Lot# 8058
The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342 December 16th - 19th 2023, Hong Kong
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.