The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 (December 14 - December 17, 2024)
Sale 344
December 14 - December 17 2024, Hong Kong
- (-) Remove Mr. Chan Chi Ho’s Collection of Hong Kong Queen Victoria Postal Cards filter Mr. Chan Chi Ho’s Collection of Hong Kong Queen Victoria Postal Cards
Displaying 25 - 36 of 178
Starting Price: 1,000 HK$
affixed with 2c or 4c stamp on front for overseas rate (rate 3c before 1894.12.1 or rate 4c after 1894.12.1), indicia cancelled by Hong Kong cds., with written messages on reverse, Luxembourg arrival cds. on front/ San Francisco transit (Mar 21) cds. on front and Mexico arrival (Mar 25) cds. on back, very rare designations.
Starting Price: 1,400 HK$
uprated with QV 5c stamp, rare Kowloon Branch (K.B.) Type A cds. (index C) on front, indicia cancelled by Hong Kong (Type G) (no index) cds., colourful hand drawing and written messages on reverse, rare.
Starting Price: 1,200 HK$
uprated with QV 2c stamp, indicia/stamp cancelled by Hankow Type C2 cds., with Hong Kong cds. (Apr 26) transit on front, written on reverse, earliest recorded use of this 1c card from Hankow, rare.
Starting Price: 1,400 HK$
each affixed with a QV 2c stamp only (under rated), the card sent from Shanghae with postage due T mark upon arrival but the one from Amoy without postage due mark, indicia/stamp cancelled by Shanghae Type E2 and Amoy Type F1 cds. VF. (Note: The former one used shortly after the increase of UPU rate from 3c to 4c on 1/12/1894, i.e. postage due of 1c).
Starting Price: 1,800 HK$
indicia cancelled by rare Swatow Type D cds., with Shanghai arrival (Sep 21) cds. and written messages on reverse, rare.
Starting Price: 1,400 HK$
indicia cancelled by Chefoo Type A cds., with Kiautschou transit (1903 Nov 19) cds. on front, written Chinese messages on reverse, earliest recorded use of this 1c card from Chefoo, rare.
Starting Price: 3,000 HK$
uprated with QV 2c and KEVII 1c stamps, indicia cancelled by Ningpo Type E1 cds., with Nottingham arrival (1904 Jan 21) cds. on front, written messages on reverse, mixed franking of QV card with a KEVII stamp, interesting, very rare.
Starting Price: 4,200 HK$
indicia cancelled by rare Hoihow Type F3 cds., many transit/ arrival British PO and Chinese PO cds. (including Foochow and Ningpo) on front, attractive and interesting, written message on reverse, latest recorded use of this 1c card from Hoihow, very rare. Card with tape repair at bottom and some light creases.
Starting Price: 1,200 HK$
affixed with 2 x KEVII 2c stamps / KEVII 1c and 4c stamps, indicia/stamp cancelled by Swatow Type E and Hong Kong cds., the later one is the latest recorded use of this QV 1c postal card. VF.
Starting Price: 800 HK$
very rare, VF unused.
Starting Price: 700 HK$
and also the official band for a pack of 10 3c brown postal cards, rare, VF unused.
Starting Price: 3,000 HK$
tied by B62 killer, along with rare Hong Kong Too Late (Apr 17) cds. and Hong Kong cds., with written message on reverse, very early usage of this QV 3c brown postal card. Toned. F-VF.