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Lot 3464 - 5: Hong Kong treaty ports - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports Shanghai, 1861 (1 May) entire from Shanghai to Valreas, France (26.6 across the join) "Via Marseille" (25.6) with "Hong Kong/C" despatch c.d.s. (9.5) and "Comptoir D'Escompte de Paris" sender's h.s. on reverse, handstruck "9" (décimes) charge, fine usage before the Anglo-French Accountancy handstamps were received. From the Philippe Orsetti collection. Estimate 1,200 - 1,500 The previous system for exchanges of mails between Great Britain and France that entailed markings by the 1843 Anglo-French Convention article was replaced by the Anglo-French Convention of 1856, whose system of accountancy markings did not however originally include the Far East mails. The Anglo-French Convention of 1856 was expanded in May 1860 to include closed mail from British possessions in the Far East. The first set of three handstamps for Hong Kong were sent out from London in December 1860, but were retained on arrival in Bombay by the Bombay G.P.O. A replacement set of the three handstamps was sent from London in April 1861. Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports 5: Hong Kong treaty ports	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3459 - 5: Hong Kong treaty ports - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports Hoihow, 1863-71 12c. deep blue, neatly cancelled "D28", very fine. S.G. Z554 cat. £550. Estimate 2,500 - 3,000 Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports 5: Hong Kong treaty ports	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3477 - 5: Hong Kong treaty ports - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports Yokohama, 1879 (10 Sept.) Netherlands 2½c. "round-the-world" stationery card usage (uprated with Netherlands 10c.) sent westwards from Amsterdam to San Francisco (29.9), forwarded 4.10 from San Francisco to Yokohama as an enclosure in a letter (per endorsement on reverse and thus without postal markings for this leg), and finally redirected and mailed again from Yokohama (29.10) to Amsterdam (13.12) "via Brindisi" with Hong Kong 2c. pale yellowish brown and 4c. deep slate cancelled "Y1" in black, showing "Yokohama/A" c.d.s. adjacent and Hong Kong transit c.d.s. on reverse (6.11), with the last use believed to be one of only two recorded postcard usages from the British Post Office at Yokohama - both on the same day with this overpaying the 5c. postcard rate in the absence of a 1c. stamp and thus the only fully franked card as the other was franked 4c. (with the overpayment on the first card presumably meeting the deficiency) - couple tiny pin holes (one in the indicia), very fine; together with 1879 (12 Sept.) "round-the-world" Netherlands 2½c. stationery card, uprated with Netherlands 10c., sent eastwards from Amsterdam to Yokohama (27.10 Br. P.O.) "Via Brindisi" and Hong Kong (18.10) showing "Ned. Indiê/over/Brindisi" h.s. of that outward leg, resent from the Japanese post office in Yokohama (1.11) to Amsterdam (11.12) "Via San Francisco, New York & England" with pen-cancelled Japan Koban 10s. and despatch c.d.s. adjacent, small restoration at top, fine and unusual. A remarkable pair of early around-the-world cards. B.P.A. certificates (2016). S.G. Z32, Z33. Estimate 35,000 - 40,000 THE FIRST CARD IS BELIEVED THE ONLY RECORDED FULLY FRANKED POST CARD FROM THE YOKOHAMA BRITISH POST OFFICE. Hong Kong introduced a postcard rate, as required by U.P.U. regulations, on 4 April 1879 of 3c. to Postal Union countries and 5c. if sent by the premium Brindisi route. No U.P.U. formular post cards are recorded used in Yokohama, the only Hong Kong stationery cards that could have been used there, as the British Post Office in Yokohama closed on 31 December 1879. Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports 5: Hong Kong treaty ports	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3453 - 5: Hong Kong treaty ports - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports *Canton, 1827 entire letter datelined "China June 26th, 1827"* to Hallowell, Maine, U.S.A., rated "6" (U.S. ship letter fee), fine. Estimate 1,200 - 1,500 Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports 5: Hong Kong treaty ports	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3472 - 5: Hong Kong treaty ports - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports Shanghai, 1879 (7 Jan.) "round-the-world" Belgium 10c. stationery card to San Francisco, sent (18.2) franked with U.S.A. 5c. Taylor to Shanghai with "Shanghae/Local Post" c.d.s. in blue (22.3) and sent onwards from the British Post Office with Q.V. 2c. and 4c. tied "S1" to Port Said, Egypt (3.5) and franked with France 25c. (uncancelled) for sending back to Liege (10.5) via Paris (9.5). The card shows handstamps of Netherlands Consulates that handled and forwarded the card, as well as an endorsement at right about its receipt in Shanghai "the day after the mail left", faults including detached corner at upper right, a very early around-the-world card, as well as a very early postcard-rate usage prior to the April 1879 3c. and 5c. U.P.U. postcard rates. Estimate 8,000 - 10,000 Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports 5: Hong Kong treaty ports	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3452 - 5: Hong Kong treaty ports - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports Amoy, 1902 (2 Apr.) part parcel wrapper to Scotland, with address panel (folded under), showing complete "Hong Kong/Parcel Post" printed label with "Amoy/A" origin c.d.s., with second "Hong Kong. Road-Borne/(From Docks to Mt. Pleasant [Post Office in London])/Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post" label subsequently affixed over the top portion, fine, extremely rare, the only example of this Hong Kong/Treaty Port-origin second label we have seen, as well as the only Hong Kong example we have seen in the period with two parcel post labels used in combination. Estimate 15,000 - 20,000 Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports 5: Hong Kong treaty ports	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3466 - 5: Hong Kong treaty ports - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports Shanghai, 1863 (21 Apr.) envelope to Columbia County, New York State "Via Marseille" and Hong Kong (27.4) showing "Shanghae/Paid" c.d.s. in red with matching "Shanghae/C" despatch (on reverse) and "Portland Me Am. Pkt./5" (25.6) c.d.s. and "16/cents" h.s. (credit U.K. to U.S.A.), rated "2/2" and "2/1" (after colonial 1d. credit), fractionally reduced at left, very fine and very scarce usage through one of the rarest of the U.S./U.K. exchange offices on China mail (very short-lived 52c. half-ounce rate to U.S.A. via Marseille by British packet effective 7.3.63 - 21.8.63). Estimate 3,000 - 4,000 Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports 5: Hong Kong treaty ports	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3460 - 5: Hong Kong treaty ports - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports Hoihow, 1863-71 4c. grey cancelled by nearly complete "Kiung-Chow/A" c.d.s. (2.8.79), very fine and rare, trivial small corner crease at upper right mentioned for accuracy. S.G. Z541 var. Illustrated in Webb, plate 49. Estimate 10,000 - 12,000 Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports 5: Hong Kong treaty ports	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3478 - 5: Hong Kong treaty ports - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports Treaty Ports, 1862-1919 selection of Treaty Ports cancellations with a few British Post offices in China, including "A1" in black (4, including 1877 16c. yellow), "F1" in blue and black (3), various Hankow with a number of "D29", "S2" (2) and 1919 Wei-Hai-Wei piece with K.G.V "China" 4c. + 10c. and complete "Port Edward" 65mm. registered h.s., generally fine and interesting assembly with mainly fine to very fine strikes (approx. 170). Estimate 3,000 - 4,000 Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports 5: Hong Kong treaty ports	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3454 - 5: Hong Kong treaty ports - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports Canton, 1837 (16 Jan.) entire letter datelined "Ship Charles Grant , Whampoa Reach, China" to Scotland, showing on reverse "Dartmouth/Ship Letter" step-type framed h.s. and Dartmouth double-arc d.s. (31.5) and additional c.d.s. (4.6) on reverse, with framed "1" h.s. adjacent, and "Leven/Penny Post" and "½" h.s. on front, manuscript rated. Estimate 1,200 - 1,500 Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports 5: Hong Kong treaty ports	In order to view Prices please Login or Join

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