383rd Auction

1898, Coiling Dragons 2 c., horizontal pair with left gutter, tied by cds. "HANKOW" to postcard to Wien, Chinese cds. "SHANGHAI", forwarded to the French PO at the port treaty, with 1894 10 c. tied by cds. "SHANGHAI CHINE 3 JUIN 1903" repeated alongside, arrival cds. "WIEN 7 7 01"; one 2 c. with a few shorts perfs, still very fine

1872, 2½ pia. dark violet, fresh colours, tied by cds. "POSTE KEDEVIE EGIZIANE CAIRO 7 73" repeated alongside, to envelope to Wien, adjacent strike of the straightline "Franca" in italic (payment according to the Austro-Egyptian postal convention in effect from 1868), arrival cds. "WIEN 22 7 73". A fine, correctly franked at 2½ piasters and scarce cover 

1905, postal stationery card 10 g. (H&G-Nr. 10), together with 1905 10 on ½ g. used with cds. "ADIS ABEBA 13 III 1905", sent to Wien, transit cds. "HARAR 26 3 5", with French Somali Coast 1903 10 c. tied by cds. "DJIBOUTI COTE FRANse DES SOMALIS 29 MARS 05", boarded on French paquebot to Marseilles, arrival cds. "WIEN 14.4.05". Card with a light corner crease away from the indicum, still a very fine and scarce mixed franking

"JERUSALEM PALESTIN R", boxed registration postmark (Bale-Nr. RC-T6) on registered postcard to Wien, with 1892 10 p. dark green (2) and 1 pia. grey-blue tied by bilingual cds. "JERUSALEM AVR 9 98" (Bale-Nr. 774), arrival cds. "WIEN 19/4 98". A very fine, delightful and very scarce use of the registration handstamp

1927/48 (ca.), group of seven airmail covers all addressed to Wien, Austria, with multiple, registered and multicolour frankings, fine to very fine