388th Auction

“Aus Westindien über New York” Rahmenstempel vom Stadtpostamt klar auf Brief mit rückseitigem Absenderstempel “Widow of A. Cabarga & Co., Havanna” via “NEW YORK MAR.2 7” und Bremen nach Nyköping mit handschriftlichem Vermerk “Lösen 99x” (Öre). Der Umschlag ist fast vierseitig geöffnet (oben nur an kleiner Stelle zusammenhängend) und die Rückseite ist ca. 1 cm verkürzt. Trotz der Einschränkungen ein ungewöhnlicher und seltener Brief mit Destination Schweden, ProFi hat nur einen weiteren Brief in dieser Art nach Stockholm registriert

“4½/2 Sgr. AMERIKA ÜBER BREMEN”, roter L3 recht klar auf Briefkuvert mit Leitvermerk “per Steamer Washington via Bremen” von “SAINT LOUIS JUL.10.” via New York mit Tax-Stempel “15” nach Magdeburg mit Ausgabestempel und blauem Tax-Vermerk “6½” (Sgr.). Der Umschlag mit Rand- und Beförderungsspuren

1915, Germania 20 Pfg. mit Stempel “STUTTGART No. 2 2.JAN.17” auf Tauchbootbrief mit Leitstempel “via San Francisco” via Bremen mit Zensur-Stempel “*” (Stern), adressiert an den Direktor K. Schmidt der Schantung Eisenbahn in Shanghai, retour mit allen Stempeln und handschriftlichem Vermerk “Tauchbootgebühr erstattet”, in guter Erhaltung. Tauchbootbriefe mit Destination China sind sehr selten

1862, Escuditos 5 c. rose, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around tied by oval "FRANCA" with adjacent cds. "CORREOS DEL PARANA 5 OCT 62" to envelope to Dep.to de la Paz, vertical file fold and tiny border toned, otherwise fine and attractive.

1864, Rivadavia 15c. blue on ribbed paper unused, near-perfect centering, bright color with a sharp impression, usual rough perf, fine. Certificate RPSL (1959).

1850/95, used collection, incl. early values, from 1950 in the main catalogue numbers apparently complete incl. all souvenir sheets, in the beginning different, later in good condition, in two albums

1860, “PERNAMBUCO JA 15.60” schwarzer EKr. rückseitig auf komplettem Faltbrief mit Leitvermerk “Per St. Avon” via London mit Tax-Vermerk "1/4" (1 Shilling 4 Pence) und Hamburg mit Stadtpost-Ovalstempel nach Altona mit geändertem Tax-Vermerk, in guter Erhaltung

1898, Coiling Dragon ½ c. brown horizontal strip of four together with 2 c. red, all tied by cds. "HANKOW JUNE 01"  to postcard to Austria with additional French PO in China Sage 10 c. black/lilac tied during transit via SHANGHAI for outbound despatch; a ½ c. with a toned perf tip and some ink soiling in the upper right corner not affecting the adhesives, still a fine mixed franking

1 c. ocher and 2 c. red neatly tied by cds “CANTON OCT 00” to postal stationery card 1 c. rose to Germany, additional franking Hong Kong 4 d. pearlish grey tied in transit by both cds “HONG KONG OC 7 00” and additional framed “I.P.O.” (Webb fig. 104, Canton I, rated “R”), arrival “LICHTENSTEIN” alongside. The Coiling Dragon 1 cent with a torn perf, otherwise fine, very scarce, certificate Haveman BPP (2024)

1 c. ocher, four singles neatly tied by cds “SHANGHAI 7 JUN 01” to postcard to Paris, France, handed over to the French Office with Sage 10 c. black/lilac tied in transit with cds “SHANGHAI CHINE 7 JUIN 01” repeated alongside; one 1 c. with negligible soiling at a corner, still very fine and attractive, certificate Haveman BPP (2024)

1900/11, postal history group of circa 65 covers and cards, mostly foreign destinations, many attractive and interesting usages including mixed frankings at the Treaty Ports, noted French, Japanese, German and Russian Offices, a fine part of German Fieldpost markings, together with an abundance of multicolour Coiled Dragons frankings, some postal stationeries, local post Cheefoo, etc., mixed condition. A delightful specialist lot

1897, Coiling Dragons 1 c. yellow, horizontal pair with 1898 1 c. ocher, neatly tied by cds “KUIKIANG 1 NOV 01” to postal stationery card 1 c. rose to Munich, Germany with additional French PO in China Sage 10 c. black/lilac tied during transit with “SHANGHAI 4 NOV 01 CHINE”, arrival “MUENCHEN 8 DEZ. 01” alongside. The card showing some slight soiling on the back, the 10 centimes with a small fault otherwise very fine. A scarce mixed franking combining two Dragon issues

1 c. ocher vertical pair, 2 c. red and 10 c. green, tied by large cds “SHANGHAI” to registered postcard to Austria with additional Hong Kong 2 c. rose horizontal pair and 10 c. lilac/red tied in transit with small cds “HONG KONG NO 28 98”, handed over to French paquebot with hexagonal “LIGNE N 3 DEC 98” and registration circle handstamp “R” alongside, arrival “MAIDHOFEN 31 12 98”. The card with a vertical crease barely affecting one adhesive, fine. An attractive combination enhanced by the registration status

“COLLECT POSTAGE 04 CENTS”, excellent strike applied on arrival to unfranked postcard from “SWATOW 22 OCT 15” (Shantou) via “SHANGHAI” to Massachusetts, USA. The card with one corner crease and some light toning, scarce

1913/33 (ca.), Hall of Classics specialized assembly of around 80 covers and cards, interesting usages with some combination and large multiple frankings, destinations abroad with Germany, France, Bangkok, etc., some maritime mail with Paquebot handstamp, registered and express mail, routing via Siberia, etc., mixed condition

1926/49 (ca.), Chinese Republic specialized accumulation of around 120 covers and cards, including Postage Dues, noted a wealth of multiple- and combination frankings, inland and foreign mail, many issues represented and usages with various postal rates, etc., conditions varies as expected, interesting specialist lot

1912/20 (ca.), Chinese Republic early years, group of 13 covers and cards, noted 1 c. overprinted coiled dragon (x4) used with “PEKING” to 1913 postcard to Italy with unusual “ITALY = VIA SIBERIA” straight-line marking, also some stampless mail, printed matter, etc., together with 5 postcards franked with Japanese issues with cds. "TIENTSIN", “DAIREN”, etc., overall in good condition

1902, Coiling Dragons ½ c. and 1 c. ochre, two singles of each value, tied by cds “KIAOCHOW 27 DEC 02” to postal stationery card 1 c. to Germany with additional Kiautschou 5 pfg. applied for foreign outbound despatch, very fine. A most appealing multicolour combination franking

1934/49 (ca.), Chinese Airmail attractive accumulation of over 120 covers with a wealth of interesting usages and postal rates, multiple- and combination frankings, censored airmail, many better with 1937 “HONG KONG - SAN FRANCISCO RECEIVED - FIRST FLIGHT” handstamp on registered cover from “SHANGHAI 26 4 37”, scarce 1948 Martyr of Revolution 50 c. on ½ c. brown bloc of 20 with additional franking used to reverse of envelope to the provincial department of education in Wuchang, inland airmail franked at 63 cents from “PAHSIEN CHUNGKING” to Shanghai, 1947 incoming mail from Tientsin to British Occupation Zone in Germany with censor paper seal and mark, etc., somewhat mixed condition as to be expected. A most useful specialist lot

1903, Coiling Dragon 2 c. red, pair tied on double rate redband cover by fancy type cancel from Great P.O. Tsing Laichow Province Shantung 28th year 12th month 17th day, transit mark mark Kiangchow alongside, to Weihsien with bilingual oval WEIHSIEN 7/JAN/1903 ds. and 4 x German P.O. "TSINGTAU KIAUTSCHOU 8/1/03" arrival mark, tiny crease, otherwise fine. The cover with content is forwarded by Huangyuan Yong to Tsingtau Tapautau, attractive and scarce

1898, C.I.P. 1 c. reply card from Tsinanfu, uprated coiling dragon 1 c. and 2 c. tied lunar dater CHINAN 7.3.06, bilingual CHINAN 7.3.06 and french SHANG-HAI CHINE 14/MARS/06 alongside, to Magdeburg Germany with arrival mark 19.4.06, fine

1888, 20 c. carmine-rose, unissued Horse & Dragon, unused part original gum, small h.r., bright color, light vertical crease, otherwise fine appearance, these stamps were printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. but were never issued (Chan F16) signed Gebr. Senf Leipzig and Holcombe

1964, 15th PRC Anniversary, 8 f. complete strip of three (folded vertically between stamps), neatly tied with additional franking on reverse to envelope to Lalitpur, Nepal with arrival cds., president Mao quote imprint at upper left “what is most feared in the world is the word serious. The Communist Party is the one that values the word serious the most”. Fine and scarce usage

1950/74, group of eleven covers, some better frankings with 1973 Giant Panda complete set (Mi.-Nr. 1126-1131) tied by cds. “SHANGHAI 74 8 11” to airmail envelope to Pakistan, 1971 Parisian Commune Mi.-Nr. 1070 pair on envelope, etc., some occasional faults, overall in good condition, an interesting lot

1971/75, 8 inland single franking covers, including 50th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party Mi.-Nr. 1080, overall in fine condition

1950/2017 (ca.), assembly of over 130 covers and cards, some interesting frankings throughout, mixed condition 

1965, People´s Army, four values tied to unaddressed FDC envelope, slightly stained at top otherwise very fine, together with Women in the workforce five values on unaddressed FDC, very fine

1950, Soviet-Chinese Friendship, 400 d.-800 d. complete set with Postal Conference 400 d., all First Printing with additional franking to airmail envelope to Switzerland, except for some occasional minor perf toning in very fine condition, scarce

1949/97, in the beginning mostly used, later from 1977 to 1997 in the main catalogue numbers complete mint never hinged collection, starting with early sets and issues, incl. e.g. souvenir sheets Mi.-Nr. Bl. 5, 6 and 7 used, 977/78 and 997/98 used, from here only MNH incl. 1006 and 1074-82 incl. strip of three, 1083-1134, 1135-39 as strip of five, later from 1977-97 in the main catalogue numbers complete MNH incl. souvenir sheets 11-83, good and fresh condition, in four albums

1951, 2nd Anniversary of the People´s Republic Founding, 100 d.- 800 d. (400 d. two singles), complete set neatly tied to reverse of an airmail envelope to the Yaroslav Oblast in USSR, on front transit cds. “LENINGRAD ”, very fine

1950/2022 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with some duplicates, sheetlets and presentation booklet, some reprints noted, together with a small part of Hong Kong and early Republic of China, mostly very fine, in two stockbooks

1969/71, 6 covers including four inland single frankings, some better with Invincible Chinese People Mi.-Nr. 1040 and 1042, 100th Anniversary Parisian Commune Mi.-Nr. 1070 pair, etc., overall in fine condition, scarce (ex Mi.-Nr. 877-1070)

1950, First PRC Anniversary, First Printing 100 d. two singles and horizontal pair, 2000 d. three singles together with additional franking, tied by cds. “SHANGHAI 51 1 16” to registered envelope via Hong Kong to London, minor franking faults of no importance, fine and scarce usage

1970, Defence of the Homeland 4 f. in vertical pair, scarce perforation type 10:11½, tied by cds. to reverse of an envelope with imprint “Wuhan Automobile Standard Parts, Guanshan, Wuchang”, the pair with a vertical paper pre-fold, still fine, most unusual

1967/68, 5 single franking inland envelopes, some better with Mao´s Thesis Mi.-Nr. 966, 18th PRC Anniversary Mi.-Nr. 993, Five-Year Plan  Mi.-Nr. 965, etc., overall in fine condition, scarce group of Cultural Revolution covers (ex Mi.-Nr. 965-1028)

1967, Mao´s Poems, 8 f. tied by cds. to inland illustrated envelope, fine, in addition three envelopes with single frankings from the 1967 Poem issues, usual quality, scarce Cultural Revolution mail