wheelwright' motif, bearing China Dragon 2 c.
red-brown and German PO's in China 2 c. green, both in pairs, tied by clear SINANFU and CHINAN cds's, an information strike alongside. Sent to Moudon, Switzerland with perfect arrival (May 16) cds alongside. A most attractive combination franking. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF550.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 35 |
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 1906 (July 30): Stationery postcard 1 c. sent to Germany with add. franking CIP ½ c. brown
(2), 1 c. orange and 2 c. red tied by Tschingwangtau datestamp, transit (Aug 6) cds's of the Chinese and British PO's in SHANGHAI and CHEMNITZ arrival (Sept 8) cds alongside. Written by a soldier of the German East Asian Detachment after the closure
of the German P.O. in Tschingwangtau. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF260.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 36 |
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 1907 (July 20): Picture postcard from Peking to the Austrian battleship SMS 'Kaiser Franz
Joseph I' in Shanghai, forwarded to Yokohama, bearing CIP 2 c. red-brown tied by bilingual PEKING cds, "SHANGHAI LOCAL POST" (July 24), SHANGHAI despatch (July 25) and YOKOHAMA arrival (July 29) cds's alongside. Not taxed although franked only at the
inland rate. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF150.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 37 |
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 1909 (Nov 13): Printed matter wrapper from Tsingtau to the catholic mission in Wenshang,
bearing Kiautschou adhesive 2 c. green (Mi 29) tied by "TSINGTAU KIAUTSCHOU" despatch cds. Upon arrival charged with 1 cent and bearing Imperial Post 1 c. blue due, tied by Chinese handstamp. A fine cover, signed Bothe BPP. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF650.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 38 |
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 1911 (May 13): Registered cover from Mongtse/Mengzi in Yunnan province to Haiphong in
Tonkin, French Indochina bearing CIP 3 c. bluish green, a strip of five and a single adhesive and 2 c. green tied by "MENTSZ Train Station" datestamp with matching registration handstamp alongside. Reverse with HOKOW (May 13) and "LAO-KAY TONKIN"
(May 15) transit cds's as well as "HAIPHONG TONKIN" (May 15) arrival cds's. A very early cover on the Mongtse railway linking Southern China with the port of Haiphong in French Indochina. A rare, fine and correctly franked item, only five Mengtse
train covers are recorded. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF3,800.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 39 |
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 Austrian Navy in China 1912: Registered cover from Peking to Hohenberg franked by 1908 10 k.
rose, single and a horizontal strip of three, tied by two fine strikes of "K. u. KL. MARINE DETACHEMENT / in PEKING" cds's (Feb 6) with yellow registration label handstamped as per the cancellation over S.M. Schiff. Reverse of cover with imprinted
"Legation Ile. et Rle. D'Autriche - Hongrie / En Chine". Reverse with Hohenberg arrival cds in blue-black (Feb 19). Some peripheral aging but fine strikes and rare. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF850.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 40 |
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 Austrian Naval Forces 1913: Postcard from Shanghai to Pola, franked by 1908 Austria 5 h.
green tied by fine "K UND K KREIGSMARINE / SMS KAISER FRANZ JOSEPH" cds (Feb 25) in black. Slightest of aging but a fine strike. The Cruiser was on a 'Flag Waving' tour of the Far East - the contents refer to a meeting between the "Franz Joseph" and
the "Kaiserin Elisabeth". Ex collection Keith Tranmer. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF220.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 41 |
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 1929 (Nov 1): Registered cover from Lungchingtsun to Seoul, Korea bearing Manchuria ki-hei
ovpts. on China Chiang Kai-Shek 1 c. & 4 C. and Burial commemorative issue 1 C. & 4 C., tied by LUNGTCHINGSUN cds, reverse with KEIJO (Nov 4) and Saedaemun (Nov 4) transit cds's. Backflap torn, nevertheless an interesting cover from the Korean
minority in Manchuria area along the Yalu river. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF550.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 42 |
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 1878/1913: Fine collection beginning with three "Large Dragons" 1ca green, 3 ca red and 5 ca
yellow, "narrow setting", later values include "Red revenues" of one, two and four cents, coiled dragons and postage dues. Most stamps are used, the quality is not always great but many acceptable pieces can be found. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)
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SOLD for CHF1,300.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 43 |
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 1878/1940: Accumulation beginning with a superb set of German Offices "REICHSPOST" to 5 Mark
on pieces (Mi.15/27), also several other foreign offices including Japanese, French and Russian with high values. The Empire itelf contains 3 Large Dragons with qualitative challenges of varying degrees, 1897 Coiling Dragons to 50 c. green, 1900 Bean
goose to $ 2, later issues with many provincial overprints and some local issues. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14)
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SOLD for CHF800.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 44 |
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 1885/88: 1 ca green to 5 ca olive-yellow, forty-seven used copies in mixed condition. with
many different postmarks including 1885 3 ca mauve with "CHEFOO" chop. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF1,100.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 45 |
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 1885/1946: Lot 85 unused stamps incl. 1885 Dragon wmk Yin Yang 1 ca. green, Dowager Empress
1894 2 ca. green, 5 ca. orange, 9 ca. green & 24 ca. rose-carmine, 1909 Temple of Heaven, 1946 Airmail CNC surcharges, Shanghai local post and few Korea. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF800.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 46 |
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 1894: Dowager Empress, values to 6 ca brown, twenty-four stamps in both unused and used
condition including a pair, with some very attractive pieces with near to full cancels. The lot comprises two unused 5 ca dull orange with large part og. and five further unused stamps including a corner marginal, with the balance being used. The
quality is somewhat mixed with the majority fine to very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF550.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 47 |
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 1898/1950c. Collection starting with three red revenue 2 c, all with faults, then a complete
set of the 1909 "First Aniversary" temple of heaven, 1909 coiled dragon 7c crimson unused copy with large part og. 1912 "Revolution" $1 used, 1912, provisional neutrality Shanghai overprint $1 and many other attractive stamps with some postmark
interest. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)
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SOLD for CHF480.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 48 |
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 Kiaochow - Tsingtau combination usages 1899/1901: Group nine covers / cards with
combinations of Chinese and German Kiautschou adhesives and postmarks incl. 1899 US stationery envelope from Philadelphia to the Chinese Kiaochow PO, then despatched again at the German Tsintau PO to Scotland, one chinese stationery postcard with
German PO in China adhesives tied in the small PO of TAPUTUR, cert. Steuer, and seven philatelically motivated combination usages. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7)
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SOLD for CHF1,400.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
| 49 |
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 1901/46c: Lot 19 covers / postcards incl. two 1901 postcards despatched by German soldiers,
two stationery postcards, one from Pingtu to Kiaochow, postcard from Shanghai to the USA, the adhesives cancelled upon arrival; Junk issue special 1917 4 c. stationery postcard for POWs to Copenhagen with Russian and Austrian censorship, 1917 cover
from Peking to Chikungshan with Chinese censorship, 1916 registered cover from Tientsin via Tientsin-Mukden ambulant and Petrograd to Rotterdam, 1919 incoming cover from Germany with Kongmoon 'Addressee left' handstamp, 1915 Chinese response card to
Germany, 1921 Peiping to Shanghai cover with addressee not found opened and resealed with green label, 1912 registered ovpt set to London, 1913 Shanghai Customs service cover to Mengtsz, Sinkiang ovpt Junk cover from Urumuhu to Suilai, Manchuria ovpt
Junk cover from Harbin to Kuling, and 1936 Manchukuo cover to Paris. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14)
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SOLD for CHF6,500.00
Closing..May-29, 11:59 PM |
