The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 (December 14 - December 17, 2024)

Sale 344

December 14 - December 17 2024, Hong Kong
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Lot# 5524
Starting Price: 3,000 HK$
1913 (Apr 30) Szechuan Liangshanhsien to Shanghai cover,
f.w. Revolution Issue 3c, tied by rare Liangshanhsien Kuichow Year lunar year cds., on reverse with Wanhsien (ROC) 2nd Year transit and Shanghai bisected arrival cds. VF-F.
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Lot# 5526
Starting Price: 17,000 HK$
1915 western style cover franked on front Junk 10c, canceled Shekchuenhsien 1915.2.16 cds., addressed to England and endorsed Via Siberia at top left,

with a fine array of transit backstamps of CHUNGKIANGHSIEN showing MIN GUO FOURTH YEAR 1915.2.19, Mienchuhsien, Wanhsien, Hankow, Peking-Moukden Bureau Ambulant datestamp, arriving Ramsgatge 29 MR 1915. It took 29 days for the cover to travel from Peking-Mpoukden Railway to destination, evidencing that the "Via Siberia" mail service was somewhat affected by World War I.

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Lot# 5527
Starting Price: 1,000 HK$
1915 Shanghai to Barcelona, Spain registered cover, via Siberia, then forwarded to several places,
f.w. Junk issues x 5, tied by Shanghai cds., along with Shanghai registered cachet and Kuanchengtze transit cds., on reverse showing numerous transit and arrival cds., including Peking to Moukden and Tientsin to Pukow Railway PO cds. Rare and interesting.
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Lot# 5528
Starting Price: 1,200 HK$
1916 Ireland to China registered cover then redirected back to Ireland,
f.w. GB stamps first, tied by Dublin cds., then sent back to Ireland, f.w. Junk Issue 20c, tied by Nanking City cds., on reverse with Peking to Moukden Railway PO, Dublin, Nanking transit and arrival cds. VF-F.
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Lot# 5529
Starting Price: 1,200 HK$
1917-19 a group of 4 Junk Issues registered covers,
2 sent to Java, Netherlands Indies, one from Beijing to London and one from Tientsin to France. VF-F.
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Lot# 5530
Starting Price: 1,200 HK$
1917 & 1918 a gorup of 3 Junk Issues covers,
from Beijing to Anhui, Canton to Hong Kong and Beijing to Shanghai. All bearing unusal Letter Box cachet.
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Lot# 5531
Starting Price: 3,000 HK$
1919-20 two used ROC 3c Postal Letter Sheet,

one from Soochow to Hsuchow and one from Wuhu registered to Nanking. VF-F.

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Lot# 5532
Starting Price: 10,000 HK$
1920 (Mar 23) large size official cover from Kwangtung Tunghing double registered to French Embassy in Lianchow,

f.w. Junk Issue x 5 on reverse, tied by Tunghing cds., along with R.R. and Tunghing registered cachet, bearing on both sides three "Tunghing Foreign Affairs Officier seals", on reverse with Pakhoi transit cds. VF-F.

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Lot# 5533
Starting Price: 70,000 HK$
1920 (Jul 2) (Chinese calander date May 14) Chang Hsun Restoration period Peking local registered cover,

franked on reverse Junk 3c x 2, matching the local registered rate, tied Peking bisected cds., along with Peking mail box cachet, transit cds. and arrival cds. Extremely rare.

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Lot# 5534
Starting Price: 12,000 HK$
1920 (Nov 10) large size official cover from Canton registered to French Embassy in Lianchow,

f.w. Junk Issue x 4, tied by Canton cds., along with rare boxed "Canton City Official Mail Matter Registered" cachet. On reverse with Pakhoi transit cds. VF-F.

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Lot# 5535
Starting Price: 700 HK$
1923-32 a group of 5 covers f.w. Junk Issues,

including two sent from Manchuria Kean Cheng Tze and Kalun. Rare.

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Lot# 5536
Starting Price: 2,000 HK$
1923 Shanghai International Exchange Club to Germany cover,
bearing a Emergency Postal Service stamp, plus a SYS 25c for oversea address. Attached a used piece and a booklet cover of these emergency stamps. VF-F.

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