China
Covers and stamps / China / Hong Kong / Combination covers
1899 (30 Mar) picture postcard ‘Great Wall’ to Germany franked CIP coiling Dragon 4c. tied by incomplete Peking dollar Chop, Shanghai transit Dollar Chop alongside, pair of Hong Kong 2c. added and tied by distinctive small framed I.P.O. tie print, cancelled Shanghai cds with Hong Kong transit below and arrival cds at right. A good early example.
£485
China
Covers and stamps / China / Postal Stationery
1899 (5 Aug) 1c postal stationery card to Germany additionally franked CIP Coiling Dragon 1c and 2c. tied Canton cds, pair of Hong Kong 2c. added and cancelled by framed I.P.O. tie print of Canton (Webb type 1), and cancelled Hong Kong index B cds, arrival cds at bottom left tying two stamps. A fine example on stationery.
£595
China
Covers and stamps / China / Hong Kong / Combination covers / Redirected mail / Registered Postcards
1899 (Sept. 20) registered picture postcard from Peking to Wiesbaden via Hong Kong, redirected to Munich bearing C.I.P. 4c and 5c pair, cancelled by Peking bilingual cds, Shanghai transit cds in combination with Hong Kong 2c (2) and 10c with I.P.O. framed tie-print (type 2) and Shanghai index C cds), with “R” unframed and “R” in circle handstamp adjacent; slight scuff on picture side otherwise a good example of this rare sized tie print.
£865
Hong Kong - China
Covers and stamps / China / Hong Kong
1901 (22 Aug) Registered combination cover from Tientsin to Germany (Alsace) franked 1898 CIP 20c on obverse + 10c pair on reverse tied by blue Tientsin cds's, additionally franked on front Hongkong 20/CENTS on 30c + 10c blue tied by Hongkong C AU 27 cds's, red 'R' and black 'R' in circle alongside
£875
China
Covers and stamps / Aden / China / French Colonies / Hong Kong / Zanzibar / Combination covers
1902 (1 Aug) Hong Kong picture postcard to French Guinee franked C.I.P. 4c. Coiling Dragon tied by bilingual Foochow cds, in combination with Hong Kong 2c. green vertical pair tied by large bold framed I.P.O. handstamp and Victoria Hong Kong cds, top left with Aden transit (AU 25) and Zanzibar transit (1 SP), at bottom right Conakry Guinee Francaise arrival cds of 18 Sept; heavy central vertical filing fold, a remarkable destination.
£985
China
Covers and stamps / China / Registered mail
1902 (30 Apr) “On Postal Service” registered envelope (embossed “Custom House, Wuhu” seal on flap) addressed to British Post Office Shanghai, showing Service des Postes circular cachet, unframed ‘R’ handstamp at left and Wuhu bilingual cds, reverse with black Shanghai Registered square circle of MA 2. Some slight ageing and mount marks on reverse. A rare envelope.
£985
China
Covers and stamps / China / Hong Kong / Combination covers / Registered mail
1902 (Feb. 28) registered envelope from the German Consulate in Canton to Berlin, “Kaiserlich Deutsches Konsulat/in Canton” paper seal on flap, bearing C.I.P. 5c salmon vertical pair, cancelled by R unframed handstamps, and 10c (3), cancelled by Canton bilingual cds, in combination with Hong Kong Chinese character surcharge 20c on 30c pair with I.P.O. framed tie-print (type 2) and Registered G.P.O. cds; the 5c. slightly oxidised and a few tones at left.
£965
China
Covers and stamps / China / Postal Stationery
1903 (Aug 8) 1c postal stationery card to Shanghai cancelled by good strike of rare CHINGCHOW bilingual oval, bilingual Kiaochow transit and Shanghai Local Post index A arrival cds; good condition.
£675
China
Covers and stamps / China
1903 picture postcard of Li Hung Shan, viceroy of Canton addressed to a member of the military at Tsingtau franked CIP 1/2c. strip of four and 1c. pair tied by three good examples of the Sun and Moon ‘Tsimo Post Office’ cancel letter box framed handstamp bottom left (Tsimo-hsien/ Chengyang/ No.12), bilingual Kiaochow cds and German Tsingtau Kiautschou final arrival. Very fine condition.
£1785
RUSSIA/CHINA
Covers and stamps / China / Russia
1904 (13 10) Russia 4k postal stationery card to China cancelled in Kroonstad No 1 cds with Cyrillic Shanghai and SHANGHAI LOCAL POST (JAN11 05) cds's alongside, fine
£175
China
Covers and stamps / China / German Colonies / Combination covers / Registered mail
1904 (May 18) registered cover to Budapest franked 10c. and 20c. tied oval Choutsun oval bilingual date stamp with registration handstamp in same ink alongside, additionally franked for overseas postage with Kiautschou 30pf. pair tied Tsingtau Kiautschou cds whose registration label appears at base, reverse with blue Kiaochow cds and arrival cds. A fine and very rare combination from Choutsun. M Jaschke-Lantelme Certificate.
£4275
China
Covers and stamps / China / Railways
1908 (23 May) printed ‘Kwong Tung Yueh-Han Railway Co. Ltd’ envelope to Boston, USA bearing single franking Coiling Dragon 10c. tied Canton cds with another strike at left, additionally tied by green framed post box handstamp, reverse with Victoria Hong Kong transit.
£495
China
Covers and stamps / China / Consular Mail
1908 (25 Sep) ‘Legation De Russie/ a Pekin’ envelope to Copenhagen, Denmark franked by five 2c. Coiling Dragons cancelled bilingual Peking cds, redirected on arrival.
£165
China
Covers and stamps / China / Picture Stationery / Ships
1908 1c green Coiling Dragon stationery card with, on reverse, photographic untitled image of Junk at sea; fine unused.
£115
China
Covers and stamps / China / Postal Stationery / sport
1909 1c green square ‘Dragon’ postal stationery card with printed message from The Canton Swimming Bath Club’ used within Shameen with unclear cancel, small hexagonal postman's route handstamp; fine condition.
£95
China
Covers and stamps / China
1910 (June 24) ‘On Postal Service’ printed envelope (embossed ‘Inspectorate General of Customs/ Statistical Department’ seal on flap) from Peking to Nanning, addressed to C.E. Tanant, Commissioner of Customs, showing ‘Service des Postes’ bilingual double-ring cachet and Peking bilingual segmented origin cds, with Wuchow bilingual arrival cds on reverse, Very Fine
£695
China
Covers and stamps / China
1910 (June 4) envelope from Shanghai to C.E. Tanant, Custom House, Nanning, showing handstruck framed ‘Inspectorate General/Postage Paid/Statistical Department’ in green, reverse with Shanghai bilingual cancels and Wuchow cds. A good example.
£285
Norway
Covers and stamps / China / Hong Kong / Thailand / Norway / Maritime / Redirected mail
1914 (23.12.) winter picture postcard addressed to a ship at Shanghai, China, redirected to Hong Kong and then on to Bangkok, with a series of cancels including Molde machine despatch, Chinese Shanghai cds and Shanghai B.P.O. of British Post Office together with violet bilingual oval of shipping company, a larger double oval handstamp of Horesen & Co/ Steamship Agents Hong Kong and final Bangkok arrival.
£175
RUSSIA P.O. CHINA
Covers and stamps / China / Russian Levant
1915 (18 6) Registered envelope to Italy franked Russia 20k with KITAI overprint, tied by Shanghai Poste Russe cds, registration label and scarce large censor cachet alongside. Envelope with striking publicity. Petrograd transit and Milano arrival backstamps. 1cm ter at top of envelope, otherwise fine and great visual appeal
£235
China - Italian Levant
Covers and stamps / China / Italian Levant
1915 (30 1) Registered envelope to Italy franked Italy 10c + 15c slate (strip of 3) tied by violet 'DISTACCAMENTO R.MARINA ITALIANA' with Spezia arrival backstamp, hs 'R.No' in violet on front, 'R.MARINA ITALIANA/PECHINO', very light creasing, cert. Sorani