The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340
24 – 28 June 2023
tied by Peking Japanese PO cds., along with Shanhaikwan Japanese IJPO (19 Sep) transit and Chinwangtao German PO arrival (19 Sep) cds. Example reflecting the terms of the Boxer Protocal 1901 that foreign forces could station in Peking Legation Quarter as well as the area between Peking and Shanhaikwan.
showcasing "Marine Francaise, Service a la Mer" seal , Tonkin transit and France arrival. Kouang-Tchéou-Wan was leased to France in 1899.
all bearing Russian issues or sent by Russian military post offices.
both f.w. Indian issues, along with FPO No. 28 and No. 81 cds in Tibet. After the Treaty of Lhasa, British forces retreated from Lhasa on 23 Sep 1904. Chumbi Valley was under British control.
bearing Indian stamps or using Indian postal covers. Using the Gyantse-Siliguli postal route. Gyantse post office was opened after the Sino-British Tibet-India treaty.