The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342
Sale 342
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8 Feb 1909, a picture postal card sent from ChungKing to Hannover Germany, affixed with two 2-cent and one 10-cent coiling dragon stamps, cancelled by 3 ChungKing bilingual bisected c.d.s. in single digit year "9", Hankow transit c.d.s., Hannover arrival c.d.s. In addition, there is a rectangular registration mark: "R / CHUNGKING, CHINA / 118", a corresponding registration number of "12602" stamped in Germany. The card is in good conditions. A desirable registration postal card from ChungKing in late Qing dynasty.
25 Apr 1910, picture postal card sent from Russia to Vladivostok, affixed with one 1/2-cent, one 1-cent, one 2-cent, and one 5-cent coiling dragon stamps, cancelled by Peking bilingual bisected c.d.s., Fengtien waist-frame lunar c.d.s. (the 17th day of 3rd month, lunar year Gengxu). In addition, it was stamped with registration mark "R / PEKING (CHINA) / 1096", and Vladivostok arrival oval datestamp.
The card was delivered through via the "Vladivostok - Bering Line" and then Amur to Japan, where it was returned to Vladivostok safekeeping there for recipient to pick up. An excellent registration postal mail riding through the northern paquebot line in Russia.
22 Jun 1907 a picture postal card sent from Yunnanfu to Paris, France, affixed with one 4-cent, and one 10-cent coiling dragon stamps, cancelled by Yunnanfu lunar c.d.s. (the 12th day of 5th month, lunar year Dingwei), Tengyueh bilingual bisected c.d.s., French arrival c.d.s. Separately, it was also stamped with a Yunnan registration mark in black: "R / YUNNANFU (CHINA) / 218", two Bhamo India registration datestamps including one in rectangle shape "BHAMO / R", and another circular d.s. "BHAMO / REG / 16JL07". A marvellous Yunnanfu registration postal card.
10 Apr 1899, a postal card sent from TAKU to Germany via Shanghai, affixed with one 4-cent coiling dragon stamp and mixed with two Hong Kong Victoria 2c stamps, cancelled by a blue TAKU dollar chop, and Shanghai transit dollar chop. The 4-cent coiling dragon stamp was cancelled by a blue Pakau seal, while the Hong Kong Victoria stamps were cancelled with an "I.P.O." stamp, and next to it, a Hong Kong transit circular datestamp, plus a Germany arrival c.d.s. The blue TAKU dollar chop is rare. The card also carries a certificate issued by Peter Hille, Deutsche.
25 Jan 1898, a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card, sent from Soochow to Swatow, cancelled with a black Soochow dollar chop, Shanghai dollar chop (the 5th day of the first month, the 24th year), and a brown-black circular postmark from Swatow (the 10th day of the first month, the 24th year).
A desirable item to have 3 dollar chops on a stationery card, and this is an earlier example of the Soochow dollar c.d.s.
25 Mar 1899, a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card sent from Kiukiang to Soochow, cancelled with a black Kiukiang dollar chop, a Soochow dollar chop, and a Shanghai dollar chop (without the year, dated the 24th day of the first month). A good dollar chop item to have 3 dollar chops on a C.I.P. stationery card.
When the card was sent out, the Kiukiang P.O. did not cancel the 1-cent C.I.P. postage mark on the card. Upon arrival at the Soochow P.O., they specifically applied the arrival postmark at that position to make up for the cancellation.
6 May 1898, a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card sent from Swatow to Hong Kong, cancelled with a black Swatow dollar c.d.s. (16th day of the 3rd intercalary month, 24th year of the Kwangsu reign), and a Hong Kong-Victoria arrival c.d.s. The March Intercalary month in dollar chop from Swatow is relatively rare.
14 Apr 1899, a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card sent from ICHANG to Australia, uprated with a 1-cent and a 2-cent Japan Coiling Dragon stamps, plus two Hong Kong Victoria 2c stamps where the "I.P.O." stamp was applied across. The Japan Coiling Dragon Stamps were cancelled by the rare ICHANG dollar chop (the 5th day of the third month, 25th year of the Kwangsu reign), and a Hong-Kong transit c.d.s. ICHANG dollar chop is quite rare, especially with the 'I.P.O.' cancellation, together with Japan Coiling Dragon Stamps affixed.
10 Nov 1897, a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card, sent from Shanghai City to Germany, uprated with a 1-cent and a 2-cent Japan coiling dragon stamps, along with a French 10 centimes stamp. The Japan coiling dragon stamps were cancelled with two blue Shanghai dollar chops, and the French stamp was cancelled with a Shanghai French PO transit postmark. This card is in early usage of the 2nd month of the first year of the Qing stationery card, making it an ideal collectible item.
25 Feb 1902, a C.I.P. 1st series 1-cent stationery card sent from Yangchow to Shanghai, cancelled by a special local YANGCHOW dollar chop and Yangchow pakau stamp with Chinkiang transit c.d.s. and Shanghai bilingal bisected c.d.s. at arrival. In addition, there was also an instructional mark next to it saying "Postage fee already paid, do not ask for or give". This local YANGCHOW dollar chop plus pakau stamp are very rare, particularly in applying to C.I.P. stationery card.
3 Feb 1899, a C.I.P. 1st series 1-cent stationery card, sent from Amoy to Germany, uprated with three 1-cent coiling dragon stamps, and mixed with one HK-Victoria 4-cent stamp, cancelled by 2 types of Amoy dollar chops. The first set of 3 brown Amoy dollar chops stamped on the 1-cent postage mark and the strip of coiling dragon stamps. The next day, when it was prepared to send over to Hong Kong, a black dollar chop was cancelled for despatch. The front side also bears the HK transit c.d.s. and German arrival mark.
This is a rare example of having 2 types of Amoy dollar postmarks in different colors used at the time. For sake of being precise, there is possibly a cut of about 1mm on the lower left edge of the postal card, but it does not affect the postal historical importance reflected in this C.I.P. stationery card.
29 May 1902, a C.I.P. 2nd series stationery card sent from Paoting to the U.S.A., uprated with one 1-cent and one 2-cent coiling dragon stamps, cancelled by a PAOTING single-digit year dollar chop "2" year, Shanghai bilingual bisected c.d.s., Shanghai French P.O. circular datestamp, and Yokohama transit mark. The PAOTING dollar chop with single-digit year and no lunar year, is a desirable type of dollar c.d.s.