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Lot# : 502 Imperial China
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 503 Imperial China
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Amoy (Xiamen) China 1846: Autographed Lettersheet dated August 7th 1846 ".... enclosed is a letter for ... an American in Paris", two fully written up pages signed by William Henry Cumming (1820-1893) an American Medical Doctor and Missionary, reporting to Paris on the situation in China, discussing the famous Sinologist Walter H. Medhurst (1796-1857) and the German Missionary K.F.A. Gützlaff (1803-1851) " ... was here (in Amoy) about a month ago. He has become very fat and bulky. He is as strange a man as ever, a perfect nondescript." as well as daily news such as: "... Chusan has been evacuated by the British troops and restored the Chinese rule. The gates of Canton are still closed against foreigners in obedience to the unruly populace ...Chinese piracy is said to be on foreign vessels for the conveyance of goods to China ....". Xiamen was one of five Chinese Treaty Ports opened by the Treaty of Nanking (1842) at the end of the first Opium War. As a result, it was an early entry point for Protestant missions in China. Fine and interesting document.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 504 Imperial China
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1853 ( July 11): Entire lettersheet from Rome addressed to the French Sinologist and Diplomat Count Michel Alexandre Kleczkowski (1818-1886) in Indo-China, informing the Catholic missionaries of the papal announcement of Kleczkowski's nomination as "Chevalier Pontifical" of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great, signed by Cardinal Giacomo Filippo Fransoni (1775-1856) of the Congregation Propaganda Fide and countersigned by his successor and future Cardinal Alessandro Barnabo (1801-1874). Fine.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 505 Imperial China
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 506 Imperial China
Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.Lot# : 509 Imperial China
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1893/96: Interesting lot five documents relating to Chinese Government and it's purchase of British weapons - the Maxim-Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company Ltd., incl. typed letter (1895) signed by the British financier Sir Ernest Cassel (1852-1921) to S. Loewe setting out the terms by which he could arrange a loan of £ 1'000'000 to the Chinese Governement "secured upon the revenue of the Maritime Customs of the Treaty Ports of China", autograph letter (1895) letter signed from the Chinese diplomat Kung Ling Cheng: "The Minister has today received the required authority from H. Ex. Chang, the Viceroy of Nanking to raise a first Loan of £ 1'000'000 from Mr. Cassel ..." as well as official printed invitation (1896, Aug. 13) of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edmund Commerell: "To meet his Excellency Li Chung Tang" Li Hongzhang, also romanised as Li Hung Chang (1823-1901), was a politician, general and diplomat of the late Qing Empire. He served in important positions at the Imperial Court.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 510 Imperial China
1 / 21878 (July): 5 ca. yellow on thin paper, a superb well centred used example, lightly cancelled in blue. Signed Holcombe Gi = £ 800.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 280 CHFLot# : 511 Imperial China
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1897: Small figures of value, ½ c. on 3 c. orange-yellow, wmk. Yin-yang, perf. 11½:12 in a block of four, top left stamp showing variety: 2 and fraction bar omitted, cancelled by two strikes of Shanghai seal in blue. A scarce and attractive block. Opinion Holcombe (1995).1 / 1Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 512 Imperial China
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1898: 1 c. ochre-buff used on local cover to the German Post Office, tied by 'Pa-kua' in black with 'Shanghai Local Post' cds at left (Jan 5). Straight line instructional marking RECEIVED IN Dirty CONDITION in violet with 'Dirty' in manuscript crayon. Extremely rare, also a further matching 1899 cover without the marking.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 513 Imperial China
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1900/1906: CIP Coiling Dragon 1 c. brownish-orange, no wmk., Waterlow archive file examples, three vertical panes of 20 (4 x 5) with interpanneau margins, all with individual security punch-holes, with faults and unused with some backing paper attachments, nevertheless a very rare archive piece dated in manuscript '23/8/1906' at right.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 514 Imperial China
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1900: 1 c. brownish orange and 2 c. deep red (3), used on 1907 Imperial Chinese Railway Administration envelope sent registered to Shanghai, tied by SIANGTAN chops with reg'd cachet at left and reverse with 'Changsha' transit (May 16) and 'Registered / Shanghai' squared circle of arrival (May 22). Cover tear on reverse but scarce.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 515 Imperial China
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Postcard of Tientsin mailed to the German Postmaster in Shanghai franked by 1900 2 c. deep red tied by Tongku chop, mis-directed with manuscript 'Try Imp. German P.O.' at base and struck with oval DISTRICT POSTAL OFFICER / SHANGHAI cachet (June 15) in violet. Two strikes of 'Shanghai Local Post' cds alongside (June 15 and 17) in black. Rare.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 516 Imperial China
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1900: 1 c. brownish orange pair and single 1905 5 c. mauve used on reverse of registered cover to Shanghai tied by WUHU datestamps (July 25) in black. Shanghai arrival cds alongside and obverse with Wuhu registration cachet.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 280 CHFLot# : 517 Imperial China
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1900: 20 c. maroon, single example used on registered cover to Germany tied by local Tientsin chop with bilingual 'Tientsin' cds alongside (Nov 7) and registration cachet below. 'Shanghai / Chine' French P.O. transit cds at right (Nov 14) and Seegen arrival verso (16/12).Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 518 Imperial China
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1901: Postcard to Italy with China CIP 4 c. brown tied by 'Canton' cds in black used in combination with Hong Kong 4 c. carmine tied by 'Victoria / Hong Kong' cds (Nov 30) in black. Some slight peripheral aging with Roma arrival (Jan 6) on front.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 519 Imperial China
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1924 April (2): Special printed envelope franked with 1 c. yellow pair cancelled by "Peking 2.4.24" cds. with full content written in Chinese and sent to Cardinal Costantini, the first Apostolic Delegate in China from 1922 to 1935.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 520 Imperial China
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1935: Two official envelopes with full content bearing the seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affaires Wang Zhao-Ming (1883-1944), one franked with 1932 13 c. deep green tied by Nanking cds (April 17) concerning diplomatic relations between China and the Vatican, the other franked with Sun Yat-sen 5 c. yellow green and 13 c. deep green also from Nanking (23.5.) with a confirmation to exchange their Ambassadors. Wang Jingwei born as Wang Zhao Ming (Wang Chao-ming), widely known as "Jingwei", he was a close associate of Sun Yat-sen for the last twenty years of Sun's life.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 521 Imperial China
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1900: 1 c. brownish orange, single example used locally to F. Pape at the German Post Office, underpaid on 1907 envelope and tied by 'Shanghai Local Post' cds (July 23). Taxed with large 'T' mark at left and 1904 Postage Due 2 c. blue tied by Chinese only cds in black. Rare.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 522 Imperial China
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Japanese P.O.'s 1902: Cards (2) both mailed from Peking to Vienna; with Japanese P.O. 2 s. green tied PEKING / I.J.P.O. cds (June 26) and German P.O. 10 pf. carmine alongside cancelled on the following day; also a similar card with Japanese P.O. 5 s. orange with German P.O. 5 pf. green (2) cancelled on the same day. An attractive pair.Starting bid : 220 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 523 Imperial China
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1898: Cards (4) all with Dollar Chops, with 1 c. red stationery card used with 1897 1 c. orange tied by bold HANKOW Dollar chop in black, 1898 2 c. red tied by HANKOW Dollar chop, Russia 4 kop. card from Moscow with SHANGHAI and CHEFOO Dollar Chops in black and blue and an in-coming Germany card with CHEFOO Dollar Chop in black. Condition variable but a scarce group.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 1,100 CHFLot# : 524 Imperial China
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1899/1905: Lot four picture postcards, two locally used in Shanghai, third to Milan, Italy, incl. view of Tientsin 'coming from the Railway station' or 'Wheelbarrow' original photcard (little faded) of the women in their traditional costumes (issued by 'Frères Lumière, Lyon) as well as Japanese 1 s.stationery card used in China.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 525 Imperial China
1926/30: Small correspondence of 14 registered business covers from Shanghai 'via Siberia' to Zurich, Switzerland, showing diff. frankings with Junk - issue, some values in multiples up to blocks of four.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 526 Imperial China
1898/1912c.: The remarkable correspondence addressed to a Postmaster, F. Pape, at the German Post Office in Shanghai, mostly local with covers/cards (333) franked by ½ c. brown or 1 c. orange at Printed Matter or Local rates, most cancelled by 'Shanghai Local Post' datestamps or local chops in black or blue or earlier examples with the barred 'Pa-kua', many with further markings of Postman's delivery numbers, route markings etc. A remarkable and extremely interesting correspondence offering a fabulous insight into the workings of the Local Post system.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 7,000 CHFLot# : 527 Imperial China
1875/1950: Lot some hundred stamps used/unused from Imperial China up to Peoples Republic, incl. better values and full sets, plenty of surcharged stamps, some souvenir sheets, also a few stamps from Taiwan and Japan can be found inbetween, in good to mixed condition and housed on small stockcards, the whole arranged in a small box.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 1,600 CHFLot# : 528 Imperial China
1908/1975c.: Collection of covers/cards (88) with main value in early 1958 PRC Air-letter covers to Moscow (10) with various attractive frankings, some attractive Sun-Yat Sen frankings noted and further PRC usages. The collection is offered strictly 'Tel Quel / As Is' with no grounds for return on the instructions of the vendor.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHF -
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