1914, junk 1 C., 3 C. tied two-line violet "FROM STEAMERS LETTER BOX", also "NANKING ?.5.14" via "SHANGHAI 16 MAY 20" to ppc "Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, Hankow" to Kansas City MO./USA. Ostensibly posted to a river steamers letter box. Catalog Price 100.00
30th International Auction
By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 30th International Auction
Christoph Gärtner is holding a large and diverse auction with Rarities and gems. The auction starts with all world Single Lots with the usual stronger ASIA, Middle East, Africa Americas and all European countries. Germany, German States an German colonies including interesting items. Thousands of Collections are on offer as well as other type of philatelic material in over 16000 lots spread over four days. ASIEN - ASIA ÜBERSEE - OVERSEAS: A - Z THEMATIK - THEMATICS FLUGPOST, ZEPPELIN & SCHIFFSPOST EUROPA - EUROPE: A - Z ALTDEUTSCHLAND - GERMAN STATES DEUTSCHES REICH - PRIVATPOST DT. AUSLANDSPOSTÄMTER - KOLONIEN - ZENSURPOST DEUTSCHLAND vor 1945 - GERMANY before 1945 DEUTSCHLAND nach 1945 - GERMANY after 1945 ANSICHTSKARTEN - PICTURE POSTCARDS NACHLÄSSE, WUNDERKARTONS – COLLECTIONS
Lot #229 - China
1914, junk 4 C. tied "TIENTSIN1 7.11.27" (Nov. 27, 1918) to ppc "Souvenir Post Card / Mailed at Public Gardens, Tientsin, China, on Occasion of / Entertainment to Allied Troops / given by H. E. Tsao Jui, Civil governor of Chihli Province in / Celebration of VICTORY and PEACE. November, 1918" to Paris. Mentioning the celebrations on reverse. Toning and some creases, an unusual document of WWI ally China. Catalog Price 300.00
Lot #230 - China
1914, junk 8 C., pair tied boxed dater "Yunan Homengtsz 6.4.12" (April 12, 1917) to reverse of cover via "LIKIANG" and "TENGYUEH" to Paris/France, endorsed "via Vietnam and Singapore to France", Burma route Catalog Price 800.00
Lot #231 - China
1914, junk 10 C. pair, 5 C. tied "PEKING 12.1.16" (Jan. 16, 1923" to envelope of "MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS/PEKING" to International Radio Telegraph Union Switzerland (ITU), transit London and arrival "BERN 27.II.23", english repair seals with LONDON tie marks Catalog Price 700.00
Lot #232A - China
1915 (24.1.), two postcards bearing junk 1c orange + 3c blue-green both used from SHASI to Sweden with several transitmarks incl. Hankow, Shanghai and Norrköping, unusual destination Catalog Price 100.00
Lot #232B - China
1916 (14.7.), censored cover with single 10c junk stamp used from Shanghai to Husqvarna/Sweden with several transitmarks on reverse incl. scarce TPO markings 'BUREAU AMBULANT No. 7 PUKOWKU-TIENTSIN' (16.7.) and 'BUREAU AMBULANT NO. 1 PEKING-MOUKDEN' (18.7.), Manchouli (21.7.), Petrograd (11.8.), Husqvarna (9.9.) etc., small marginal blemishes Catalog Price 300.00
Lot #232 - China
1915, US 5 C. used on cover (battered, faults) from Galveston/Tx. to Shanghai/China, repaired by repair seals tied by two strikes of boxed bilingual violet "Received in that Condition" on front/reverse, forwarded to Manila Hotel, Manila/Philippines w. hotels arrival mark on reverse, Catalog Price 200.00
Lot #233 - China
1917, BURMA OVERLAND MAIL, 2 C green and 8 C brown-orange, tied by vernacular date stamp, addressed to Paris endorsed "overland via Bharmo", routed via Linkiang and chinese-burmese border office TENG-YUEH. Very scarce postal history item from the Tibetian Yunnan Plateau. F/VF condition. Catalog Price 800.00
Lot #234 - China
1920/23, flood surcharges (6 C. RC), postal jubilee 10 C., junks 4 C., 6 C. and reaper 15 C. each ovpt. "SPECIMEN", mounted mint (commemorative NG) Catalog Price 100.00
Lot #235 - China
1921, state posts 25 years, 6 C. with junks 1 C., 3 C. tied machine type "PEKING 23 APR 24" to cover to France w. "ST. MANDE 10-5 24" backstamp, flap shows green/white bilingual embossing of "MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS . PEKING ." Catalog Price 100.00
Lot #236 - China
1923, constitution 1 C. (horizontal margin strip-3), 4 C., 6 C. each tsamp tied "PEKING(2) 6 NOV 23" to reverse of cover via Harbin to France w. "CASTRES 21 11" arrival. Catalog Price 60.00
Lot #237 - China
1923, 2 C./3 C. green, a top left corner margin imprint sheet number control number block-50 (10x5), mint never hinged MNH. Also single copy ovpt. "SPECIMEN" and two covers: x5 used "PEKING 8 MAR 23" to Paris resp. mixed frank with junk 4 C. grey (pair) tied "HANKOW 23 APR 24" to Scotland. (M) Catalog Price 100.00
Lot #238 - China
1926 cover used Shanghai locally first but re-directed to Manchester, England, franked by junk 1c. orange (local rate) tied by Shanghai dater, as re-directed to foreign country a boxed cachet "Complementary postage/to be collected (22½) ctms." (value in m/s) was applied, franked at arrival (6 Dec 1926) by 2d. and ½d. GB postage due stamps and with black "2D/466" tax mark added by '½' in m/s. A fine and very uncommon cover. Catalog Price 150....
Lot #239A - China
1928 (14.6.), registered cover bearing horiz. pair of 13c brown rice-farmer used from CHANGSHA via Harbin (25.6.) to Oslo/Norway with part arrival pmk. on reverse, unusual destination Catalog Price 80.00
Lot #239B - China
1929, registered express cover with 45c postage on both sides (20c rice-farmer on front and junk 4c olive (5), 4c grey + 1c orange on reverse) used from MUKDEN/Manchuria (Feng Yung University) via Siberia to Hanau/Germany with german reg. label 'Vom Ausland über Bahnp. 4.' and arrival cds. on reverse (27.2.29), scarce Catalog Price 100.00
Lot #239 - China
1923, junk 5 C., 10 C. (9, strips-5 and -4) tied "SHANGHAI 16.6.30" to registered air mail cover endorsed "Via Siberia Airmail / Par Avion d'Irkutsk à Berlin" with s. l. "PAR AVION DE IRKUTSK" to Tepliz-Schönau (Teplice), CSR. Russian transit label and "MOSCOU 30.6.30", also "BERLIN L2 30.6.30" and boxed red Berlin C2 air mail transport confirmation hs. From law office to "Anglo-Czechoslovakian Bank", early commercial air mail usage. Catalog...
Lot #240 - China
1930/33, 1 C./3 C. green resp.1 C./4 C. olive, each bottom right corner margin imprint sheet number control number block-50 (10x5), mint never hinged MNH. Plus 1 C./3 C. green vertical strip-3, pos 2 variety "broken C", unused mounted mint. (M) Catalog Price 100.00
Lot #241 - China
1931, 3 x 30 C reaper, 1 $ hall of classic and 30 C airmail double-decker, mixed franking on registered illustrated Eurasia Flight Commemorating cover from Peiping, with special pictorial commemorating cancel, sent to Chinese Consulate in Berlin, Germany. Inside the cover complete handwritten letter. VF condition. (T) Catalog Price 250.00
Lot #242 - China
1932/33, airmail 50 C. with SYS 5 C., $2 and martyr 20 C. total $2.75 rate tied "Tungchwan Chungking 28.1.26" (Jan 26, 1939) to airmail cover (vertical bend not affecting stamps) to Frankfurt/Germany Catalog Price 60.00
Lot #243A - China
1932, registered missionary cover bearing stamps on reverse incl. junk 4c olive 'block of three' and 1 on 3c blue-green used from Kanchow/Kansu adressed to explorer Sven Hedin in Peiping with arrival pmk. on reverse and KAULAN (LANCHOW) transitmark on front, marginal blemishes incl. small closed tear at top nevertheless an unusual cover and document! Catalog Price 150.00
Lot #243 - China
1932/40, covers (5 inc. registration, censorship and one 5 C. frank with air mail label and endorsed in red "par avion per Capitain von Gronau's flying boat" to HK with arrival), also a front cover; and printed matter card 5 C. rate with ki-hei ovpt. tied "HARBIN 2.10.20". Total 7 items. Catalog Price 100.00
Lot #244 - China
1934, official stampless registered cover "ON POSTAL SERVICE" from DO of Posts Nanking to Tallinn/Estonia, on reverse "SHANGHAI 20..34" and arrival 27/28.8.34. Two large bilingual lacquer seal of the Ministry. (T)
Lot #245 - China
1937 (Feb 23) Harvie, Cooke & Co Shanghai cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne with P.O. “Via Hanoi” in red, franked $1.25 for K.L.M. service from Hanoi, backstamped Melbourne. Catalog Price 50.00
Lot #246 - China
1937 (Mar-Jun) Harvie, Cooke & Co Shanghai covers to Henry B Smith Melbourne, earlier endorsed “By Imperial Air Line/From HONGKONG” and with P.O. “By I.A.L.” handstamp, 50c solo franking, backstamped Hong Kong, Melbourne, later with “Via Hanoi” handstamp, 75c rate, backstamped Canton, Melbourne, (2). Fine pair. Catalog Price 100.00
Lot #247 - China
1937/47, Group of five First Flight covers, with 1937 Hankow-Hong Kong (2), 1947 Shanghai-San Francisco, Shanghai to Guam, and Shanghai-Midway, various frankings, fine. (T) Catalog Price 70.00
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