Empress Dowager - Stamp Auctions

Lot 219 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager -  Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

Lot 219 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

Canton Imperial PO,. 1897. London (12 Apr) to Canton. UK
postal stationary card, addressed to Canton Customs. Transit
‘Singapore to Hong Kong’ marine sorter cds (10 May), ‘Canton/*’ (17
May) to transfer to ‘Cantont Imperial Post Office’ (oval datestamp)
for delivery.

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Lot 214 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager -  Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

Lot 214 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

1897 Dowager 2nd print surch Large Figure,. Narrow Spaced 5c, used. Picture shifted to the left. Wide Spaced 5c in horizontal pair, used. Dry-print causing ‘5’ to ‘vanish’ on the right stamp.

1897年慈壽再版加蓋大字短距5分舊票,打孔偏移向右。大字長距5分舊票橫雙連,加蓋油墨不足,造成部分文字不顯。

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Lot 209 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager -  Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

Lot 209 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

1897 Dowager 2nd Print surch Large Figure,. Wide Spaced 1c, tied by Customs Shanghai c.d.s. Another tied by Wuhu Dollar c.d.s. Picture shifted to stamp to the left.

1897年慈壽再版加蓋大字長距1分舊票,銷上海關日戳。另一枚銷蕪湖大圓戳,圖案左移,已溢出至相鄰郵票。

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Lot 221 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager -  Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

Lot 221 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

1897.. Foochow (22 Apr) to USA. US Consulate Fuchau corner
card with cachet. F.w. Empress Dowager 2x 5c/5ca (probably two more
missing), tied by Customs Foochow cds. Transit Customs Shanghai (25
Apr). In combination with Japanese 2x 10s tied by IJPO Shanghai (26
Apr). Transit Yokohama (1 May), San Francisco (22 May), to arrive
Longview, Texas (27 May). Tatty, wax seal excised. Plus large
envelope from the same correspondence through IJPO Shanghai,
damaged.

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Lot 215 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager -  Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

Lot 215 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

1897 Dowager surch Small Figure 2c in vertical strip of 4.. Bottom stamp with ‘2’ shifted to the left. MNH with original gum.

1897年慈壽加蓋小字2分直四連新票,第4枚‘2’左移變異,原膠無貼。

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Lot 210 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager -  Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

Lot 210 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

1897 Dowager surch Small Figure 2c,. unused and lightly hinged with original gum. ‘2’ well-centered. Horizontal pair, MNH with original gum. ‘2’ shifted to the right.

1897年慈壽加蓋小字2分舊票,原膠背貼,‘2’居中。新票橫雙連,原膠無貼,‘2’右移。

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Lot 222 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager -  Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

Lot 222 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

1898 (Aug 18) Incoming mourning cover,. from Birmingham to Imperial Mint Canton, f.w. QV Jubilee 2-1/2d issue, tied by Birmingham c.d.s. (AU 18 98). On reverse with Singapore - Hong Kong sorting (11 SP 98) and Canton Dollar arrival (17 SEP 98).

1898.8.18進口報哀封,自伯明翰寄廣州廣東官銀錢局,貼英國票2-1/2便士,銷伯明翰日戳。背面蓋有新加坡至香港船上分揀戳(11 SP 98)及廣州到達大圓戳(17 SEP 98)。「廣東錢局」全稱「廣東官銀錢局」,由兩廣總督張之洞創辦於光緒十三年(1887年),位於廣州大東門外黃華塘(今黃華路),占地82畝。全局備有熔化爐72座,安裝鑄幣機90臺。張之洞通過中國駐英公使劉瑞芬調查了英國造幣機器價格、購置手續和造幣技術,在廣州大東門外黃華塘購置了82畝土地作為廠址,從英國喜敦廠(全名為「伯明翰,拉爾夫·喜敦父子造幣有限公司」,現在通稱伯明翰造幣廠)引進全套機器設備,並聘用了4名英國工程師。此信見證當初往來伯明翰造幣廠和廣州錢局之間的互通。

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Lot 216 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager -  Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

Lot 216 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

1897.. Tientsin (8 Sep) to Peking, Corner card of “Consulat
de France a Tientsin” address to Legation de France, front only.
Franked with 4c/4ca Empress Dowager large numeral surcharge stamps,
cancelled by pakua killer with Customs Tientsin cds alongside.
Illustrated in Tony Kwan, Vol. II, p.941. Provenance: PhilaChina
30-31 Jan 2004; John Bull 8 Apr 2005.

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Lot 211 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager -  Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

Lot 211 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

1897 Dowager 2nd print surch Large Figure,. Narrow Spaced 2c. 3 singles, showing normal and ovpt donward shifts, as well as short-foot ‘2’ variety.

1897年慈壽再版加蓋大字短距2分舊票3枚,顯示正常和不同程度的加蓋下移,和缺脚‘2’。

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Lot 223 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager -  Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

Lot 223 - Empress Dowager Empress Dowager - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION

1907 (Nov 24) Western style cover,. from Yokohama to Shanghai, f.w. combination of Japanese 3 sen and CIP 1c, tied by Yokohama originating c.d.s. (40.11.24) and Shanghai “辰”bisected bilingual arrival c.d.s. (1 DEC) respectively. On reverse with Yokohama IJPO c.d.s. in blue (24.11.047), Shanghai Chinese PO (1 DEC) and Shanghai LPO arrival c.d.s (DEC 2 07).

1907年11月24日西式封,自橫濱寄上海,混貼菊切手3錢及蟠龍1分,分別銷橫濱始發日戳(40.11.24)及上海半切漢英到達戳(1 DEC)。背面蓋有橫濱IJPO藍色日戳(24.11.07)、上海“辰”字戳中國郵局(1 DEC)及上海工部書信館到達戳(DEC 2 07)。符合《中日郵政章程》用法。

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