Lot# 9262

The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340   24th to 28th June 2023, Hong Kong

Lot# 9262
Starting Price: 1,500 HK$
Hammer Price: 2,200 HK$
1900 (Mar 5) Imperial 1st postal card from a soldier of the II Company, III Seebataillon at Kiaochow to Germany,

uprated by German ovpt. "China" 5pf, CIP 1c and 2c, former tied by Tsingtau German PO (Mar 6) cds, latter tied by oval Kiaochow PO cds, along with Germany arrival (Apr 15). In early 1900, a detachment from III Seebatallion, Tsingtau was sent to protect the newly built Kiaochow Tsinan Railway.