The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342
Sale 342
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4 Feb 1915, incoming UPU card of British George V half-penny from Stirling, UK to Mienchuhsien, Sichuan, China, further uprated with a King George V half-penny stamp cancelled by a British STIRLING three-line cancellation. The delivery was made via the Siberian railway route and stamped with " PEKING-MOUKDEN BUREAU AMBULANT No.1 " rectangular circular postmark. After entering Peking, it was sent south to Ichang, Wanhsien, Shunkingfu, Tungchwanfu, and then transferred to Mienchuhsien, where it was cancelled with a waist-frame lunar circular stamp. This is a very rare and exciting piece of incoming mail from the train mobile post office in the use of the Peking-Moukden railway from Moukden to Peking.
20 Oct 1903, a registered postcard was sent from Hankow, China, via its Germany PO to Turkey. The postcard, uprated with a German overprint CHINA orange-yellow 25 pfennig stamp and a green 5 pfennig stamp, cancelled with a "HANKAU DEUTSCHE POST" postmark. The postcard also had a Hankau (China) Deutsche Post registered label, Russian train cancellations No.266 (from Port Arthur to Harbin) and No.262 (from Port Arthur to Harbin), Russian transit marks, and Constantinople (Turkey) postmark. The merit of the card is to the travel through the Northwest Siberian Railway and passed through the Russian Train PO -- Middle East Railway, which was officially opened on 14 July 1903. According to the Postal Telegraphic Note No. 88, starting from 1 Oct, the land route of the Siberian Railway was officially available for travels between Europe and the Far East. The first type of Train PO cancellation was a single circular shape, with the train number, date, and cross-shaped date. A very rare TPO usage and early example of Middle East Railway for train mail delivery, and possibly the first registered postcard through Hankau Germany Post Office.
22 Oct 1910, a C.I.P. 4th series stationery card, uprated with one 1-cent coiling and one 2-cent coiling dragon stamps, cancelled by two train postmarks of "Changteh to Peking / 9th month, 21st day of the lunar year Gengxu / Train Car no.5" in Chinese characters, along with a Pekjing bilingual bisected c.d.s. It was then forwarded to the Peking French PO, and together with a Belgium arrival c.d.s. A rare use of Train P.O. marks on C.I.P. 4th series stationery card.
24 Sep 1907, a C.I.P. 2nd series stationery card with Peking-Kalgan Train PO (17th day, 8th month, lunar year DingWei) to Shanghai, cancelled by "Peking-Kalgan Train P.O. / Train car no.1" c.d.s., a lunar datestamp of "Kalgan / Tienstin", Fengtai lunar c.d.s. A rare Train PO usage on C.I.P. 2nd series stationery card.
The Peking-Kalgan Railway was the first railway in China designed and built by Chinese people. It runs from Peking to Kalgan in Hebei Province. It was officially opened in 1909, starting from Fengtai Liucuan in Peking and passing through Kuankow to Kalgan Station. This stationery card, sent in September 1907, is likely one of the earliest examples of its kind, making it valuable for collectors.
23 Aug 1906, a C.I.P. 2nd series double stationery card reply portion, sent from Shunteh to Kent, England, uprated with one 1-cent and one 2-cent coiling stamps, cancelled by four train postmarks: "Peking to Changte / BingWu, 7th month, 5th day / Train Car No.2" in Chinese characters, along with a Peking small bilingual bisected c.d.s. The card was then forwarded to Shanghai with England arrival postmark. Another rare application of TrainMail PO mark on C.I.P. stationery card.
15 Jan 1908, a C.I.P. 3rd series stationery card, sent from Changteh City, Henan Province, to Belgium, uprated wtih one 4-cent coiling dragon stamp, cancelled by two 3-grid train postmarks "Changteh to Chumatien / Imperial Post / Train Car no.2" in Chinese characters, and bearing a all-Chinese waist-frame lunar c.d.s. "13th day of the 12th month of lunar year DingWei". The Changteh to Chumatien T.P.O. c.d.s is fairly seldom seen on C.I.P. 3rd series stationery card.
16 Nov 1912, a C.I.P. 4th series stationery card sent from Shamchun Lilang Chapel to Tongtowha, cancelled by Shamchun 3-grid c.d.s., Canton Railway Canton-Kowloon / Postal Car No.3 transit c.d.s., Tongtowha waist-frame c.d.s. An exceptional T.P.O. mail in having the rare Canton-Railway Postal Car T.P.O. appearing in a C.I.P. 4th series stationery card and in a small place delivery between Shumchun and Tongtowha. At the time, China Canton Railway section still stops at the border of between Shumchun and Lo Wu, Kowloon. A highly valuable and meaningful T.P.O. mail.
19 Aug 1907, a picture postcard sent from Peitaiho, Tientsin to Europe on a train, showing underpaid postage with tax mark, affixed with a 1-cent coiling dragon stamp, which was damaged and therefore to be invalidated as matched by the circled blue chalk. The card was cancelled with an all-Chinese waist-framed postmark from Beidaihe, Tianjin (Dingwei, 7th month, 11th day), and the coiled dragon stamp was partially cancelled with a Tientsin small bisected bilingual c.d.s. Additionally, the card bears a black "T" mark, a postmark from Tientsin French P.O., a black oval "n T", "S2", and an oval "5.00pm" railway route postmark. The card is a good material for study in the field of railway philately.
7 Sep 1910 a C.I.P 4th series 1-cent stationery card sent from Tientsin to Tongshan, cancelled by Train PO mark of "Tientsin car no.1 / Tientsin-Tongshan Slow Train" lunar c.d.s (Day 4th of the 8th month, lunar year GengXu), with another excellent strike adjacent, card a bit stained at floot. Very fine and rare T.P.O. cancellation.
3 Jul 1911, a C.I.P 4th series 1-cent stationery card sent from Soochow to Moukden, cancelled by T.P.O. mark of "Shanghai / Shanghai-Nanking Railway / Mail Matter" waist-frame lunar c.d.s., and showing the transit mark of "FENGTIEN" bilingual waist-frame lunar c.d.s. adjacent. The card is slight aged, but a rare T.P.O. lunar dater from Soochow.
27 June 1936, ROC Sun Yat-sen 2-cent stationery card sent from Chinwangtao to England, uprated with with two 1-cent Martyr stamps and one 25-cent London edition Sun Yat-sen stamp, cancelled with three dotted line datestamps of bilingual T.P.O. mark "TRAIN POST OFFICE No. 6 / the 27th day of the 6th month / Yuping / SHANHAIKWAN - PEIPING", plus an postal instructional mark "Transferred via the Siberian postal route" and another Tientsin transit datestamp. This is a good piece of material for the study of T.P.O. postal history. Excellent conditions.
June 1916, a ROC one-cent junk stationery card sent in registered mail from Taochow, Kansu Province to Shanghai, cancelled by all-Chinese waist-frame c.d.s. from Taochow, Kansu, and a fully Chinese waist-frame c.d.s. from Minchow, Kansu. There are also transit and arrival stamps from Sian and Shanghai, as well as two registered datestamps with one in purple "19 JUN 1916 / Despatch No. 3003". Registered postal cards from Kansu Province are rarely seen.