China, 1873 envelope (opened out for display) from Peking (?) to Paris (7.7) via Hong Kong (22.5), showing on reverse "Custom House/Shanghai/Paid/17 May/1873" oval d.s. in red, and bearing on front Hong Kong 2c. brown and 8c. orange pair, cancelled by "S1" barred obliterator in blue, matching "Shanghae/A" c.d.s. of "My 17 73" (on reverse), showing "P.D" unframed h.s. and "Poss. Ang. V. Brind./a Mod." c.d.s. (7.7), both in red, adjacent...
Sale #44 - China and Other Asian Countries
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Nov 01, 2014 Asia/Hong_Kong
Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #44 - China and Other Asian Countries
Saturday Nov 01, 2014 09:30 to Tuesday Nov 04, 2014 16:00 Asia/Hong_Kong
Last date for bids:
Saturday Nov 01, 2014 08:00 Europe/London
Interasia’s November 1-4 auction of China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history will take place at the Excelsior Hotel in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. The four day, 4,500-lot sale includes another outstanding offering of China and Hong Kong stamps and postal history, with important Ching Dynasty and Republic, substantial postal history, and large offerings of both People’s Republic and Liberated Areas. Hong Kong and Treaty Ports alone comprises over 650 lots and includes a mint Q.V. 96c. olive-bistre.
November 1 Session (lots 1-1038) consists of China Ching Dynasty and Republic issues, as well as Chinese Provinces, Manchukuo and Japanese Occupation of China. Among the stamps, highlights include a lovely 1878(c.) Elephant essay, important Dowager and Dowager surcharge varieties, 1897 Red Revenue Small 2c. inverted surcharge mint block of four, 1c. reconstructed mint sheet of 100 (from four positional panes) and $5 inverted surcharge mint, and Provisional Neutrality overprints. The postal history includes an 1873 cover from the Vapereau correspondence with the “Customs House/Shanghai/Paid” dater, a very rare “Customs/Tamsuy” cover, a select offering of Small Dragon covers, and a new find of classic correspondence to Reverend J.N. Hayes.
November 3 Session (lots 4261-5145 from this catalogue) includes China Postal Stationery and Covers, Chinese Local Posts, Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia, Macau and other Asia.
November 4 Session (lots 6001-6281 from this catalogue) comprises the Dr. Bruce J. Lewin “U.S. Influence in China 1810-1948”, a study of mail to and from the U.S. and China, and Foreign Post Offices in China. Dr. Lewin’s collection includes a large offering of early mail to and from the Treaty Ports, an array of U.S. Agencies in Shanghai and Tientsin covers, with rare registration labels and Trans-Mississippi issue frankings, Customs Post and Imperial China usages, and outstanding U.S./Chinese Local Post combination covers.
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Lot #2 - China customs mail
China, 1880 (21 May) neat envelope to Paris (12.7) readdressed to Luc sur Mer in Calvados (14.7), showing on reverse "I.G. of Customs/Peking" double-ring origin d.s. in blue, "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring transit d.s. also in blue alongside, and bearing on front Hong Kong 1880 Provisional surcharge 10c. on 16c. yellow wing margin, ideally tied by "S1" barred obliterator, matching "Shanghae/A" c.d.s. (25.5), showing "Hong Kong/Too Late...
Lot #3 - China customs mail
China, 1891 (21 July) registered envelope to Kingston on Thames, England (24.8) via Hong Kong (22.7), showing a superb strike of the "Customs/Canton" type C double-ring origin d.s. on reverse, and bearing on front Hong Kong 2c. vertical pair and 10c., cancelled by "A/Canton" c.d.s. (21.7), the pair additionally tied by "Registered/London/A" c.d.s. (24.8) in red, with "R" in circle h.s. adjacent, endorsed by the sender "H.R.H.", light...
Lot #4 - China customs mail
China, 1891 (4 Aug.) registered envelope (embossed "Custom House/Canton" seal on flap) from the same correspondence to Kingston on Thames, England (8.9), showing an extremely fine strike of the "Customs/Canton" type C double-ring origin d.s. on reverse, and bearing on front Hong Kong 2c. vertical pair, single, 5c. and 10c., cancelled by "A/Canton" c.d.s. (4.8), with "Registered/London/A" c.d.s. (8.9) in red and "R" in circle h.s....
Lot #5 - China customs mail
China, 1892 (25 Jan.) Hong Kong 3c. postal stationery card to Ingolstadt, Germany (7.3) via Hong Kong (29.1.), showing "Customs/Tamsuy" double-ring origin d.s. (month and day inverted) in blue, the indicia cancelled by "A/Amoy" c.d.s. (26.1), written in Esperanto, fine and one of the rarest Customs daters of China.
Estimate HK$ 250,000 - 300,000
References: Census of the "Customs/Tamsuy" Double-Ring Datestamp...
Lot #6 - China customs mail
China, 1883 (17 Feb.) envelope to King's Lynn, England (24.4) via Hong Kong (17.3), showing "Newchwang Customs/Mail Matter" large double elliptical h.s. (type I) with pointed ends, matching "Customs/Newchwang", "Customs/Tientsin" (6.3) and "Customs/Shanghai" (11.3) double-ring d.s. on reverse, and bearing on front Hong Kong 10c. mauve, cancelled by "S1" barred obliterator, with "Shanghae/A" c.d.s. (14.3) adjacent, the envelope has...
Lot #7 - China customs mail
China, 1897 (27 Jan.) envelope to Darmstadt, Germany (4.3) redirected to Wiesbaden (4.3), showing "Ningpo Customs/Mail Matter" oval h.s., matching "Customs/Ningpo" double-ring d.s., and bearing France "Chine" 25c., cancelled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (28.1), with "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring d.s. (28.1) in brown and arrival c.d.s. on reverse, trivial cover tears at top, less than twenty examples of this Customs Mail Matter...
Lot #8 - China customs mail
China, 1896 (13 Nov.) envelope to Graz, Austria (20.12) redirected to Liège, Belgium (22.12), showing "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring origin d.s., and bearing France "Chine" 25c., cancelled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (13.11), cover has slight wear at edges, fine.
Estimate HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
Lot #9 - China customs mail
China, 1892 (10 June) Germany 10pf. + 10f. reply paid double card (both halves intact) from Berlin to Peking (24.7), showing "To Pay" framed h.s. in red with sans-serif letters, the indicia cancelled by departure c.d.s., showing "Kaiserl./Deutsche/Postagentur/Shanghai" c.d.s. (17.7), "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring transit d.s. (22.7) and "I.G. of Customs/Peking" double-ring arrival d.s., the last two in blue, on reverse, light diagonal...
Lot #10 - China customs mail
China, 1894 (10 Jan.) Great Britain 1d. postal stationery wrapper to Tientsin (7.3) via Bombay (3.2), cancelled by "Liverpool" c.d.s., showing "Missent in/Indian Mails" framed h.s. in black and "Customs/Tientsin" type C double-ring d.s. (23.4) in red adjacent, indicating postage due on domestic carriage to North China, fine.
Estimate HK$ 10,000 - 12,000
Lot #11 - China customs mail
China, 1896 (12 Mar.) envelope to Tientsin (23.4) via San Francisco (17.3) and Tacoma (20.3) bearing U.S. 5c. (straight edge at left), cancelled by "Mount Vernon/N.Y." duplex, showing on reverse "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai" c.d.s. (18.4) and on front "Customs/Tientsin" type A double-ring d.s. (23.4) in red, indicating postage due on domestic carriage to North China after foreign entry at Shanghai, very fine.
Estimate HK$ 4,...
Lot #12 - China customs mail
China, 1896 (28 Dec.) registered envelope from Ludwig Hedin in Stockholm to Sven Hedin at the Imperial Russian Mission in Peking (25.2) bearing Sweden Ring type 1kr. with Post Horn at back, cancelled by "Stockholm" dotted rim d.s., showing two strikes of the "To Pay" framed h.s. in red adjacent, with "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring transit d.s. (8.2) in brown and "I.G. of Customs/Peking" double-ring arrival d.s. (25.2) in blue on...
Lot #13 - China customs mail
China, 1897 (2 Sept.) envelope from Chicago to Tientsin (22.10) via San Francisco (6.9) bearing U.S. 5c., cancelled by "flag" duplex, with "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai" c.d.s. (18.10), blue "Shanghai" (18.10) and brown "Tientsin" (22.10) dollar daters on reverse, fine.
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #14 - China customs mail
China, 1897 (10 Nov.) envelope from Chicago to Tientsin (26.12) via San Francisco (13.11) bearing U.S. 5c., cancelled by "flag" duplex, showing "To Pay" framed h.s. adjacent, with "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai" c.d.s. (17.12, month inverted), blue "Shanghai" (17.12) and brown "Tientsin" (26.12) dollar daters on reverse, fine.
Estimate HK$ 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #15 - China customs mail
China, 1897 (23 Nov.) envelope from Chicago to Tientsin (1.1.98) via San Francisco (26.11) bearing U.S. 5c., cancelled by "flag" duplex, showing "To Pay" framed h.s. adjacent, with "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai" c.d.s. (25.12, month reversed), "Shanghai" dollar dater (27.12) in blue and "Tientsin" double-ring d.s. in brown with "Customs" removed on reverse, fine.
Estimate HK$ 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #16 - China customs mail
China, 1898 (10 Jan.) envelope from Chicago to Tientsin (18.2) via San Francisco (13.1) bearing U.S. 5c. (pulled perf. at top), cancelled by "flag" duplex, showing "To Pay" framed h.s., with "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai" c.d.s. (10.2), "Shanghai" (10.2) and brown "Tientsin" (18.2) dollar daters on reverse, fine.
Estimate HK$ 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #17 - China customs mail
China, 1897 (30 Mar.) "Isaac T. Headland, Peking University, Peking, China" corner card envelope to Elmira, New York (3.5) via Yokohama (15.4) and Vancouver (28.4), showing "Customs/Peking" double-ring origin d.s. in blue and bearing Japan Koban 1s. green strip of five, cancelled by "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." c.d.s. (10.4), with transit and arrival daters on reverse including "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring d.s. in brown, fine to very fine....
Lot #18 - China customs mail
China, 1897 (27 Apr.) envelope to St. Georges, Baltimore County, U.S.A (23.5) via Yokohama (6.5) and Vancouver (19.5), showing "Customs/Hankow" double-ring origin d.s. and bearing Japan Koban 5s., cancelled by "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." c.d.s. (1.5), with transit and arrival daters on reverse including "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring d.s. in brown, slight wear around edges, fine. From the Dr. Bruce J. Lewin collection.
Estimate HK$ 2...
Lot #19 - China customs mail
China, 1897 (14 May) envelope to Wyoming, Pennsylvania (arrival) via Yokohama (19.5) and San Francisco (6.6), showing "Customs/Ningpo" double-ring origin d.s. in brown indicating prepayment of postage in cash or subscriber's letter, "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring transit d.s. (15.5) also in brown on reverse, and bearing Japan Koban 5s., cancelled by "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." c.d.s., the envelope is waterstained affecting some of the postal...
Lot #20 - China customs mail
China, 1897 (12 Sept.) native envelope to France (26.10), showing "Paid" framed bilingual h.s. in brown, matching "Peking" origin dollar dater, and bearing France "Chine" 25c., cancelled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (23.9), with Shanghai dollar dater (18.9, "S" in "Sep" reversed) in blue, and "Ligne N/Paq. Fr. No. 10" (25.9), French T.P.O., and arrival c.d.s. on reverse, fine.
Estimate HK$ 8,000 - 10,000
Lot #21 - China customs mail
China, 1899 (22 Jan.) envelope to Paris via Haiphong (25.1), showing extremely fine strike of "Lungchow" dollar dater in brown on reverse, and bearing on front French Indochina 25c., cancelled by "Langson/Tonkin" c.d.s. in blue, the cover has central vertical filing fold and has been roughly opened at foot on front, very fine and distinctive usage of this rare dollar dater indicating prepayment of postage.
Estimate HK$ 60,000...
Lot #22 - China customs mail
China, 1899 (18 Jan.) postcard to Tsingtau (26.1) bearing Hong Kong 4c., cancelled by "Customs/Kowloon" type C1 double-ring d.s., overstruck by "Hong Kong/B" c.d.s. (18.1), with "Tsintau/China/a" arrival c.d.s. adjacent, curiously shows later date "Kais. Deutsche/Marine/Schiffspost/No. 44" c.d.s. (6.6.99) at lower left corner, fine.
Estimate HK$ 6,000 - 8,000
Lot #23 - China customs mail
China, 1905 (4 Apr.) envelope to Santa Cruz, California (13.5) via Seattle (10.5), showing "Customs/Kowloon" type C2 double-ring origin d.s. on reverse, and bearing on front Hong Kong K.E.VII 4c. pair and 10c., cancelled by "Victoria/Hong Kong" c.d.s., fine.
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #24 - China large dragons
China, Essay of "Elephant" Design : Plate proof of 5 cash black on thin native laid paper, rough perforation 12½, excellent colour and sharp impression on this delicate paper which has remarkably retained its overall freshness, well centred with intact perforations, very fine state of conservation for this rare and elusive essay.
Estimate HK$ 150,000 - 200,000
Provenance: Peter Holcombe
Mary Ann Owens...
Lot #25 - China large dragons
China, 1878 Large Dragon 1ca. [5] to 5ca. bright colours on fresh white paper, well centred, extremely fine unused with much original gum, the 5ca. has slightly shortened perf. at lower left, Chan 1c-3.
Estimate HK$ 18,000 - 22,000
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