The 2023 Winter Auction - Sale 342
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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.
21 Mar 1899, a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card sent from Canton to Smyrna, Turkey, uprated with one 1-cent and one 2-cent Japan coiling dragon stamps plus two 2-cent Hong Kong QV stamps, cancelled by Canton dollar chops, Hong Kong transit datestamps, French paquebot "LIGNE N / PAQ FR.No.8" and Turkey arrival stamp. Smyrne/Turkey is a rare destination.
23 Apr 1898, a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card sent from Foochow to Australia, uprated with one block of four 1/2-cents and three 1-cent Japane Coiling Dragon stamps, mixed with two 2-cent Hong Kong QV stamps, cancelled by three Foochow dollar chops, HK-Victoria cancellations, "Sydney" arrival c.d.s.. The FOOCHOW dollar chops are in high quality, making it a rare combination to be sent to a relatively uncommon location in AUSTRALIA. Notably, the FOOCHOW dollar chop is of the type in intercalary month and thus rare.
25 Jan 1899, a C.I.P. 1st series stationery card sent from Wuhu to Germany, uprated with one 1-cent and one 2-cent coiling dragon stamps mixed with two 2-cent Hong Kong QV stamps, cancelled with WUHU dollar chops and WUHU pakua postmark, two Shanghai British P.O. datestamps, Shanghai transit c.d.s., and Sydney arrival postmark, as well as a small transit c.d.s. from Hong Kong. Both the WUHU dollar chop and WUHU pakau postmark are in excellent condition, making it an exceptional piece.
24 April 1897, a U.S.A. 2c. stationery card from Reverend Amzi C. Wright, Yangchow, to his father in California via San Francisco 22 May, showing “CUSTOMS/CHINKIANG” dispatch double-ring d.s. in brown, the 2c. indicia cancelled by “U.S. POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” duplex, with “CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI” double-ring d.s. in brown alongside. A rare combination of the “CUSTOMS/CHINKIANG” d.s. with the U.S.A. 2c stationery card, showing Yangchow China origin before the post office opened in Yangchow there, an outstanding exhibition item. Rev. Amzi C. Wright was an American missionary initially stationed in Yangchow, China and one-time President of the University of Nanking.
8 Dec 1897, a U.S.A. 2c. stationery card from Reverend Amzi C. Wright, Yangchow China, to his father in California via San Francisco 22 May, showing CHINKIANG origin dollar dater 9 Dec in black, the 2c. indicia cancelled by “U.S. POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” duplex 11 Dec 1897, with SHANGHAI dollar dater 10 Dec in blue alongside. A rare combination of the U.S.A. 2c. stationery card with CHINKIANG dollar dater based on the rare Yangchow 揚州 origination before the Yangchow post office opened there, an outstanding exhibition item.
16 Mar 1898 U.S.A. 2c. stationery card from Reverend Amzi C. Wright, Chinkiang China, to his father in California via San Francisco 22 April, showing CHINKIANG origin dollar dater in black, the 2c. indicia cancelled by “U.S. POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” duplex, with SHANGHAI dollar dater alongside. On the back side, Rev Wright wrote that “China’s political sky is rather dark, but they are fast offering up to foreign commerce railroads etc. & mission work is growing rapidly …..”. Fine and rare combination with the U.S.A. stationery card.
11 Jan 1895, a U.S.A. 2-cent stationery card from Floral Park, New York, sent to Hankow, cancelled by a single-ring U.S. local cancellation "FLORAL PARK.N.Y. #1" and additionally marked with three arrival postmarks, including Shanghai U.S. Postal Agency on 24 Feb, Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. 26 Feb, and Hankow Local Post c.d.s. in blue (1 March). Well preserved and a good card showing the China local post systems used in U.S.A. stationery card.
22 Jan 1897, a U.S.A. 2-cent postal card from the United States, originating in Cleveland, sent to John Fowler, the American Consul in Chefoo, cancelled by a single-ring U.S. cancellation "CLEVELAND #9" and additionally marked with three arrival postmarks, including Shanghai U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai Customs datestamp, and Chefoo Customs datestamp, which is in very good conditions.
John Fowler served as an American diplomat, working as the U.S. Consul in Ningpo from 1890 to 1896 and then as the U.S. Consul in Chefoo from 1896 to 1912. This postal card was written in the first year after John Fowler's relocation from Ningpo to Chefoo.
12 Dec 1898, a U.S.A. 2-cent stationery card sent from Oak Park, the United States, to Tientsin, cancelled by a single-ring U.S. domestic cancellation "OAK PARK" and additionally marked with San Francisco transit c.d.s., and three arrival postmarks including Shanghai U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai dollar datestamp, and importantly, a black rectangluar "TO PAY" mark stamped in Tientsin. A good U.S.A. stationery card with Tientsin "TO PAY" cancellation.