(German Post Offices) 1897 10pf ‘Nur fur Marine Schiffsposten’ with printed half image on reverse of Chinaman at his work, unused with a black ink mark on reverse.
(German Post Offices) 1901 (20/11) picture postcard of Hankow Pagoda, to Dresden franked Kiautschou 5pf tied by Peking Deutsche Post cds, III. BAT 2.INF REGMTS military cachet overstruck by arrival cds; tone spot on top perfs.
(German Post Offices) 1901 (7/6) registered cover to Kaiserslautern bearing mixed franking of 1898 overprinted 25pf vertical pair together with Germany 1900 Reichpost Germania 5pf. paying the over 15g registered rate, each stamp tied by Peking Deutache Post cds, arrival backstamps. Light corner crease clear of stamps, a fine and rare mixed franking registered cover.
(German Post Offices) 1901 (9/1) 10pf Reichspost Germania postal stationery card, unoverprinted to Naples, Italy cancelled by Peking Deutsche Post cds, arrival square circle cancel at left; some slight ageing , a scarce Boxer period card to a non German destination.
(German Post Offices) 1901 Freiburg picture postcard used to Gross-Ausheim franked with pair 2pf. grey Numeral tied by two K.D.Feld-Postation No.7 cds of 9/3 (Paotingfu) with another below, unclear violet unit cachet, some toning arounf stamps.
(German Post Offices) 1901 stampless picture postcard of Astor House, Tientsin to Germany bearing fine K.D.Feldpostexped/ Des/ Ostasiatischen/ Expeditionscorps a, unclear red Reiter Regiment; fine clean condition.
(German Post Offices) 1901 stampless ‘Feld-Postkarte’ plain card to Immendingen bearing very fine Shanhaikuan * Deutsche Post cancel, two Marine Schiffspost No.46 date stamps and arrival cds; fine condition.
(German Post Offices) 1902 5pf Kiautschou postal stationery card in combination with 10pf Germania cancelled oval Tsingtau – Weihsien Bahnpost Zug 2 date stamps, arrival cds bottom left. Mansfeld handstamp bottom right.
(German Post Offices) 1902 5pf postal stationery card pencil addressed to Berlin bearing fine strike of oval Tsingtau – Weihsien Bahnpost Zug 1, arrival cds bottom left.
(German Post Offices) 1902 cover to Oldenburg franked Reichpost 40pf tied Tientsin Deutsche Post cds, arrival backstamp. No sign of registration that the rate would indicate. Very fine cachet bottom left of the Clothing Depot, an unusual handstamp.
(German Post Offices) 1903 (29/7) 5pf postal stationery card addressed to Shanghai and tied by Hankau Deutsche Post cds, redirected on arrival to Tsingtau with China 1c. Coiling Dragon applied and tied bilingual cds, Shanghai b Deutsche Post cds bottom right, arrival cds at left; a fine condition combination card.
(German Post Offices) 1903 (9/11) wrapper to Berlin endorsed “drucksache” bearing 1901 3pf Reichspost Germania tied Tientsin a Deutsche Post cds, blue military cachet at left, no backstamps.
(German Post Offices) 1904 home-made wrapper to Cassel franked vertical pair 3pf Reichpost tied Tientsin Deutsche Post cds, some slight staining.
(German Post Offices) 1905 registered cover to Wiesbaden bearing single franking no watermark 40pf. tied Tientsin Deutsche Post cds, registration label at left. At bottom left very fine S. B./ Ostas. Besatzbrigade/ DEPOT DIREKTOR cachet.
(German Post Offices) 1906 (24/11) cover to Hannover franked four watermarked 1c. on 3pf. tied Peking Deutsche Post, unclear violet military handstamp bottom left, arrival backstamp of 2/1/07
(German Post Offices) 1915 (13/12) large registered AR envelope to Tientsin with franking including a $½ on 1m, stamps tie Peking Deutsche Post cds, arrival backstamp. A scarce commercial franking with a high value, some faults to envelope and reduced at left.
(German Post Offices) 1917 registered cover from a German Consulate to Buxtehude, Germany bearing single franking 20 Cents 20 on 40pf tied Schanghai Deutsche Post cds, New York transit backstamps (2.7. and 2.8.) where the cover was intercepted and two-line ’Mail service suspended/ to country addressed’ and two ‘RETURN TO WRITER’ handstamps applied, envelope opened for return address and sealed by three perf 12 Officially Sealed labels, duly returned via Tientsin (6 Mar 18) to Shanghai (9 Mar) where censored with the rare bilingual label tied by two red seals of censor and bilingual Shanghai cds; small ink stain at left otherwise a fine and rare item.
(Post Office in Turkish Empire) 1904 (22 Oct) parcel card to Trieste, Austria franked 1900-04 Reichpost 4 Piaster on 80pf. and 10 Piaster on 2mk tied Smyrna Deutsche Post cds, reverse with transits of Constantinopel (24/10) Constanta 26/Oct and Orsova 28/Oct plue arrival cancel of 31.10. A couple of slight faults.
(Post Offices in Turkish Empire) 1908 5 Centimes on 5pf. diagonal overprint postal stationery wrapper overprinted Specimen. Good condition.
1874 (1 5) cover to Greiz franked 1872 Large Shield 2½Gr. forerunner tied Kaiserl. Deutsche P.A. Constantinopel cds with another strike to right, envelope endorsed “Via Varna”, arrival backstamp. One short perf top right otherwise fine, R. Steuer certificate.