Lot# 8044

the first stationery card dated 23 Nov 1908, sent from Anking City, Anhui Province to Japan, with an additional 0.5 cent coiling dragon stamp, cancelled with an Anhui Anking Chinese waist-frame circle lunar year cds, transferred through Shanghai Chinese P.O. and the Shanghai I.J.P.O. with a Japan arrival stamp. The size of the card is 92.5x138.5mm. The second card, dated 16 Dec 1908, with an additional 0.5 cent Dragon stamp, cancelled with a Honan Changteh waist-frame circle d.s., and also cancelled with a Honan Yochow three-grid small circle lunar year cds, transferred through Shanghai. The size of the card is 91.5x138mm. Gaochang Temple and Anqing City are small places and rarely seen.   The third card dated 7 Feb 1912 sent from Kaochangmiao to Japan, with an additional 0.5 cent Dragon stamp, cancelled with a Kaochangmiao, Kiangsu waist-frame circle lunar year cds, transferred through Shanghai, exported by the Shanghai I.J.P.O., with a Nagasaki tansit cds, and two other postman-related stamps. The size of the card is 91.5x138mm.