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CHINA-TREATY PORTS. SHANGHAI LOCAL POST |
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"Shanghai 1893 local red-band envelope bearing on front red “PAID” in circle, Shanghai Local Post in Blue on back, fine " |
£85
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"CHINA/BELGIUM. 1900 Belgian PPC (vignette of negro of Congo) bearing 10c. tied Roulers cds. of Nov. 3. Addressed to 2nd Officer on SS “Belge Patrie” c/o Belgian Consul at Taku. Also on the address side are cds. for “Singapore to Hong Kong” (code B) Dec. 2? marine sorter, Tientsin 24/12, “Shanghai Local Post” 16/1/01, and an indistinct chop overwritten “Due”. The card is endorsed to be returned to Antwerp. On the “picture” side are cds of Shanghai 17/1 (British PO) and Hong Kong 22/1. " |
£65
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CHINA: DRAGONS AND DOWAGER ISSUES. 1878-1897 |
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"Large Dragon. SG Thin Paper 1ca green, “Break below C of Candarin” (cliche 16) fine used with complete Tientsin seal " |
£200
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"CHIN LARGE DRAGON SG1 1878-83 Thin paper 1ca green, “small frame break under right-hand 1”, fresh used. " |
£90
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"CHINA-LARGE DRAGONS SG2 1878-83 Thin Paper 3ca, variety “broken right-hand claw”, fresh used with complete Tientsin small seal in black, rare. " |
£160
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CHINA LARGE DRAGONS SG Thin Paper 5ca Orange fresh used with some shortish perfs. |
£55 |
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"CHINA-LARGE DRAGONS. SG9 1878-83 Thicker Paper, clean-cut perforations 5ca chrome-yellow showing “Break in left-hand frame line in centre”, very fresh used with part blue Peking seal. " |
£95 |
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SMALL DRAGONS. SGca rough perforation 12.5 with “Jupp” dot left of left 1 (Ma 13i) used with trimmed perf at right. |
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"CHINA-SMALL DRAGONS SGca. MAUVE VFU with a light blue “CUSTOMS/NING PO” double ring CDS, in blue for FEB 16/91. SCARCE. " |
£45 |
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SMALL DRAGON. SGca clean-cut perf 11.5-12 with “Jupp” dot left of left 1 (Ma 19L) light toning mint |
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SMALL DRAGON. SGca clean-cut perf. 11.5-12 with “Jupp” dot left of left1 (Ma 19L) fresh mint. |
£20 |
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"CHINA-SMALL DRAGONS SG13 var. Chan 19g 1885-88 1ca Small Dragon clearly showing Broken frames at top left and lower left, fine used, an exceedingly good used example. " |
£250 |
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"Small Dragon. SGca olive-yellow perf. 11.5-12, a worn printing fresh mint, lightly hinged. " |
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Dowager. SGca brown-orange. trimmed perfs. at base fresh mint |
£35 |
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"Dowager SGca rose-carmine with curious perf. fault at top. very fresh mint, Cat £100 " |
£45 |
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Dowager. SG37e 1897 Small Figures 1/2c on 3c “2 and fraction bar omitted.” fresh used |
£300 |
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"DOWAGER. SG 65b 1897 30c on 24ca large figures surcharge on second printing variety “30” 2mm above cents instead of 1mm, a fresh mint example of this rare and popular stamp. " |
"£2,750" |
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"CHINA-LARGE DRAGONS SG7-9 Thicker paper, rough perforations 1ca, 3ca and 5ca very fresh used. " |
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CHINA: RED REVENUE SURCHARGES OF 1897 |
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"China Red Revenue SG93d 1897 2c on 3c variety inverted “S” in “Cents” (pos. 15), tiny central thin unused without gum. " |
£200 |
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"China Red Revenue SG93f 1897 2c on 3c variety comma for stop (position 5) fresh mint., Cat.£500 " |
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CHINA - IMPERIAL POST OFFICE 1878-1948 |
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"GB/China/Double Rate Postage Due. 1930 (21/10) Underpaid cover from Shanghai to London bearing Junk 4c (2), 1c/3c (2) giving a rate of 10c. From the 1st July 1930 the international rate was increased to 15c giving a deficiency of 5c. At the time 100 gold centimes equalled 60 Chinese cents giving a short payment of 8 1/3 gold centimes which at double deficiency = 16 2/3 g.c. The nearest GB rate was 1 1/2d. so charged in Postage Due adhesives. Both of the cachets, “Shanghai T” and “Tasce 16 2/3 centimes” would appear to have originated in Shanghai. A rare Cover. " |
£275 |
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CHINA SHANGHAI POSTAGE DUE TO HOLLAND 1932 Postal Stationery card 2 cent GREEN upgraded with SG269 1 CENT YELLOW & SG272 5 CENT MAUVE. Tied by SHANGHAI CDS “PAID”. TAXED with BOXED T 10 CTMS” (BROWN) in DIAMOND APPLIED in SHANGHAI. Addressed to AMSTERDAM. Fine and Scarce. |
£125 |
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"China. SG193 1912 Customs Statistical Dept., Shanghai overprint 1c ochre in bottom marginal gutter block of 4 fresh unmounted mint. " |
£15 |
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"GB/CHINA/POSTAGE DUE. 1934 Cover from U.K. to China addressed to “The Queens Royal Regt. British Legation Guard, Peking. Underpaid and bearing 1932 CHINA POSTAGE DUE 20c tied Peiping ) CDS Unusual destination. " |
£80 |
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"China Surcharged Postage Due Cover. 1948 (23/7) Underpaid airmail cover from FooChow to Shanghai bearing SYS 1947 $10,000 (3), May’48 $5000 on $100 With large bilingual “T” and 1948 Postage Due! 1 x $30,000 on $1,000 x 2 x $10,000 on $300. Envelope printed from Canadian Red Cross Society. " |
£275 |
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"CHINA. SG119 1898 $5 Bean Goose with watermark, Waterlow punch hole at left denoting ‘a sample’ for their salesmen, rounded sw corner, mint lightly hinged. Rare. " |
£55
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"China. SG265 1912 Commemorating the Republic $5 slate very fresh mint. lightly mounted, scarce " |
£125
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"China. SG First Peking $5 black and scarlet fine mint, lightly hinged. " |
£120
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China. SG Unification of China set of 4 used. |
£24
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"CHINA. SG389/ Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, emblem with double circles set of 7 fine unmounted mint. " |
£35
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"China. SG New Life set of 4, $1 top marginal unmounted mint, others fresh mint. " |
£18
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"China. SG590 1941 Dr. Sun Yat Sen 17c olive-green, the key value in block of 4. unmounted mint. " |
£8
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China. SG Dr. Sun Yat Sen $5 lilac-grey rouletted 6 1/2 horizontal pair unused. |
£14
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China. SG Kwangtung Province $30 mauve fresh used. |
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China. SG Kwangtung Province $100 olive fresh used. |
£22
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"CHINA. SG Whistling Swans set of 4, fresh unused. " |
£55
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CHINA/POSTAGE DUES. |
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"POSTAGE DUE. SG D996 1948 $4000 on $100 variety4 with normal for comparison, mint. " |
£16
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH CHINA |
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"CENTRAL CHINA 1950 Red Band Cover to Macau bearing 1949 $500 (SGCC82) tied Canton CDS. Superb MACAU receiver, Scarce. " |
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"East China. SGEC336 1949 “Train and Postal Runner” $5 Block of 6 (3x2) the two left-hand pairs variety imperf between pair fine unused, never hinged. " |
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North China. SG NC Labour Day set of 5 both perf and imperf fresh unused. |
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"NORTH-WEST CHINA. SGNW82 Xinjiang 1949 UPU $1 of Nationalist China overprinted “People’s Post” in violet, a block of 4 fine used with Tihwa datestamp. Cat £440 " |
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MANCHUKUO |
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"MANCHUKUO “MORAL RAILWAY” CACHET 1936 Internal cover bearing 1934 1/2fen (2) and 1936 2 fen tied native CDS dated year 3 month 11, day 23, on the reverse, an extraordinary large purple, semi ILLUSTRATED handstamp, which reads “Moral of Travelling, RAILWAY BUREAU”. " |
£70
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"MANCHUKUO 1937 Cover to USA bearing 1934 10, 1936 5, 1937 5on4 fen tied Port Arthur CDS. " |
£85
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MANCHUKUO 1937 Cover to U.S.A. bearing 1934 20 fen tied Harbin CDS. |
£38
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"Manchukuo/STAMP DEALER. 1941 registered, censored cover from GERMAN stamp dealer in Harbin to Shanghai, franked by Enactment of Conscription Law set of 2 (3), censor tape at right and on back, very Scarce stamps on Cover. " |
£125 |
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Manchukuo 1942 Double REGISTERED COVER. Long envelope franked on back by 1f and 4 times 6f tied by neat despatch cds’s |
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China: First Day Covers. |
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CHINA-JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF SHANGHAI. 1942 FDC. 1st of AUG. S.G.8-11 Scott 97-100 on Printed Propagande Envelope. Fine condition & interesting write - up on Album page. |
£45 |
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PRC Year Book |
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1989 P.R.C. Yearbook complete. Mint. |
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The POSTAL STATIONERY of CHINA |
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"China-Postal Stationery 1924 1 1/2c Junk PSC bearing extra 1/2c, 3c, 10c, (the oversea 15c, Rate) tied by Pinglu, Shansi CDS 3.11.1931 with transit CDS of “Mastsingtu” adjacent. " |
£70 |
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CHINA; THE COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY. |
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"SOUTHERN CHINA 1903 PPC to France showing, per the message, a river boat taken for the return voyage from Ho Keou. Bearing C.I.P. 1/2c, 1c, 2c, 4c, 5c, tied three strikes of the scarce bilingual “HOKOW” CDS. (Hokow is situated on the northern border with Indo-China, the post office only commencing public service in Jan 1901). Scarce & Very attractive. " |
£95 |
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"CHINA 1906 (JUL) black and white postcard of Chefoo franked on front by Cviling Uragai 1/2c tied by German Tschifu deutsche Post cds, Russian P.O. 1K below tied by Bilingual Chinese Chefoo cds, fine. " |
£38 |
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"China 1910 Native envelope (letter enclosed) to Shanghai bearing CIP 1, 2c, each tied KAOYUCHOW CDS (KIANGSU). " |
£75 |
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"CHINA CENSORED COVER 1916 cover to Switzerland from Shameen with despatch cds’s, violet triangular handstamp. Russian censor tape and cachets. M/S’D Via Siberia. " |
£36 |
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"USA TO CHINA VIA INDO-CHINA China Inwards mail to Yunnan. 1916 (26/10) Uncensored Cover from NY to Tengyuch unusually sent via the Pacific to Shanghai (19/11). From there it went via Hanoi, Tonkin (1/12) to Hokow (3/12), Yunnanfu (4/12) and finally to Tengyuch (13/12). " |
£125 |
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"CHINA.CENSORED MAIL/CEYLON 1917 cover to Switzerland with contents, franked on back tied by Samshui cds’s, censer tape at top tied by violet straight-lineD BY THE CENSOR and by circular PASSED COLOMBO CENSOR (letter with same cachet). fine " |
£125 |
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"CHINA 1917 Censored env. to Denmark bearing SG277, 10 cent blue tied by HANKOW CDS routed via SIBERIA with RUSSIAN CENSOR LABEL & brown cachet censor NO. 144 in violet, Scarce. " |
£50 |
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"ARGENTINA TO CHINA inwards mail to Yunnan. 1919 (13/5) Reg’d cover from Argentina unusually routed via Genowa via (11/6) Bologna (1/8) and thence via Trains-Siberian Railway, to Paking (30/7) Shanghai (1/8) and Yunnanfu (22/8) to its destination at Tengyuch-a total journey time of 80 days. Very rare. " |
£175 |
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"China. 1921-22 accumulation of correspondence from an American in Fatshan to his friend in Philadelphia, including letter on printed patriotic paper, 1921 Christmas greetings card in cover with US customs handstamps, also 16 photographs of Fatshan and Hong Kong, five covers and letters, A fascinating lot. " |
£120 |
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"China. 1925 Stampless cover cancelled Square, with concave corners, dater DOMESTIC POSTAGE PAID SHANGHAI. Sent to Hankow with receipt on the reverse V. Fine. V. Scarce H/S. " |
£75
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CHINA 1930 LOCAL ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPE BEARING SG411 1 cent orange (4) tied by PEKING (7) C.D.S. Very attractive. |
£23
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"CHINA 1937 registered cover from Peiping to Cairo from a Mr. Lee of Peiping Union Medical College franked 10c and 40c Martyr tied by bilingual despatch, Venice and Naples transits and Cairo arrival backstamps. " |
£28
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"CHINA 1938 (18 May) registered cover to Tsingtao with Martyrs issues tied by special Agricultural show cancels of Changsha, very fine with registered recipt attached on reverse. " |
£95
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"China Accumulation/Correspondence of 10 airmail covers from late 1940s from Church of Sweden Mission,Hunan to Stockholm. with a fine variety of frankings with Gold Yuan and currency revaluations, some with Block of 4 or more fair to fine. " |
£150
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"CHINA to EGYPT 1940 Thomas Cook & Son. Ltd printed cover from Shanghai to same company in Alexandria franked by 50c perfined TC & S, Egyptian censor below with tape at left, transit and arrival backstamps, some slight tone spotting on front, scarce. " |
£70
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"CHINA/U.N. 1945 Long cover of the UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION with enclosed reply to vacancy application, bearing SYS $10 pair (SG 707) tied single Shanghai cds, sent locally to Kiangwan Air Base. " |
£36
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"1946 Cover bearing $20 Blue (5), $30 Purple imperf Strip of 5 tied Chinese CDS of Kiangse province dated 26.11.35. received 15 days later in Shanghai. " |
£50 |
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"The CHINESE TELEGRAPH Administration. Green Telegram Form, H/S’d “PEKING/Via Northern” with under remarks: -”NORTHERN DELAYED/ON RUSSIAN LINES”. " |
£15 |
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"CHINA 1930 Red band envelope sent airmail from Hankow to Shanghai bearing 4c, 1929 A/M 15c with scarce “Use Airmail” Slogan receipt (in Chinese). " |
£48 |
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"CHINA 1931 A/M cover from Hankow to Shanghai bearing Junk 4 cent (3, 1 missing) & 1929 A/M 15c. " |
£19 |
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"China to CANADA 1939 Formular printed Airmail envelope (uncatalogued) printed in blue with aeroplane upper left and usual 4 characters at left. Sent to TORONTO via Victoria, H.K. from Szechwan bearing SYS 25c (3) tied by 2 strikes of TUNGHSIEN/SZE bilingual CDS with further strike adjacent. " |
£30 |
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"CHINA. 1940 Registered Airmail cover to U.K. bearing Air 25c, 50c, $2 tied Shanghai CDS with Hong Kong transit. " |
£19 |
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"CHINA Mao Postcard People’s Republic: group of 10 glossy black and white cards, all depicting Mao in familiar dress, also including more unusual such as Mao in overcoat at seaside fine. " |
£60
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"FRENCH POs in CHINA 1907 POSTAL STATIONEY “CHINA” 10c Red LETTER CARD addressed to HANKOW, & cancelled HAN KEOV-CHINE/POSTE FRANCAISE C.T.O. very fresh. " |
£28
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"CHINA to MACAU 1933 (24/10) F/F Canton to Shanghai bearing SYS 45 (one on front, on on back) each tied by special cancel to CNAC illustrated envelope - re-addressed to MACAU. " |
£55
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French PO’s in China - Kwangchow 1936 Registered F/F with “Hanoi-Canton/escale de Fort Bayard” cachet. Sent to HK bearing “Kouang-Tcheou” optd Indochina 30c (SG92) tied Fort Bayard 14.2.36 cds. Similar cds on the reverse (17/2) together with Canton transit. |
£55
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"Kiaochow. SG6 1900 5pfg. on 10pf carmine, violet bar, fresh used (Mi IVb) " |
£40
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"Kiaochow. SG21 1901 No watermark 2m blue, NW corner marginal fresh mint. " |
£65
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Kiaochow. SG/2d carmine and black. 26x17 perf. holes fresh mint. |
£28
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"BOXER REBELION Propaganda Card Colour card depicting Chinese man dressed as a Western “Dandy”, inscribed ‘Ich Klau’ ‘Kiautschau’, very fine. " |
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CHINA RUSSIAN P.O.’s 1904 PPC bearing Kitai 2 kop (2) tied single cyrillic SHANGHAI CDS with another strike adjacent sent via BRITISH P.O./SHANGHAI to Vienna. |
£95
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"RUSSIAN POST OFFICES 1913 (6.8.) unsealed envelope to Constantinople franked by 2k Romanov as printed Matter rate tied by Russian cheefoo cds, red Via Siberia backstamp at top right, scarce. " |
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