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30 Jul 1912, a C.I.P. 4th series stationery complete double-card, sent in registered mail from Chungking, Szechuan to Germany, uprated with two half-cent coiling dragon stamps overprinted with the Song font "Republic of China", one 5-cent stamp, and one 7-cent stamp. Together with the 1 cent of the card postage rate, it totaled 14 cents registered postal card rate for overseas. The card was cancelled with a Chungking bilingual waist-frame postmark (First Year, July 31), a Hankow bilingual bisected transit c.d.s., and a Chungking rectangular registered mark (R / Registered No. 417). The back was cancelled with a Moukden bilingual bisected c.d.s with hand-writing the date "14". Both sides have German Baden arrival c.d.s. Registered 4th series C.I.P. complete double-card ovpt with "Republic of China" is very rare. This one was sent in the first year of the Republic of China. According to our record, only three such items exist, for which this one is of best conditions.
22 Aug 1904, a C.I.P. 1st series 1-cent stationery card, sent in registered mail from Hokow Yunnan to France, uprated with one 1-cent, one 2-cent, and one 10-cent coiling dragon stamp, totaling 14 cents for international registered postage rate. The card was cancelled by a a rectangular Hokow registered mark of "R / HOKOW / No. 509", Hokow bilingual bisected c.d.s., and France arrival c.d.s. On the back of the postal, there is a hand color drawingg. A rare example of a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card with hand drawings sent in registered international mail from Yunnan.
26 Jan 1904, a picture postal card sent in registered mail from Mengtsz, Yunnan to France, affixed with two 1/2-cent stamps, one 1-cent stamp, one 2-cent stamp, and two 5-cent stamps, amounting to a total of 14 cents registered postal card rate, cancelled by MENGTSZ bilingual c.d.s., Hokow bilingual c.d.s., with Haiphong transit mark and France arrival datestamp. The front side of the card also stamped with a black "R" mark and a manual script of "Recommandu". Very good registered postal card from Mengtsz Yunnan.
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.