(British Post Offices in China) 1918 (MR 25) company envelope to London franked strip of five 2c. tied Shanghai Br. P.O. /1 cds; light horizontal filing crease
(British Post Offices) 1921 registered cover to England franked by a centrally folded top plate marginal strip of four 10c. tied by two oval Shanghai date stamps, registration handstamp to left, London transit backstamp. Scarce plate number on cover.
(Crash Mail) 1937 (20 NO) airmail cover from Kowloon to Glasgow carried on “Cygnus” that crashed with framed DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER handstamp, reverse with Victoria transit; stamp soaked off and some blue staining from water.
(French Post Offices) 1879 cover from Toulon-S-Mer addressed to the “Champlain” at Hong Kong, “Division navale des mers de Chine”, endorsed “Voie Francaise par Marseille”, franked at 15c. rate, reverse with Marseille transit; fine condition with long letter contents.
(German Post Offices) 1896 (23/5)cover to M.Gladbach bearing unoverprinted forerunner pair 20pf. tied single Tientsin Kdpa cds, reverse with Hong Kong transit and arrival cds.
(International Reply Coupon) 1930s 40c in imperforate block of four very fine unused
(Interrupted Mail) 1970s folded envelope to Kansas University franked ‘Annigoni’ 5c. and 10c. tied Kowloon cds, at centre three-line handstamp Mail delayed in/ delivery due to/ West Coast dock strike. Some wrinkling to envelope, unusual.
(Post Offices in China) 1917 10c stationery registration envelope, size F; very fine unused
(Post Offices in China) 1917 10c stationery registration envelope, size G; very fine unused
(Post Offices in China) 1918 (JA 1) cover to St Albans, England bearing single franking 10c. tied somewhat unclear Shanghai cds, below this two-line RECEIVED AT LIVERPOOL/ DAMAGED BY SEAWATER; envelope with large tear at left side and some other peripheral faults. A rare item, Hopkins records a piece of similar date but not a cover.
(Post Offices in China) 1920 registered cover to Paris franked 2c., 4c. and pair 10c. tied oval Registered Shanghai B.P.O. date stamps, registration handstamp bottom left, endorsed “Via Suez/ Per s/s Kashmir”, Hong Kong transit backstamp. Small tear at middle right of envelope.
(Post Offices in China) 1921 registered cover to Denmark, redirected to Norway, franked 6c and 20c. tied oval Registered Shanghai Br.P.O., endorsed “by Empress of Asia”, London transit backstamp and Copenhagen cds.
(Post Offices in China) 1922 registered cover to Colchester bearing block of four 10c cancelled oval Shanghai date stamp, registration handstamp to left, arrival backstamps.
(Post Offices in China) 1922 underfranked 2c picture postcard from Shanghai to England with small circular framed ‘T’, British ‘2d/ I.S./ F.’ Charge handstamp and 2d. postage due applied on arrival; some slight creasing and overall toning.
(Treaty Ports) 1917 incoming mourning cover to HongKong Shanghai Bank branch at Foochow, China, underfranked 1d. KGV from North Finchley with hexagonal framed T/30 handstamp, no charge apparently being collected, reverse with very clear Shanghai Br. P.O transit and on front British Post Office Foochow arrival.
1868 cover to New York franked 12c. and 30c. vermilion each cancelled B62 obliterators, envelope endorsed ”Via Marseilles” with London Paid transit, New York Paid All cds and ‘3 CENTS’ accountancy, reverse with Hong Kong cds and good strike of ‘Forwarded By/ Russell & Co./ Hong Kong’; fine and attractive cover.
1868 entire to London, endorsed “Via Marseilles” franked 1863 8c orange and 24c green each cancelled by blue ‘B62’, manuscript rating on front, reverse with Hong Kong index C cds overstriking Augustine Heard & Co circular dated company handstamp. Light horizontal filing crease.
1876 (30 VIII) 25c. postal stationery envelope uprated 50c. from Basel to Yokohama, Japan, endorsed “Via Brindisi” whose transit cds of 2 Set appears on reverse together with Hong – Kong Marine Sorter/ Singapore to Hong Kong double-ring cds of OC 19, this appears to be an inverted ‘9’ in the date as there is an arrival cds of the Hong Kong office. Fine and very rare.
1879 5c on 18c formula postal stationery card with blue printing and showing short 'T' variety; fresh unused.
1880 cover from Arundel, England, franked pair 2½d addressed to Shanghai. Reverse 'Hong Kong' transit (JA 20) and 'SHANGHAE' index A cds of British Post Offices, re-directed back to England with Hong Kong transit, London transit and final arrival cds; some toning, a well travelled cover.