(Manchuria) 1928 registered cover to Chicago franked Japan 3Sn. (2) and pair 10Sn. tied Dairen I.J.P.O. date stamps, Kobe transit at base, arrival backstamps.
(Nanking Local Post) 1897 fine flower illustrated red envelope to Chinkiang franked 1896 double-line lettering 3c. orange-yellow tied Nanking Local Post handstamp, reverse with Chinkiang Postal Service arrival date stamp; fine and rare.
(Official Mail) 1904 printed envelope to the Commisioner of Customs at Nanning, printed ‘ON SERVICE.’ at top and to right framed ‘Inspectorate General/ POSTAGE PAID/ Statistical Department’, reverse with Shanghai despatch and Wuchow cds; fine condition.
(Post Offices in China) 1898 (11.4.) 4k. ‘Kitai’ overprinted postal stationery card to Cassel, Germany cancelled by three fine strikes in blue of Russian Post Offices in Shanghai, French maritime cds Ligne N Paq. Fr. No.2, arrival at bottom left, a fine card.
(Post Offices in China) 1902 (7 VIII) picture postcard of home of Grafen Waldersee in Peking, to Paris franked Russian unoverprinted 4k. tied rare Shanghaikwang 26½ mm single-circle cds repeated below, at left arrival cancel of 13.9. Tchilinghirian only records two recorded examples of this cancel, used as transits, this is an outward cancel and shows an arrival.
(Post Offices in China) 1904 (15.12.) 7k. ‘Kitai’ overprinted postal stationery letter card to Hamburg, Germany, uprated with similarly overprinted 5k. and 10k. tied by cyrillic Shanghai cds with another strike at left, reverse with Victoria Hong Kong transit and Hamburg arrival.Selvedge stuck together at left and right with some perf separtions, tone spotting at right, without message.
(Post Offices in China) 1907 (13.1.) cover to Helmond, Netherlands bearing single franking 10k. ‘Kitai’ overprint tied by small double-ring Shanghai Zagar PK cds (Tchil. Fig. 497), red stright-line Par Transsiberien handstamp at centre, arrival backstamp.
(Post Offices in China) 1907 (30.3.) 7k. ‘Kitai’ overprinted postal stationery envelope uprated 3k. to M. Gladbach, Germany cancelled by two fine double-ring cyrillic Shanghai cds (Tchil. Fig. 497), arrival backstamp. Fine and clear cancels.
(Post Offices in China) 1908 (15.5.) 4k. ‘Kitai’ overprinted postal stationery card to Burgstadt, Germany cancelled by cyrillic Peking, index a cds with another strike to left, arrival cancel of 15.6. at bottom left; good condition with full message.
(Post Offices in China) 1918 (21.3.) 4k. stationery card to Shanghai uprated with 3k vertical pair tied by Chita index ‘b’ cds, centre of card with fine example of rare Shanghai censor in red, reverse of card datelined Pelschanka (bei Tschita)on origin; some heavy folding creases at left not affecting the stamps.
(Post Offices in China) 1918 cover to Los Angeles, USA, bearing single franking 10c. tied by Canton cds, reverse with Hong Kong V cancel; good condition.
(Postage Dues) 1948 (24 Aug) airmail cover to Shanghai bearing single franking 1/- ‘1948 Olympic Games’ tied ‘Blood Donors’ Birkenhead slogan cancel, underfranked with tax handstamps and manuscript, reverse with 1948 Postage Dues blocks of ten of $10000 on $300 and $30000 on $1000 tied by Shanghai cds. Fine and scarce.
(Postal Stationery letter card) c.1920 3c. ‘Wheatear’ folded letter card to Seattle, WA, USA additionally franked 1st Peking 1½c. pair and 4c. (rounded bottom right corner) to make the 10c rate, The stamps are cancelled with bilingual Canton cds, repeated on reverse, the stamp image not cancelled. Without message inside, short note on front.
(Postal Stationery) 1897 1c. card with fine black and white image on reverse, printed and not hand-drawn, initialled T.R. of traffic passing through the (Peking) gate; fine unused.
(Postal Stationery) 1940 2½c. S.Y.S. card endorsed “By best route” and addressed to Norway with 2½c. Martyr and pair 5c. SYS added tied dotted framed local cds, three-line violet censor handstamp bottom right; horizontal crease, a fine wartime card.
(Russian Post Offices) 1909 (AU 9) incoming postcard to French troops at Peking from Edmonton, Canada ,franking on front, both front and back with violet oval Shanghaikwan I.J.T.O. date stamps of Imperial Japanese Telegraph Office. Fine and most unusual.
(Russian Post Offices) 1916 (Jul 14) 3k. Russian postal stationery card cancelled at Harbin with ‘Station Fulyaerdi’ arrival cds of the Chinese Eastern Railway, fine. Unrecorded by Tchillinghirian.
(Shanghai Local Post) 1877 ‘For Use of Volunteers Only’ privilige stationery card calling a member of No.2 Company to a Drill at Consular Compound in Winter Uniform with Rifle, fine used example with blue Shanghai Local Post index J. A fine example of this rare card.
(Ship Mail) 1908 picture postcard of an execution franked 4k. with superb blue oval Russian East Adriatic Steamship Company code ‘e’ date stamp, addressed to Hong Kong with Shanghai Poste Russe transit, very fine.
(Silver Yuan) 1949 illustrated airmail envelope to Germany franked two pairs 10c. on $1000 carmine tied by three fine bilingual Canton S.O. No.5 date stamps, without backstamps.