380th Auction

1898/1909, Coiling Dragon 4 c. brown tied by black oval dater "PEKING" on postal stationery card 1 c. via Shanghai in combination franking French PO 10 c. tied by cds. "SHANGHAI 22.01.01" to Germany with arrival mark, fine

1932, Sven Hedin Expedition 1 c.-10 c., complete set tied by cds. "PEIPING 19 2 33" to a registered envelope to Stockholm, with adjacent red registration label, on reverse 20 c. and 25 c. tied by a further strike, cover signed on the back flap by Sven Hedin himself and send to his sister Alma, also a complete set used, very fine

Incoming Mail: 1899, Crown/Eagle 5 pfg. with four other stamps from Bavaria, Wurttemberg, Austria and Switzerland each with postmark "KONSTANZ 27.2.99" on cover with framed "Bodenschiffspost" via London and Hong Kong and on reverse large Canton dollar chop circular datestamp of 1.APR.99 to Wuchow with arrival mark "IMPERIAL POST OFFICE WUCHOW 2.APR.1899", fine

1915, Postcard 1 c. green with cds. "KIRIN" as POW card 1918 to Germany with adjacent diamond shaped "CENSORED" and circle "PASSED BY CENSOR 490", corners a bit round, fine and scarce (Han12)

1911, Coiling dragon 3 p. on 1 c. – 2 r. on 2 $, unused with freh original gum, very fine; a rare set in this condition.

1911, Coiling dragon 3 p. on 1 c. – 12 a. on 50 c. and 2 r. on 2 $, unused with original gum, fine/very fine

1900, China Coiling Dragon 10c. dark green (2) tied by cds. "HANKOW 12 JAN 00" to reverse of a registered envelope to Lyon, France, Chinese cds. "SHANGHAI" on transit, then passed on to the French Offices in Shanghai with 50c. carmine on rose applied on front, tied by cds. "SHANGHAI 19 JANV. 00", further strike along, arrival cds. "LYON RHONE 24 FEV. 00"; very fine and scarce mixed franking

"MSP No.46 17.12.00" (SMS Hansa) auf Deutsches Reich Germania Reichspost 10 Pfg. auf chinesischer Ganzsachenkarte 1 C. mit Zusatzfrankatur Drache 1 und 2 C. je mit Stempel "CHEFFOO 14.DEC.00" als Doppelfrankatur mit rückseitig viel Text (datiert Cheffo 14.12.00) und mehrfach übergehenden MSP-Stempel nach Deutschland mit Ankunftsstempel, Karte mit Eckbügen bzw. kleine Fehlstelle sowie Alterungsspuren, sonst in guter Gesamterhaltung, nicht häufige Mischfrankatur

1878/2012, mostly used collection from Mi.-Nos. 1-3 on three album pages, plus PR China in bags etc.

1878/88(ca.), unused and used collection from Large Dragon 3C. used, furthermore two values Red Revenue, People's Republic Mi.-No. 534-45 used, 1126-31 unused, as well as postage stamps, Manchuria, slightly different condition

1880/2000 (ca.), Imperial China, Republic, PRC and Taiwan, comprehensive used and unused balance on stockpages/album pages, from a Large Dragon 1ca. green unused, also incl. a basic collection of Taiwan in three Lighthouse hingeless binders 1945/1989.

1900/90 (ca.), stockbook with duplicates of unused and used stamps, postal stationery and covers incl. some Taiwan, including nine values from the 1963 landscape issue, plus stamps and souvenir sheets from the 1990 vintage mint and used in the album of preprinted pages

1911, 50 unused and used values, including 2 pieces 2 R., plus 4 values China with Tibetan postmarks.

1949/2002, Chinese stamps used and unused on presentation books, including early PCR later printings, better items such as 1958 Tien An Men 8f. carmine souvenir sheet (upper margin stuck to the album page), Beijing 2002 large booklet presentation, 1993 booklet, etc., condition mostly very fine

FAUNA u. FLORA: 1930/65 (approx.), mint and somewhat unused collection with good issues like V.R. China Mi.-Nos. 534-45, 546-50, 570-75, 577-82, 583-88, 689-98, 726-35, 736-38A+B, 741-43A+B etc.