Postal stationery - Stamp Auctions

Lot 2326 - China Postal stationery -  Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

Lot 2326 - China Postal stationery - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China, 1907 C.I.P. vertical format 1c. + 1c. green reply paid double card (117mm. frame), Y type (heavy printing with thick characters), both halves intact, fine unused, negligible tones.
Estimate 8,000 - 10,000

Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China Postal stationery
Lot 2320 - China Postal stationery -  Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

Lot 2320 - China Postal stationery - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China, 1907 C.I.P. vertical format 1c. green reply card (116.5mm. frame), Y1 type (4th stroke of third vertical character shortened) and frame shifted to top right (miscut), unused, light uniform toning.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000

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China Postal stationery
Lot 2307 - China Postal stationery -  Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

Lot 2307 - China Postal stationery - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China, 1908 (13 Nov.) C.I.P. vertical format 1c. green stationery card (120.5mm. frame in dark green colour) to Belgium, bearing C.I.P. ½c. (2) and 1c. (defective corner), cancelled by native segmented d.s., showing "Shanghai" Imperial (23.11) and "Shanghai/B.P.O." (23.11) transit c.d.s. adjacent, postage underpaid by 1 cent.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000

Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China Postal stationery
Lot 2321 - China Postal stationery -  Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

Lot 2321 - China Postal stationery - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China, 1908 (24 Mar.) C.I.P. vertical format 1c. green reply card (120.5mm. frame) to Hamburg (13.4) "via Siberia", indicia uncancelled, bearing Japan overprint "China" 4s., cancelled by "Peking/I.J.P.O." c.d.s. and showing "Changchun-S/I.J.P.O." (28.3) adjacent, handpainted colour illustration on reverse of flag bearers, fine formular usage through the Japanese Post Office.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500

Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China Postal stationery
Lot 2293 - China Postal stationery -  Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

Lot 2293 - China Postal stationery - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China, 1908 (13 Jan.) C.I.P. vertical format 1c. green stationery card (118mm. frame), deep green colour, to Iowa, U.S.A. (17.2) bearing C.I.P. 1c. and 2c., cancelled by "Hubei" native double-ring lunar d.s., with "Hankow" (18.1) and "Shanghai" (22.1) bilingual and "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." transit c.d.s. (22.1) alongside, fine overseas routing through the Japanese Post Office.
Estimate 6,000 - 8,000

Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China Postal stationery
Lot 2301 - China Postal stationery -  Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

Lot 2301 - China Postal stationery - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China, 1908 (10 Sept.) C.I.P. vertical format 1c. green stationery card (118mm. frame) registered to Plaisance du Gers, France (28.10), showing "Yunnan-Fou-Chine" double-ring origin d.s. and bearing on reverse France "Yunnanfou" overprint 10c. and 25c., cancelled by "Yunnan-fou Chine" bilingual c.d.s. (10.9), with "Lao-kay" (20.9) and "Haiphong" (22.9) transit c.d.s. on front, light age speckling at foot, fine formular registered usage from French Indochina. Illustrated in Huang Yuan-Min, p. 19. .
Estimate 5,000 - 6,000

Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China Postal stationery
Lot 2332 - China Postal stationery -  Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

Lot 2332 - China Postal stationery - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China, 1907 C.I.P. vertical format 1c. + 1c. green reply paid double card (119.5mm. frame), folded at right, both halves intact, used locally in Shanghai, indicia cancelled by "Shanghai/Local Post" c.d.s. (17.1.08), with printed message of Club Concordia on both sides, light even lines of toning affecting the indicia lettering and rest of left side of both cards, otherwise very fine and one of the great postal stationery card rarities.
Estimate 80,000 - 100,000


ONLY SEVENTEEN INTACT RIGHT FOLDED REPLY PAID DOUBLE CARDS ARE RECORDED - TWO ARE UNUSED AND FIFTEEN USED.

It has been demonstrated that these cards, the existence of which was originally discovered by Lionel Prescott in 1975, came about from sheets of cards having been miscut, therefore ranking these cards among the great postal stationery errors of world philately.

In his definitive study and subsequent article update (2008), Huang Yuan-Min records thirteen intact right folded reply paid double cards used. All have printed messages in German about a masquerade ball to be held by the German Chamber of Commerce at the Club Concordia on 29 February 1908. With the exception of one card (used after the ball on 14.7.09), all were used on 17 January 1908. The above card is number 13 in Mr. Huang's listing. There are two cards previously offered in our 25 July 2009 and 26 February 2011 auctions, which were not included in Mr. Huang's listing, therefore, augmenting the recorded number of intact used right folded reply paid double cards to fifteen.

Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China Postal stationery
Lot 2296 - China Postal stationery -  Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

Lot 2296 - China Postal stationery - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China, 1908 (9 May) C.I.P. vertical format 1c. green stationery card (120mm. frame) to Germany (1.6) "Via Siberia" bearing C.I.P. 1c. and 2c., cancelled by "Shanghai" bilingual segmented lunar d.s., very fine.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000

Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China Postal stationery
Lot 2315 - China Postal stationery -  Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

Lot 2315 - China Postal stationery - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China, 1908 (27 Nov.) C.I.P. vertical format 1c. green message portion of reply paid card (119.5mm. frame) to Munich bearing C.I.P. 1c. and 2c., cancelled by "Kiaochow" bilingual segmented lunar d.s., showing "Chefoo" bilingual (3.12) and "Chefou-Chine/Poste Francaise" (3.12) transit c.d.s. adjacent, light internal wrinkling, fine.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000

Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China Postal stationery
Lot 2327 - China Postal stationery -  Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

Lot 2327 - China Postal stationery - Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China, 1907 C.I.P. vertical format 1c. + 1c. green reply paid double card (120mm. frame), X type (fine printing with thin characters), frame shifted slightly to left (miscut), folded at left, both halves intact, fine unused, small adhesive sticker adhering to one corner.
Estimate 8,000 - 10,000

Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #56-59 - China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history

China Postal stationery