The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342
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13 Feb 1905, a C.I.P. 2nd series stationery card sent from the Xincheng District, Canton, to the United States, uprated with one 1-cent and 2-cent coiled dragon stamps, cancelled by two Canton bilingual biscted c.d.s. Next to it is a rare "Xincheng Canton Post Office/IMPERIAL POST OFFICE" special large circular double-ring postmark. It was then transferred to the Shanghai bilingual postmark and then to Yokohama, Japan and received an arrival mark in Brooklyn, United States. The Xincheng Canton P.O. sub-office postal double-ring postmark itself is rare in itself. Due to being a local sub-office, the locals mostly used it for red-band envelopes sent within the Mainland China. So, it is even rarer to have stationery card in use of such special local circular stamp for overseas mail to Brooklyn, U.S.A. The card is in excellent condition.
11 Feb 1904, a C.I.P. 2nd series stationery card from Kienning to Hong Kong, cancelled by "Fookien / Kienning" double-ring segmented datestamp, showing "Foochow / Tanweizhe" double-ring segmented datestamp (14 Feb), Foochow bilingual bisected transit c.d.s., and Victoria-Hong Kong arrival c.d.s. adjacent. A remarkably fabulous and outstanding Fookien and related stationery card postal history.
28 Feb 1915, a ROC 1-cent flag stationery card sent from Sushe to Shanghai, bearing a rare reverse type of "Sushe Post Office" cancellation mark in Chinese characters, along with two Shanghai transit marks (the first one with "SHANGHAI" in English above "上海" in Chinese, and the second one with "上海" in Chinese above "SHANGHAI" in English). The Sushe PO bureau was located in Sushe Town, Yixing City, Wuxi City, Kiangsu Province. As a small local post office, it is extremely rare to find such a well-preserved reverse type cancellation mark in Chinese characters. A highly valuable item.
Oct 1903, a C.I.P. 2nd stationery card sent from Puer, Yunnan to Saint-Malo, France, uprated on the back side with one 1-cent and one 2-cent coiling dragon stamps, cancelled by two hand-stamped marks from Puer P.O. (Day 7th of the 9th month, 29th year). 29th year referred to the reign of Emperor Kwangsu since the inception of the emperor period. The card also showed the Hokow circular bisected c.d.s., and another from Mengtze bilingual c.d.s., Tokio, Indochine,transit c.d.s. indicating the route through Vietnam, Saint-Malo France arrival c.d.s. Rare to have Puer Yunnan handstamp post marks for international mail on C.I.P. stationery card which is in very good conditions.
20 Feb 1903, a C.I.P. 2nd series stationery card sent from Nanning, Kwangsi en route Kuaishien (now Guiyang), Wuchow, and Canton, to Shanghai. Inland postage of postal card was good for only 1-cent without any uprate needed. The C.I.P. stationery card was cancelled by hand-writing post marks from the Nanning Post Office (Day 23rd of the first month, 29th year, i.e. 20 Feb 1903 in the era of Kwangxu Emperor). The card also bears hand-written post marks from Kweihsien PO (Day first of the 2nd month, 29th year), Wuchow bilingual bisected c.d.s., and Canton transit mark. It was then forwarded to the Shanghai Local Post Office. The use of two hand-written postmarks on a stationery card is extremely rare.
9 Feb 1898, a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card sent from Nanking to Shanghai, cancelled by a very rare 3-horizontal grid hand-written Nanking special datestamp: "NANKING / 9.2.98. / NANKING POST OFFICE". After departing Nanking, it was routed through the Shanghai Local Post Office system, where it received an English circular postmark of "SHANGHAI LOCAL POST / FE 10, 98". The presence of the Nanking three-line bilingual hand-written special large oval circular stmap is rare and distinctive.
18 Mar 1902, a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card sent from Tsinanfu to Bernburg, Germany, uprated with one 1-cent and one 2-cent coiling stamps, cancelled by two distinct, all-Chinese special single-ring circular postmarks from Tsinanfu Post Office ("廿八, 二 / 十二"), which refers to the 12th day of the 2nd month in the 28th year of the Kwangsu Emperor period, i.e. 21 Mar 1902, then Chefoo bilingual bisected c.d.s., and Shanghai transit c.d.s, and also English circular postmark of "SHANGHAI LOCAL POST / 7 AVRIL 02", Germany arrival c.d.s. The use of this special Tsinanfu branch office single-ring postmark is extremely rare, and even more remarkable for the international mail.
In February of that year, it was in late winter, and the ice and snow in the Shandong coastal area was still melting. Instead of taking the route through Anhui Province and Kiangsu-Chekiang to Shanghai, this postal card was directed to Chefoo and then sent by sea route to Shanghai, resulting in a longer delivery time for the postal card.
Nov 1902, a partially cut C.I.P. stationery card from Chuchow, Shandong, sent to Germany, uprated with two 1/2-cent and three 1-cent coiling dragon stamps, cancelled by three Chuchow sun and month circular datestamps, alongside a small Kiaochow circular datestamp. Germany arrival c.d.s. The card was cut, but the important "sun & moon" datestamps and other arrival c.d.s. and postage rates remained intact.
April 1920, a ROC 1-cent junk stationery card was sent from Kiangsu, Tungan, to Changhua Chekiang, uprated with a 1/2-cent junk stamp, cancelled by two all-Chinese hand writing chop from Tungankiu Kiangsu April 11 of the 8th year (of the Republic of China), and another from North Shore of Anhui (15th Apr, the 8th year) with some other not very clear local c.d.s. Rare to have hand-writing stamps during the ROC period. The back side of the card features a clear handwritten message in Chinese brush.
April 1922, a ROC one and a half-cent junk stationery card in light blue sent from Chinwangtao to Tientsin. It bears the tombstone postal mark "秦王島/ 郵政第一信櫃寄" in Chinese, and is additionally cancelled by the Chinwangtao bilingual waist-frame circular datestamp, two elliptical Chinwangtao company imprints, and a Tientsin arrival c.d.s. The Chinwangtao tombstone is not commonly seen.
30 Jun 1916 a ROC junk stationery card sent from Kokiu Chekiang to Taiyuan, cancelled by Kokiu waist-frame c.d.s. (30 Jun, the fifth year), further stamped with oval censor mail marking of "for all Shensi province / postal censor examiner of police department / censor done". A rare Kokiu censor mark on junk postal card in Chekiang where the warlord was in tight controls of all mails passing through the place at the time.
Jan 1917, a ROC first Junk 1-cent stationery card from Nanchang to Sheihsien, Anhui, cancelled by Nanchang bilingual bisected c.d.s, Tatung waist-frame c.d.s., and Anhui arrival c.d.sa alongside. The front bears a printed patriotic design featuring a lady with flag sitting on the globe. Some stains. An interesting patriotic picture card.