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  • Lot# : 3371 Imperial China

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    1888: Small Dragon 3 ca. mauve, perf. 11½, two examples used on rverse of 1892 combination cover to Spandau, Germany tied by TIENTSIN chops with "CUSTOMS / TIENTSIN" cds adjacent (Aug 4); "CUSTOMS / SHANGHAI" cds in blue (Aug 9) and transferred to French P.O. Franked on obverse with Type Sage 25 c. pair for onward transmission (Aug 12). A scarce and attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF

    Lot# : 3372 Imperial China

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    1897: Dowager Empress with new currency overprint 30 c on 24 ca deep rose red "wide gap" overprint, very fresh bottom marginal copy with large part og. Fine and scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 3373 Imperial China

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    1897: Dragon 4 c. brown tied by "PEKING 9 SEP 09" cds to picture postcard with 'China - Japan' Geisha motif, directed "via Siberia" to Kolin in Bohemia, but making its journey with French shipmail, "PEKIN CHINE 10 SEPT 09" transit cds of the French P.O. and unusual "... PISA / CHINA-JAPAN / Anchor" handstamp.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 3374 Imperial China

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    1901: Patriotic envelope endorsed "Feldpost" used to Heidelberg with "PAOTING" dollar chop in black and "K.D. FELD-POSTSTATION / No. 7" cds (April 11) in black, reverse with Heidelberg arrival cds (May 31). Attractive and unusual usage.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 3375 Imperial China

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    1902: 1 c. rose postal stationery card, a used example sent registered to Berlin and up-rated with Coiling Dragon 1900 1 c. orange, 2 c. red and 10 c. green all tied on despatch at Chefoo with large "R" adjacent. Shanghai transits (Jan 20), framed "PIROSCAFI / ESTERI" in black and Berlin arrival all on obverse (Feb 25). An attractive usage.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3376 Imperial China

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    1902: 1 c. rose postal stationery card, a used example sent registered to Berlin cancelled by "Pa-kua" and up-rated with Coiling Dragon 1900 1 c. orange, 2 c. red and 10 c. green all tied on despatch at Chefoo with large "R" adjacent. Shanghai transits (Jan 20), framed "PIROSCAFI / ESTERI" in black and Berlin arrival all on obverse (Feb 25). An attractive usage.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 3377 Imperial China

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    1900: Postcard (Feldpostkarte) from TIENTSIN, dated 17.12.00 bearing 7 different stamps all from different postoffices, of which Chinese post office of TIENTSIN and 6 other post offices, German CHINA stamp and fieldpostoffice cancel, regular Americain, French and Japanese stamps and a  stamp for Russian post office in China, and C. E. F. British India military stamp - each stamp with it's suitable cancellation (Russian cancel in red) addressed to Bern, Switzerland. Very attractive card, documentig foreign dominated China of of that period! Signed Bothe BPP (as courtesy).rn 
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 3378 Imperial China

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    1903: Registered cover bearing 8 stamps of the 1900-06 issue paying the postage and the registration of 20 Cents from PAOTING (oval cancel "MAY 5 1903") and rectangular registration cancel, via Peking (MAY 6), to SHANGHAI MAY 13, violet rectangular registration cancel from SHANGHAI. The letter passed to the Russian post office, where a vertical pair of the 10 Kop Russian-China issue 1899, blue on horizontally laid paper was added  and canceled with double circle cancel "ШАНГХАЙ 14 V 1903" and  re-registered with Russian registration label "Шанхай..". Via. Moscow (26 May) to Kassel, Germany, where it arrived 9 June 1903. A small trivial tear on top of the envelope noted for accuracy, otherweise fresh cover all stamps of good colours, signed Holcombe and certificate Holcome (1995).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 3379 Imperial China

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    1878-1978: Fine lot beginning with two stamps from 'SHANGHAI L. P. O.', 6 and 12 CANDAREENS, both unused, both with old singatures, the 12 C. stamp signed Roumet and with a certificate BPB; a number 2 from China used and some more modern material with e.g. the horse set PRC from 1978. In addition a full set of Tibet 1933 and an envelope with ⅔ Tanka dark blue 1935 on envelope from BENARES India to DHAKHWA, and a few other stamps.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 3380 Imperial China

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    1883/1984: Stockbook containing basic collection beginning with issue 1885, there are also some better stamps from the Cultural Revolution, all used. A few modern stamps are unmounted og.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 3381 Imperial China

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    1894-1950ca.: Interesting group of covers and cards, illustrated Chinese style envelope with French P.O. stamp 1894 to England, Chinese 1-Cent stationery postcard with 10 Centimes French P.O. stamp to Germany, a true double franking with 5x 2 Cents + 25 Centimes French P.O. (a bit tired envelope with vertical bend). Nice envelope Manchukuo 1937 with special cancel, 500 Fen Mao green 1951 on cover to Switzerland. Archive of 19 Items to European firms in Singapore 1916-45 of which one censored printed matter envelope in visit card size. Additionally a bunch of Indochina items, 17 circulated items and a selection of 18 unused/uncirculared items of postal stationery; in total 63 items.rnProvenance: Ing. Pietro Provera.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3382 Imperial China

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    1901/1951: The cover/card selection (19 items) with 1898/1905 Coiling Dragon usages on cards (7) including a regstered usage from Chungking, cards and stationry from Japanese P.O.'s (59 with Dairen, Hankow, Tongku; and an attractive 1901 'Round the Foreign Post Offices" card sent registered to Tientsin with six countries' stamps represented. An attractive and appealing lot.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 3383 Imperial China

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    1910/14:Archive of 3 stationery 1 Cent postcards (two sorts) , each with a different uprating one from KIA SHING, one from CHENGTING, the last from PEKING, all addressed to Fribourg, Switzerland.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 3384 Imperial China

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    1896/1909: Russian Post Offices, the group  of covers/cards (5) with 1896 registered four colour franking cover to Erfurt, German cancelled by SHANGHAI datestamps in violet carried by French Packet, 1900 "KITAI" five colour franking cover to Spandau from Shanghai also mailed by French Packet, 1903 egistered cover franked "KITAI" 10 k. blue (3) with "Z" registered label sent via Siberia; and creased 1909 3 k. stationery card up-rated with 1 k. tied by Railway 259 oval.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF
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