388th Auction

1879/83, UPU stationery card 15 (femton) green, neatly used with cds “STOCKHOLM 15 10 90” to Shanghai with transit and arrival cds “SHANGHAI NO 24 90 LOCAL POST”, tiny closed teared at bottom and negligible edge faults, still fine. A very rare card, being the convergence of a most unusual use to an elusive destination

1866, Treaty Ports: Shanghai, United Kingdom entire letter from London to Shanghai, cancelled 'Lombard Street / F.O./ Paid / MAR/10/66' cds. in red, endorsed "via Marseilles" on top left. For Late Fee only 1 d. red cancelled and 1/4 d. prepaid in cash by red crayon. Sent via “Care of Messrs. John Burd & Co., Hong Kong”. File fold at bottom, otherwise fine and an unusual entire. The addressee, John Anderson Esq. Mess. W.R. Adamson Co. Shanghai, formed his firm, exporting tea, silk and general merchandise in 1858 in Shanghai and became Chinas greatest export company for tea and silk. In PROFI archive no other forwarding agent covers John Burd Co. to Shanghai recorded.

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

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, 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)

1899/1909, small group of used, together with two covers and one card from Hankow and Shanghai, mixed condition