Auction 250 - 256 Day 5

1900/08: Covers/cards (3) with 1898 Coilg Dragon 1 c. ochre-buff, 2 c. deep red, 4 c. deep chestnut, 5 c. salmon, 10 c. deep green and 20 c. claret used on registered 1900 combination cover to the Hague, Netherlands all tied by 'Peking' cds's (Feb 3), overlapped by France 'Chine' 25 c. black on rose and 50 c. pale carmine cancelled 'Shanghai / Chine' datestamp (Feb 16) and backstamped at Gravenhage (March 23); together with 1900 postcard with China 4 c. chestnut tied by 'Tientsin' cds and France Chine 25 c. cancelled in Shanghai to Germany; and French P.O. 1908 registered cover with 20 c. on Merson 50 c. brown & lavender used from Shanghai. A fine and scarce group.