CHINA - Germany, 1916 Chinese 4c Junk stationery card designed for use by P.O.W. sent from Tientsin to Germany. Text reflects an attempt to locate an individual in China conducted by the Danish Red Cross. Card was sent via Manchuria and St Petersburg where was censored. Very attractive and rare usage of this POW stationery cards. Photo. Est. 1,000 - 1,500 CHF
Auction #18 - Asia
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China Empire, PRC, Japan & Occupation, Foreign Post Offices, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Southern Asia, Russian-Japanese War, Tibet, Yemen and more
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Lot #202 - china – prisoner of war covers
CHINA: POW mail, 1917 Red Cross POW preprinted envelope sent from Tientsin to Silong Shum Chun (Canton). Reverse shows note in manuscript " G.Z. Local council Tsijun - government Harkov" and various Chinese transit marks. Very interesting cover. Photo. Est. 100 - 150 CHF
Lot #203 - china – prisoner of war covers
Internee Mail - Turkey, 1918 Chinese 1ct stationery card uprated with 1/2c Junk issue cancelled by blue crayon showing bilingual framed handstamp "Correspondence des / prisoners de Guerre" in combination with HAILUNG*ZENSUR handstamp alongside. On reverse HULFSTATION*TIENTSIN Red Cross cachet. Exceptional card to extremely rare destination. Photo. Est. 500 - 700 CHF
Lot #204 - china – prisoner of war covers
Internee Mail - Germany, 1918 unfranked postcard showing bilingual framed handstamp "Correspondence des / prisoners de Guerre" sent from Wan Schow Sze - Peking, censored. British P.C. circular handstamp and Dutch Red Cross from Den Haag cachet alongside. Very fine. Photo. Est. 200 - 300 CHF
Lot #205 - china – prisoner of war covers
Internee Mail - Austria, 1918 unfranked postcard via Siberia to Austria showing bilingual framed handstamp "Correspondence des / prisoners de Guerre" sent from Wan Schow Sze - Peking segmented bilingual cds. Austrian triangular censor handstamp alongside. Very fine. Photo. Est. 200 - 300 CHF
Lot #206 - china – prisoner of war covers
Internee Mail - Croatia, 1918 unfranked Peking postcard (small tear at the top) sent from Wan Schow Sze to Croatia showing bilingual framed handstamp "Correspondence des / prisoners de Guerre", despatch Peking segmented bilingual cds. Two British censor marks and Austrian triangular censor handstamp alongside. Very fine. Photo.
Est. 200 - 300 CHF
Lot #207 - china – prisoner of war covers
CHINA: Incoming P.O.W. mail - POW preprinted envelope sent from German POW at Berrima cam Australia, censored. Arrival British P.O. Chefoo cds on reverse. Rare origin destination. Photo. Est. 150 - 250 CHF
Lot #208 - china – prisoner of war covers
Internee Mail - Austria, 1919 Junk 1ct stationery card tied by bilingual framed handstamp "Correspondence des / prisoners de Guerre" in combination with Wan Schow Sze Lager censor cachet. Dutch transit Gravenhage machine date stamp alongside. Back shows Dutch Red Cross Information Bureau Den Hag cachet. Very rarely Chinese stationery cards was used by P.O.W. camps cachets. Exceptional quality. Photo.
Est. 750 - 1,000 CHF
Lot #209 - china – prisoner of war covers
Internee Mail - Russia, 1919 unfranked postcard sent to Czech - Slavs brigade headquarter at Vladivostok where was censored by Russian military authorities. Alongside showing bilingual framed handstamp "Correspondence des / prisoners de Guerre" sent from Wan Schow Sze & Peking Chinese segmented bilingual cds. Rare correspondence to the Czech - Slavs brigade. Very fine. Photo. Est. 300 - 400 CHF
Lot #210 - china – prisoner of war covers
CHINA:P.O.W mail - 1942ca printed Red Cross P.O.W. envelope from Russian friend to an American P.O.W at Shanghai - Kiangwan, Japanese censor of Shanghai. Rare item. Photo. Est. 250 - 350 CHF
Lot #211 - china – incoming mail
BOSNIA 1908 Sarajevo postcard to Amoy, franked with 5h landscape issue tied by TPO SARAJEVO - BOS. BROD cds, transit VICTORIA*HONG KONG and arrival AMOY, redirected to Shanghai (in manuscript). Not found the recipient and sent back, showing note in manuscript "Inconnu an consulat / d'Allemagne et en ville" Chines script alongside. "RETOUR/A L'ENVOYEUR" applied. Very rare origin and usage. Photo.
Est. 300 - 400 CHF
Lot #212 - china – incoming mail
BRAZIL, 1895 illustrated 40R stationery card written at Limeira-Sao Paulo sent to "Chine Province de Foukian at Formose, Fou-Tcheon" showing French Paquet octagonal "LIGNE J*PAQ.FR.No 3" datestamp. "SINGAPORE *TO HONG KONG" transit and arrival FOOCHOWFOO cds alongside. Reverse shows Brasilian railway mark "1 TREM *D.A.-S.Paulo 24 T". Very attractive exhibition card. Photo. Est. 200 - 300 CHF
Lot #213 - china – incoming mail
BRAZIL, 1903 Cover to China to the member of German expeditionary force franked with 100r+200r Liberty Head tied by CONDUCTOERS PETROPILS cds. Letter was undelivered and forwarded to Dresden-Germany via France. Reverse shows transit Rio de Janeiro and Chinese bilingual Shanghai cds. SHANG-HAI*CHINE despatch cds on the leg to Germany, Paris transit and arrival Dresden cds alongside. Very interspersing routing. Photo. Est. 200 - 300 CHF
Lot #214 - china – incoming mail
BULGARIA, 1912 uprated registered stationery card sent from Varna via Ruse to Hong Kong. Undelivered and sent back via Yokohama (Japan). Scarce destination and routing. Photo. Est. 200 - 300 CHF
Lot #215 - china – incoming mail
CHILE, 1900 S.M.S. Geier picture postcard (vertical fold) sent to German Consul at Tsintau, franked with 5c blue Columbus issue tied by Talcahuan cds, Shanghai German P.O. arrival alongside. Scarce origin. Photo. Est. 100 - 200 CHF
Lot #216 - china – incoming mail
DJIBOUTI, 1901-04 postcard sent to Hankow through French postal system HAN-KOEU CHINE*POSTE FRANCAISE applied on arrival. In addition newspaper to Shanghai bearing departure DJIBOUTI cds and boxed P.P. handstamp. An attractive pair. Photo.
Est. 200 - 300 CHF
Lot #217 - china – incoming mail
EGYPT, 1905-07 cover and a picture postcard sent to Peking and Shanghai showing variety of Chinese transit and arrival postmarks. Interesting pair. Photo.
Est. 200 - 300 CHF
Lot #218 - china – incoming mail
FRANCE, 1903 postcard to Canton showing CANTON arrival cds, not found recipient and sent back bearing bilingual with Chines script INCONU handstamp. Very scarce. Photo. Est. 100 - 200 CHF
Lot #219 - china – incoming mail
CHINA -incoming from Germany 1895-96, two incoming registered parcel cards
from Germany, franked with various German definitives, from Bremen addressed to Peking or Shanghai, each with fancy wax seal and value declaration. Uncommon items. F.-VF.
Est. 300 - 400 CHF.
Lot #220 - china – incoming mail
CHINA - Incoming Mail, 1902 cover sent from Gibraltar to London following the traveler where was redirected to Mexico. From Mexico cover was redirected to China and Via Tientsin where was 10c C.I.P. stamp applied and cancelled sent to the recipient at Shanghai.Very nice and usual routing. Photo. Est. 250 - 350 CHF
Lot #221 - china – incoming mail
GREAT BRITAIN, 1879 cover sent from Plymouth franked with QV 6d (pl#16, SG 147) to China Inland Mission Shanghai. Hong Kong transit on reverse. Front shows manuscript notation "Rece. July 4th / Silver Island / May 7th / 1879" - SILVER ISLAND on the Yangtse near Chin Kiang, remarkable destination at this (or any other) time. Photo.
Est. 750 - 1,000 CHF
Lot #222 - china – incoming mail
GREAT BRITAIN, 1911 postcard from Manchester to Dairen - Manchuria written in Japanese, showing very clear "I.J.P.O. 2 CHANGCHUN - MUKDEN *SOUTH MANCHURIA" railway violet oval. Nice and attractive. Photo.
Est. 200 - 300 CHF
Lot #223 - china – incoming mail
GREAT BRITAIN, 1917 cover sent to Shanghai , roughly opened at the top, franked with 1c KGV tied by Finsbury machine cancellation. Upon arrival at Shanghai forwarded to Swatow showing very rare, unrecorded by Webb, boxed "12 CENTS TAX" postage due mark. Photo. Est. 400 - 500 CHF
Lot #224 - china – incoming mail
HUNGARY 1899 uprated illustrated stationery card to Peking send via Odessa-Russia and Hong Kong cds alongside. Picture side shows SHANGHAI blue dollar chop transit and PEKING with customs excised arrival cds. Unusual routing. Photo.
Est. 150 - 200 CHF
Lot #225 - china – incoming mail
HUNGARY, 1911 postcard from Panchova to Chinwantao, routed via "I.J.P.O. 2 CHANGCHUN - MUKDEN *SOUTH MANCHURIA" railway violet oval, alongside Mukden transit and arrival CHINWANTAO bilingual cds. Nice and attractive.
Photo. Est. 200 - 300 CHF
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