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  • Lot# : 5 Imperial China

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    1899: Postcard franked by Egypt 2 m. green (Gi 59) pair tied by 'Port Said' cds's (Dec 21) addressed to Tientsin, China. Readdressed on arrival to Taku Forts with 1898/1900 Coiling Dragon 1 c. orange tied by bold TIENTSIN cds (Jan 30, 1900) in black. Card with minor corner bend but a scarce and most attractive usage.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 6 Imperial China

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    1900: Coiling Dragon 10 c. green used on 1901 cover to Prague, tied by oval framed PEKING datestamp (Aug 2) in black with France 'Chine' 25 c. black on rose tied by 'Shang-Hai / Chine' cds (Aug 12) with repeated information strike alongside. Reverse with Chinese P.O. in Shanghai cds. An attractive combination cover.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 7 Imperial China

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    1907 (July 8): Registered picture postcard from Peking to Vienna bearing Dragon definitives 2 c. red in a vert. pair tied by bilingual PEKING cds's, and 10 c. green, tied by bilingual SHANGHAI cds (July 13, 1907), registration handstamp, octogonal French "YOKOHAMA A MARSEILLE 19 JUIL 07" shipmail datestamp and Vienna arrival cds (21 VIII 07) alongside. Cert. Haveman BPP (2015).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 8 Imperial China

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    1878/1965c.: Collection with 1878/83 Large Dragons 1 ca. green unused and used, 3 ca. used (3, one wide Setting) and 5 ca. yellow used (2, one with part 'Customs / Chungking' cds, the other with fault showing part German arrival cds); 1894 Dowager 1 ca., 3 ca., 4 ca. 5 ca., 9 ca., 24 ca. unused; 1897 optd. Small Dragons used, 1897 Red Revenue 1 c. on 3 c. unused, Coiling Dragons with large range used with cancellation interest, SYS issues, provinces and some locals noted.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 9 Imperial China

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    1927/29: Group of covers (4) all to Chemnitz, Germany with Manchuria optd. 1927 2 c. green used from Harbin carried at Printed Matter rate, and two further coivers from Harbin carried at 10 c. rates - these last with 'via Russia CCCP' at upper right, together with 1929 cover from Tientsin franked by 1929 Burial of Sun-Yat sen 10 c. blue.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 10 Imperial China

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    1919/1948: Group of eleven commercial covers, incl. two registered usages from Beijing to London (1923) franked with 'Temple of Heaven' 1 c. to 10 c., three covers to USA of which two censored, further two envelopes franked with 1939 '150th Anniv. of US Constitution' registered cover from "Fortbayard 2.8.38" (French Indochina) franked with Exhibition miniature sheet of Kouang-Tchéou 1937 and 148 Incoming mail from Canada as well as three domestic usages togheter with some loose stamps on stockcards.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 11 Imperial China

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    Literature: The Anna-Lisa and Sven-Erik Beckeman "1878/83 Large Dragons", Sotheby's / Corinphila sales 1-3 complete from 1996/97, and "1885 Small Dragons, 1894 Dowager Empress, 1897 New Currency Surcharges, 1897 Red Revnues & Customs Mail Handstamps", sales 1-4 complete. Fresh and very fine sets, an invaluable reference work.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 12 Imperial China

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    1893: Shanghai Local Post 1 c. brown, litho, used on 1893 cover to the Norwegian & Swedish Consulate  tied by SHANGHAI LOCAL POST cds in blue (Oct 5) with arrival verso; also a China 1912 1 c. green postal stationery card locally used in Shanghai to the Burlington Hotel.rn 
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 1350 Imperial China

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    S. S. TIROL 1902 (July 21): China Coiling Dragon 2 c. red used on postcard from Shanghai to Bombay, short paid and struck with French P.O. Shanghai cds (July 24) with "T" mark adjacent, carried on the 'Tirol' with oval framed LLOYD AUSTRIACO / PIROSCAFO / TIROL cachet in blue at left - Tchilinghirian 'No examples are known to the authors'. Bombay and Tutucorin arrivals and marked due 2 cents. Unique.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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