The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340
24 – 28 June 2023
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bearing Hong Kong and French paquebot transits. A group of mails during the Battle of Chinhai and the Rice Blockade.
bearing "Marine et Colonies, Service a la Mer" seal, France transit and arrival. Reflecting the Pescadores campaign after an unsuccessful attempt to capture of Taipei.
showing delivery characters and postage in Suzhou numeral on reverse. Lin Chao-Dong reinforced the Imperial forces in Sino-French War and defended Taipei successfully for multiple times against the French troops.
f.w. CIP 10c and French Indochina 25c respectively, tied by Mengtsz and Langson cds respectively, bearing different types of "Mission d’Etudes des Chemins de Fer du Sud de la Chine" cachets and French Indochina transit. The cover from Mengtsz was the earliest recorded cover with adhesive in Yunnan.
Imperial postal card used in Tientsin local, tied by Tientsin Dollar cds. Cover from Tientsin to Germany, f.w. German issue 5pf ovpt. China x 4, tied by Tientsin German PO cds.
f.w. QV 1p x 5, tied by barred 181 obliterator and Abergele cds. On reverse with Egypt Sea PO (Sep 27) transit. This is one of the earliest known covers into Tibet, reflecting the Sikkim expedition in 1888.
f.w. Presidential issue 5c. On reverse with San Francisco (Mar 30), Hong Kong (Apr 29) transit and Macao double-ringed cds without crown (Apr 29). An early incoming cover to Lappa Customs.
indicia tied by Macao cds. On content side with Lappa Customs origin cds., along with Hong Kong transit or arrival.
f.w. Fiscal Stamp surch 1a/5a x 6, Carlos I surch bisected 2a x 2 and 5a x 2, tied by Macao cds. On reverse with Lappa Customs origin cds, Macao registered label, Hong Kong (Sep 1), Shanghai (Sep 4) transit and Kiaochow (Sep 8) arrival cds.
tied by unclear 1st Army Field PO No. 6 cds in Euiju, along with Japanese arrival. The content is mostly about the progress of the Japanese army which crossed Yalu River for Antung. A great temperature change in Liaotung was mentioned. Reflecting Japanese invasion of Liaotung in the Sino-Japanese War.
bearing 2nd Army Field PO No. 5 cds in Liushiutun on reverse and Japanese arrival on front. Japanese Army already occupied Dalienwan 5 days before the Port Arthur massacre.
both f.w. Japanese issue 2s, tied by Mizusawa cds, along with the 2nd Army Field PO No. 5 in Shihhotsang transit for the frontline. Reflecting the battle of Weihaiwei.