The 2025 Summer Auction - Sale 345 (June 21 - June 25, 2025)
Sale 345
- (-) Remove Mizuhara’s Collection of Imperial Post & ROC Post Rarities filter Mizuhara’s Collection of Imperial Post & ROC Post Rarities
mixed franking with CIP 1c, 4c, 5c and Japan issues 10s, tied by Hangchow bisected cds. and Shanghai IJPO cds. (without Hangchow IPO cachet), on reverse with Shanghai, Yokohama transit and USA arrival cds. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 3, p.159.
mixed franking with CIP 10c and Japan Koban 10s, tied by Shanghai bisected cds. and Shanghai IJPO cds. + Shanghai IPO cachet. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 3, p.164.
mixed franking with CIP 2c, 4c pair and Japan Koban 10s, tied by Soochow bisected cds. and Shanghai IJPO cds. + Soochow IPO cachet, on reverse with Shanghai, Yokohama transit and USA arrival cds. Cover faulty at edges. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 3, p.164.
f.w. CIP 10c & 4c, tied by Tientsin bisected cds., along with Tientsin registered cachet and bearing a Shanghai IJPO registered label, along with Shanghai Chinese PO and IJPO transit cds., on reverse with colourful hand painting and USA arrival cds. Sino-Japanese Postal Treaty with effect on May 18, 1903, no Japanese stamp need to be added on Chinese mail via IJPO after then. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 3, p.192.
f.w. CIP 2c x 5, tied by rare Peking-Shanhaikwan Railway PO cds., on reverse with Shanghai transit and USA arrival cds. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 3, p.195.
bearing a rare Foochow Imperial Japanese Postal Agency chop, mixed franking with Japan Koban 10s, tied by Shanghai IJPO obliterator, along with Shanghai IJPO cds. and Yokohama transit cds., on reverse with USA transit and arrival cds. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 4, p.56.