The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342
Sale 342
- (-) Remove The Collection of Imperial Post 4th Postal Cards filter The Collection of Imperial Post 4th Postal Cards
it was affixed with a half-cent coiling dragon stamp, cancelled with two Chengtu bilingual segmented circular date stamps (Dec 8), a Shanghai transit date stamp, and then forwarded to Japan, arriving on December 30. The stationery card is well preserved.
3 unused new cards with different plate variations or shifts (size: 91x138mm, 91.5x135.5mm, 91x136.5mm). Amongst them, 2 cards have separated green T-lines in the middle, and one has a major upward shift of text and postage symbols, which is rare. The remaining 2 cards are sent in real use. One was sent from Ningsiang Hunan to Norway via Hunan Jingjiang. The postage symbol of the other stationery card is overprinted with "Republic of China", cancelled with a Kianfu English-Chinese bilingual waist frame stamp (the ninth day of the first month of the second year) sent to Milan, Italy, transferred to the Peking French P.O. (21 Jan 1913) via the Siberian route to Europe, but with a missing stamp and card in yellowish.
a 3-cent coiling dragon Stamp was attached and cancelled with three ChihFeng English-Chinese semi-cut round seals (May 13 of the first year). It was further stamped with Beijing transfer date stamp, Peking French P.O. date stamp (May 21), a postman stamp "S3" and a Belgian arrival stamp. ChihFeng, Inner Mongolia is less common. In addition, this postage was sent a few months after the operation of the Republic of China government, but still accepted the Qing Dynasty postage, which had not yet been changed to the overprinted Republic of China postage. Interesting.
the first one was sent from Kwangtung HOYUN to Switzerland in January 1912, transferred to Canton, and then exported to Swiss from Shanghai. This postage was sent when the Republic of China government just started to operate, but still accepted Qing Dynasty postage. Another one was sent from Yon'an, Canton to Hoyun.. Yon'an is a small place in Canton. Both stationery postage cards are well preserved.
the first one was sent from Penghsien to Chengtu in 1913, the second one was sent from Renshowhsien to Chengtu, and the third one was sent from Shansi to Kalgan. All three postage cards are well preserved.
the first one was sent from Yanchow, Shantung to Wenshang, Shantung in 1911, cancelled with three Wenshang three-grid double-ringed lunar cds (Xinhai 6th of the 4th month), and also stamped with the transfer Shandong Ningyang full Chinese waist frame lunar cds, and the Shantung Wenshang full Chinese waist frame seal as the arrival stamp (Xinhai, the seventh day of fourth month), a small place in Shantung. The other two include Shanghai sent to Chinkiang and sent to Jiaxing City. All three postage cards are well preserved
printed with blue and brown red progressive colour. Extremely rare. Plus two printed 4th series stationery cards with different plate format and styles. The first card measures 89.5x137mm, the postage symbol is 23x27mm, Chinese bold font, T-line connected. The second card measures 91.5x137mm, the postage symbol is 23.5x27mm, Chinese thin font, T-line connection is separated. Interesting
one is sent from Shanghai to Shanghai, cancelled with a Shanghai English-Chinese special postmark (SHANGHAI/上海/甲/戌申冬月廿四/K). The other one is sent from Pakhoi to Hong Kong. VF-F.
the first stationery card was sent from Tienstin to Japan, and the Tientsin round postmark is a bit blurred. The second one was sent from Kaochangmiao in Shanghai to Japan. Kaochangmiao is in the south of the Yangtze River, has a long history and once had a far-reaching reputation. Kaochangmiao has two meanings, first is the name of the temple, then it became the name of the place, this term is full of historical weight. Over the past hundred years, the Kaochangmiao area has developed from a traditional village into a key foreign affairs town.
the first one was sent from Taiyuanfu, cancelled with the "Taiyuan/乙/TAIYUANFU" waist frame postmark, transferred via Chihli Peking, Shanghai, and Japan arrival postmark. The second one was sent from Tientsin, cancelled with a MOUKDEN transfer postmark, then via Moukden I.J.P.O. exported to Nagasaki, Japan. The postal route from Tientsin via Moukden to its I.J.P.O. is desirable. The third one was cancelled with the Kaochangmiao waist-frame circular cds, with a Japan arrival postmark (25 Dec 1911).
with a 3-cent coiling dragon stamp attached. It was cancelled with two Chekiang Huchow waist frame round cds, and a "Huchow/Four" mailbox tombstone. It was transferred to Shanghai, and then via I.J.P.O. in Shanghai to arrive Newton, U.S.A.
each with a 3-cent coiling dragon stamp attached. The first card was sent from Ningpo to Sarajevo, Bosnia in Eastern Europe, cancelled with a Ningpo Chinese-English half-cut circle cds (8 Feb 1911), and transferred to Shanghai on 9 Feb with no arrival stamp. The second card was sent from Hankow to the United States, cancelled with two Hankow Chinese-English half-cut circled cds, transferred to Shanghai on 18 March 1911, and then to the Shanghai I.J.P.O. sent abroad, but with no arrival stamp.