The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340
24 – 28 June 2023
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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.
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.