The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340
24 – 28 June 2023
- (-) Remove The Artful House Collection of The Tsingtau Postal History & The Macro History of Modern China filter The Artful House Collection of The Tsingtau Postal History & The Macro History of Modern China
sent "via Marseilles" and rated "2/3", bearing faint rectangular Indian transit and London (Nov 22) arrival. An early commerical cover from Shanghai before establishment of concession
sent "per Overland mail via Marseilles" and rated "1/10", bearing Hong Kong (Mar 27) transit and England (May 22) arrival. Example from Shanghai concession dated after the Land Regulations of 1845.
sent "via Marseilles" and rated "10" and "1/-", bearing Crowned "PAID AT HONG KONG" handstamp, Hong Kong (Aug 5), Marseilles (Sep 30) transit and Paris (Sep 30) arrival. An early letter from Shanghai to France after the Treaty of Whampoo in 1844.
sent "Via Marseilles" and rated "90" and "1/-", bearing framed "PAID" cachet, Hong Kong (Aug 5) and Marseilles (Oct 1) transit. Early recorded mail from Shanghai French Concession.
per "per str Manila" and rated "4", bearing Hong Kong Index C and Paid origin cds (Apr 20). Augustine Heard & Co. was a major American trading firm in mid-19th century China.
sent "via Marseilles", f.w. QV 1p, 2p and 6p, tied by barred 634 obliterator and Ramsgate origin cds. This letter was carried in navy mailbag and further transported to Fatshan Creek from Hong Kong. HMS Niger involved in the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1856. It stayed in Canton River system.
with countersign of commander, f.w. QV 1p, tied by barred obliterator upon arrival, along with Hong Kong (Jan 23) transit and London PAID arrival (26 Mar). It’s the earliest recorded packet from Canton after the Anglo-French Joint Force capturing Canton on 30 Dec 1857. Excellent concessionary rate example.
sent "via Marseilles", rated "4" but crossed out. F.w. QV 1p and 4p x 2, tied by barred 1 obliterator, along with Aberdeen origin cds. On reverse with Calcutta arrival (Apr 18) but redirected to Canton via Hong Kong (Jun 2). Since the capture of Canton, reinforcement was sent from India while the Anglo-French Joint Force was approaching Northern China .
sent "voie de Suez" and rated "8", bearing Marseilles transit (Jul 24). The Anglo-French Joint Force arrived at Taku in Apr and the battle started after 26 May 1858. It the earliest recorded foreign mail from North China.
one cover to HMS Staunch in Canton while another one to HMS Melville in Hong Kong. A nice pair.
f.w. US Presidential issue 1c x 2 and 3c, tied by US origin cds., along with New York (Dec 7). On reverse with London (Dec 20) transit. Arrived Hong Kong (Feb 11) with manuscript. In Nov 1859, USS Hartford carried the American Minister, John Elliott Ward, who just exchanged ratifications on the Treaty of Tientsin with the governor of Chihli, from Hong Kong to various Chinese cities.
f.w. QV 2p x 2 and 6c, tied by barred obliterator, along with Clifton cds. On reverse with London and Hong Kong (Jun 21) transit cds. Scarce early 8p officer concession rate example. The 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles took part in two critical warfares: The 3nd Battle of Taku Fort in Aug 1860 and the Battle of Palikao in Sep 1860.