Lot# 8058

The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342   December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong

Lot# 8058
Starting Price: 4,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 12,000 HK$
1910 (May - Dec) a group of three C.I.P. 4th stationery cards, with the first one from Wusih to Soochow, the second one from Weikiao, Anhuei to Shehsian, and the third one from Taiyuanfu to Hotsin-hsian,

the first card dated 12 May 1910 sent from Wusih to Soochow on 12 May 1910, cancelled with a Wusih English-Chinese waist-frame circle lunar year cdsl (Gengxu lunar 4th month, 4th day), and there are two Soochow arrival cds including a regular Chinese-English circular cds and a relatively rare English-Chinese waist-frame circle lunar year cds with year-month-day read from left to right instead of the normal from right to left side. The back of the card has a red "Wusih / No. 3" mailbox tombstone, and the card size is 91.5x136.5mm. The second card was sent from Weikiao, Anhuei Province to Shehsian on 3 Dec 1910, cancelled with a circular mark of "Anhuei / Weikiao / Postal Agency", and then cancelled with a Tunki waist-frame waist-frame circle cds and Hweichow (Yi) waist-frame  lunar year cds. The card size is 92x137mm. The third stationery card dated 9 Dec 1910 sent from Taiyuanfu to Hotsin-hsian, cancelled with Taiyuanfu (Jia) English-Chinese bilingual lunar year cds (Gengxu, lunar 11th month, the 8th day), with a square "Mailbox Mail" postmark, and also cancelled by Shansi three-grid lunar cds (Gengxu  lunar 11th month, the 11th day), Kiangchow bilingual waist-frame lunar year transit cds (lunar 11th month, 12th day), Shansi Hotsin full Chinese waist-frame lunar year cds (lunar 11th month, 14th day). The card size is 90.5x137mm. This is a good lot having three stationery cards with mailbox postmarks and from small places in China.