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", f.w. QV 2p and 6p, tied by barred 959 obliterator and Clifton cds. On reverse with Hong Kong (Jul 6) transit. Scarce early 8p officer concession rate example. On 26 Jul, the Anglo-French allied fleet headed to Taku Fort including the ship of Leutenant Geoffrey Mairis.
sent "via Marseilles" by a British seaman, f.w. QV 1p x 8, tied by barred A88 obliterator. Rare mail sent after the take over of Pehtang and Taku Fort on 26 Jul 1860 by the allied force. Chinese mails with adhesive cancelled by P&O cancellation are elusive. With certificate of Royal Philatelic Society.
f.w. Napoleon III 40c x 2, tied by 2703 dotted diamond obliterator. On reverse with Marseilles (Aug 8) transit. Renommee was stationing at Tungchow on Sep 1860.
bearing Chicago transit cds (8 Dec) on front. On reverse with Hong Kong (Sep 25) transit and Galesville (Dec 15) arrival. Flap missing. This mail was probably sent in mid-September after the Anglo-French Joint Force reached Tungchow. Albert Hastings Markham was a British navy officer serving in the China Station as well as the designer of the flag of New Zealand.
sent "Via Marseilles", f.w. QV 1p x 2 and 4p, tied by barred 250 obliterator. On reverse with Devonport origin cds. and London (Aug 27) transit. HMS Staunch was sailed to Tungchow along Peiho when the Anglo-French Allied Force was approaching Peking. When the mail arrived at China, the ship was probably stationing at Tungchow. With 1987 certificate.
f.w. Napoleon III 20c in pair, tied by CECB.C (Corps Expeditionnaire de China Bureau C) dotted diamond obliterator, along with Expeditionary Corps Bau Central in Shanghai cds and PD mark. On reverse with the seal of Transport section of French Marine and Marseilles (Dec 26) transit cds.
bearing French Military Bau B in Tientsin cds, along with "50" h.s. On reverse with Marseilles transit (Jan 26) and Paris arrival (Jan 26). It is the earliest recorded mail from Peking after Allied Force entering Peking.
one by French naval personel and sent during the course to Cochinchine after the 2nd Opium War while another sent from Saigon. Both sent via Marseille with various French transit.
f.w. Napoleon III 80c, tied by diamond oblitertor, along with Paris origin cds, framed P.P. cachet and "Voie de Suez" annotation. On reverse with Marseilles (Aug 26) and Hong Kong (Oct 5) transit cds. Early incoming mail to Chefoo.
on front bearing "VIA MARSEILLES" cachet, accountancy marks and Marseilles (Oct 24) transit. On reverse with Hong Kong (Sep 7) transit and Hamburg arrival (27 Oct). Swatow Customs was set up in 1864.
card canceled by Shanghai Japanese PO obliterator, along with Shanghai IJPO cds., Yokohama, New York transit and arrival cds. Nanking was planned to open as a treaty port after 2nd Opium War, however, due to the Tai Ping Rebellion, it was not opened at that time. Missionary first come in mid-1880 and the Nanking Local Post system established in 1887. This card is a rare pioneer item of Nanking postal history.
sent "Via Marseilles" and rated "2/1", "2/2", alongside with Boston arrival (Jul 10). On the flap with Shanghai (spelled as Shanghae) BPO origin cds and Hong Kong (May 8). The letter is mostly about the Anglo-French force fighting against the Taiping Rebellion in Kading in the 2nd Battle of Shanghai.