Lot# 8059

the first card dated 31 Aug 1909 is the reply part of the Qing Dynasty fourth double card, sent from Lu'an, Shansi to Netherland on 31 Aug, 1909, with an additional coiling dragon 1-cent stamp and a coiling dragon 2-cent stamp, cancelled with 4 Shansi Lu'an three-grid lunar year cds, and also cancelled with Chihli Shunteh lunar year transit cds, a half-cut small round seal of Peking, and a Dutch arrival cds. The card size is 92.5x140mm.   The second one is the reply portion of the Qing Dynasty 4th double card, sent to Nanning on 9 Feb 1911, with a 3-cent stamp of the coiling dragon, the position of the card postage symbol is cancelled with LONDON WC 1911 FEB 9, and also cancelled with a Shanghai Chinese-English bilingual circle cds (17 Jan), Canton half-cut circled cds (4 Mar), Wuchow half-cut circle cds (6 Mar). The card size is 90x138mm.