The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 (December 14 - December 17, 2024)
Sale 344
f.w. CIP Coiling Dragon 1/2c x 2, matching the domestic ordinary postage, tied by rare Chinchow Sun & Moon Post Office cds., with Weihsien transit cds. (1902 Sep 24) and Kiaochow cds. (1902 Sep 28) arrival cds. alongsides. This is the item from "Postmarks History of the Imperial Ching Dynasty (1876-1912)" P149, editted by Yu Chao-Nien.
franked on reverse CIP 2c and 5c pair, tied by R marks and Kucheng PO tombstone mark, along with Hupeh Laohokow transit and Peking arrival cds. Old collection of Yu Chao-Nien.
uprated by CIP 3c x 2 & 7c, matching the international registered postal card postage, tied by Yenchou lunar year cds., with Tientsin Chinese PO, French PO transit and German arrival cds. on reverse. (1911 Mar 16). Rare. Old collection of Yu Chao-Nien.
all used with CIP or French PO in China issues. VF-F.
f.w. CIP x 4, total value 4c, matching the international postal card postage, tied by Tangku cds. Plus a 1918 (Oct 10) ROC Junk 1c postal card, uprated by Junk 1/2c, tied by President Hsu's Inauguration's Commemorative cds., along with Shanghai cds., unaddressed.