Large Dragon - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 6 - Large Dragon Large Dragon - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION1881 Peking French combination.. 1881 (11 Jan) Peking to Dorset, England. Small-size cover bearing on reverse horizontal strip of 3 5ca Large Dragon stamps with right margin, cancelled by Peking Chinese killer, with I.G of Customs Peking cds alongside. Winter route to Customs Shanghai (26 Jan). Transferred to French PO with 35c stamp cancelled by ‘5104’ diamond of dots, with Shanghai (27 Jan) cds alongside. Blandford (7 Mar) arrival. Ava Auctions Ltd. AUTUMN AUCTIONLarge Dragon Large Dragon |
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 Lot 7 - Large Dragon Large Dragon - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION1880 (24 Feb) Tientsin to Germany.. Cover bearing on reverse a 3ca + 5ca Large Dragon stamps cancelled by Tientsin Chinese killer, with Customs Tientsin cds alongside. Transit Customs Shanghai (9 Mar). Transferred to British PO Shanghai, where Hong Kong QV 10c/12c blue stamp added, cancelled by ‘S1’ killer, with Shanghae cds 11 Mar alongside. Transit Hong Kong (15 Mar), to arrive AHSG (24 Apr). Large Dragons, p.129 Ava Auctions Ltd. AUTUMN AUCTIONLarge Dragon Large Dragon |
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 Lot 8 - Large Dragon Large Dragon - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION1882 Peking to Tientsin Domestic.. Cover bearing a 1882 Large Dragon wide margins 3 Ca.brown red with spectacular PLATE FLAW “Broken Claw” tied by blue seal “Peking” to small western style cover w.o. reverse blue”I.G.OF CUSTOMS PEKING MAR 2982”. Adressed to Herrn Carl Wolter c/o Meyer & Co.Tientsin with pencil transcription”Shichang”.Meyer & Co. was established 1866 in Hong Kong by Hamburg merchants Hermann Constantin Eduard Meyer (1841-1926) and his brother H.D.Johannes Meyer. In 1873 they opened a branch in Tientsin under Meyers business partner, Carl Andreas Wolter (1858-1916). More branches followed at Hamburg (1877), London (1883), Shanghai, Hankow, Antung, Chinan and Tsingtao, also in Korea where Wolter became manager in charge: Chemulpo(1884), Pusan (1886) etc. The Chinese name of the company was “Shi Chang Yang Hong” with trade names “Golden Dragon” and “Upon Novels.” E Meyer was honorary Korean consul in Hamburg, Germany 1886-1906.The Meyer company exists in Hamburg till today.Less than a handfull of inland covers with large dragon 3 Ca. single used from Peking are recorded. A comparable cover dated 1882.10.22 (Interasia 2016 #352 real.HK$ 276.000) and another, also to Meyer&Co. 1885.1.29 (James B.Whang sale,Christies 1994 #1829) are noteworthy. This cover is a new find, from a part of Meyer&Co. correspondence which came to light in September, 2016. BPA Cert. Ava Auctions Ltd. AUTUMN AUCTIONLarge Dragon Large Dragon |
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 Lot 9 - Large Dragon Large Dragon - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION1881 Newchwang French combination.. 1881 (6 Aug) Newchwang to Isle of Man, England. Cover bearing on reverse marginal pair of 1ca and a block of four 5ca Large Dragon stamps, cancelled by Customs Newchwang cds. This is the largest multiple of 1878 Large Dragon 5ca on cover, paying for double rate. Transit Customs Shanghai (11 Aug). Transferred to French PO with verticle pair of 35c stamp cancelled by ‘5104’ diamond of dots, with Shanghai (12 Aug) cds alongside. Liverpool transit (26 Sep) and Ramsey, Isle of Man (26 Sep) arrival. Large Dragons, p.196 Ava Auctions Ltd. AUTUMN AUCTIONLarge Dragon Large Dragon |
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 Lot 32 - Large Dragon - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION1887 Kiukiang,. 1887. (1 Mar) Kiukiang to Peking, bearing 1878 thin paper 12ca yellow-green, Setting I, horizontal strip of three [3-4-5], cancelled by Customs Kiukiang type 1 cds in red, with another fine strike on reverse, as well as Customs Shanghai transit cds (3 Mar). Address partly excised and patched with white tape, nevertheless a very fine and rare usage from this town with its colored cacnellation. One of three Large Dragon covers recorded from Kiukiang. Also the last recorded date of use of the thin paper 1 candarin on cover. Provenance: Sir Percival David, Dr Warren G Kauder, James B Whang, Lam Man Yin. Large Dragons, p.534 Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTIONLarge Dragon |
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 Lot 27 - Large Dragon - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION1881 Chinkiang Domestic,. 1881 (1 Aug) Chinkiang to Shanghai. ‘On Service’ cover, bearing 1ca + 5ca Large Dragon stamps cancelled by Customs Chinkiang cds. Addressed to the Commissioner of Customs, Shanghai. Front only. This is the earliest recorded ‘on service’ cover bearing Large Dragons. No official covers bearing Large Dragons are known complete. Large Dragons, p.193 Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTIONLarge Dragon |
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 Lot 28 - Large Dragon - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION1881 Incoming,. 1881 Frankfurt (4 Oct) to Peking. Postal stationary card, transit with ‘Singapore to Hong Kong’ marine sorter cds 5 Nov. Arrived Customs Shanghai (17 Nov) where a 3ca Large Dragon stamp added to pay for domestic postage, and sent onward to I.G. of Customs Peking (28 Nov), then re-directed to Customs Shanghai (8 Dec). The only known German postal stationary card in combination with the Large Dragons. Provenance: Prof. Heinz Benzinger. Large Dragons, p.201 Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTIONLarge Dragon |
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 Lot 29 - Large Dragon - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION1885 Chefoo French combination,. 1885 (20 Apr) Chefoo to London. Cover bearing on reverse 1883 Large Dragon, thick paper, clean-cut perf, 1ca green, Setting V, horizontal strip of three [position 11-19-20] and single + 5ca lemon-yellow, cancelled by Chefoo killer seal in black, matching ’Customs Chefoo’ cds alongside. Transit ‘Customs Shanghai’ (23 Apr) also tied to 5ca stamp. In combination with France 25c bistre on straw (creased), cancelled by ‘Shang-hai/Chine’ cds (24 Apr). One 1ca stamp [pos.20] is crossed by filing fold and has a defective corner. A fine and exceptional franking paying for the 9 candarins overseas rate. By far the finest of only 3 Large Dragon covers recorded to an overseas destination. Provenance: H.B.R.Clark, Dr Warren G Kauder, James Huang, Chen Sun-Sing, James B Whang, Wen Sun Kong. Large Dragons, p.473 Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTIONLarge Dragon |
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 Lot 24 - Large Dragon - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION1879 Shanghai Domestic,. 1879 (20 Nov) Shanghai to Peking. Cover bearing a 3ca Large Dragon stamp (thin paper, perf 12½) with left margin, cancelled by Customs Shanghai cds. Addressed to William Hancock, I-G of Customs. Annotated “rcvd 28 Nov 79”. Holcombe Cert. Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTIONLarge Dragon |
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 Lot 30 - Large Dragon - Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTION1885 Incoming,. 1885 (28 July) cover from Tokio to Peking. Addressed to Japanese Legation. Franked with 1883-92 Koban 1s + vertical pair of 2s stamps, cancelled by 6-bar oval, with Tokio cds alongside. Transit IJPA Shanghai (6 Aug), transferred to Customs Shanhgai (7 Aug) when a 3ca Large Dragon stamp was affixed to pay for domestic postage and cancelled by Shanghai seal cancel. Original letter within. Ava Auctions Ltd. INAUGURAL AUCTIONLarge Dragon |
