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the card was affixed with a 1-cent coiling dragon stamp, seven 2-cents coiling dragon stamps, and a four-cent dragon stamp. The stamps were cancelled with two sets of Kalgan Chihli Province double-ringed lunar cancellations (May 11th and May 16th respectively), and a Beijing English-Chinese lunar type cds. Additionally, it was stamped with two registration marks: "Kalgan Chihli Province Registration / R 88" and "R 88 / PEKING (CHINA)". The back of the postal card was cancelled with a Beijing Chinese-English half-cut round postmark and a Peking French P.O. round postmark (5 Jul 1909). When the card arrived at the Beijing post office, the staff noticed that an additional sheet with written content had been affixed to the back of the postal card. Therefore, it had to be sent back to the Zhangjiakou post office and an additional 6-cent charge was levied (increasing from the original four-cent overseas postal card rate to the normal 10-cent international letter rate). Thus, a four-cent stamp and a two-cent stamp were affixed at the lower left corner, partially covering the Kalgan registration mark, and cancelled with another set of Kalgan lunar year cds (the fifth month, 16th day). This postal card is rich in postal materials and is well preserved
it was affixed with a 1-cent and a 2-cent Coiling Dragon stamp, cancelled by four SUITINGFU English-Chinese bilingual lunar year cds (16th day of first month in Jiyou year). It was transferred to Shanghai, and on 22 Feb it was forwarded to the I.J.P.O. in Shanghai for despatch on February 23. The postal card is well preserved.
it was affixed with a 1-cent, a 2-cent, and a 10-cent Coiling Dragon stamp, cancelled by three Kalgan, Chihli tri-grid lunar year cds (25th day of third month in Jiyou year). It bears the Peking registered mark "R / PEKING.(CHINA) / No.60", and also cancelled by Peking English-Chinese waist-frame cricled lunar year cds, plus Peking bilingual semi-cut round cds, and Peking French P.O. (17 May). It has two Denmark arrival marks. It is a good registered postal card for collection.
cancelled by the Nanking Chinese-English half-cut small round cds. There was no arrival stamp. Since the Republic of China government was officially established in January 1912, the words "Qing Dynasty" on the postal card were hand-stamped and overprinted in red with "China". In addition, this is an important special version of the Qing Dynasty's fourth postal card, with Y-X = 2mm, i.e., the top line of the postage symbol on the right is 2mm higher than the top line of the French characters. According to field research, only 9 pieces of this special version exist based upon market survey.
with an additional stamp of "2 cents China" overprinted by Germany. The postage symbol was cancelled by the rare Hankow "ROC 1st Year" English-Chinese waist frame cds, and the German P.O. stamp was cancelled by the Nanking German P.O. date stamp. A banknote of Imperial Bank attached on reverse. This piece has Y-X=2.5mm, i.e., the top line of the postage symbol on the right is 2.5mm higher than the top line of the French characters. According to field research, only 6 pieces of this special version exist in the world, and this piece is from the old collection of 嚴平西Yan Pingxi.
it was cancelled by the "Tzeliutsing Changtu Third Branch P.O." three-grid branch office postmark. In addition, it was cancelled by 5 local date postmarks including the Tzeliutsing English-Chinese waist frame date postmark (TZELIUTSING, 2 July), the Siaoki English-Chinese waist frame date postmark (SIAOKI, July 2), the Tzechow English-Chinese waist frame date postmark (TZECHOW, July 3), the Jianzhou three-grid date postmark (Xinhai July 4th), and the Chaokiatu English-Chinese waist frame date postmark. All cds are from small places in Sichuan, and thus rare.
cancelled with three straight-line grid "Techow to Tientsin Postal Car" postmark, and also cancelled with a Tientsin arrival stamp and postal mark. Train postal cancellations are less commonly seen on Qing Dynasty postage cards.
with an additional 1-cent Dragon stamp and 2-cent coiling dragon stamp. It was cancelled with two straight-line "Shanhaikuan to Peking Postal Car" postmarks. On the back of the postage card was a Shanhaikuan Chinese-English small circle cds (Jiyou Aug 16) and a Tangku Chinese-English semi-cut small circle cds (Sep 30). On the front, a Shanghai Chinese-English semi-cut circle cds was added as an arrival mark. Train postal cancellations are not commonly seen on Qing statioonery 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.