HK036 - Main catalogue

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532 1908 (7 Jan.) A cover from Tientsin registered to Berlin, Germany, via Siberia. On front hand stamped large ‘R’ reg. black chop and bilingual ‘TIENTSIN/7.1.08’ cds alongside. On reverse with CIP Coiling Dragon 2c red x 5, tied by bilingual ‘TIENTSIN/7.1.08’ cds. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000

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533 1908 (Dec.) A Postage Due postcard from Peking to France, on front bearing CIP Coiling Dragon 2c red in pair, tied by bilingual ‘PEKING’ cds. On reverse with bilingual ‘TONKU’, ‘SHANGHAI’ and ‘SHANG-HAI’ Fr. P.O transit. The French Postage Due stamp 10c overlapping the ‘TONKU’ transit, and tied by France 20.1.09 arrival cds, handstamp ‘T’ in triangle postage mark in black alongside. Fine. Photo HK$ 1,600 - 2,000

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534 1909 (16 May) A printed French cover from Chumtau to Bordeaux, France, via Siberia. Bearing CIP Coiling Dragon 20c, tied by char. ‘CHILI/CHUMTAU’ ( 枕頭 ) Lunar cds, on reverse with bilingual ‘TIENTSIN’, ‘TIEN-TSIN/18.5.09’ transit, ‘BORDEAUX’ arrivals cds. Fine. Photo HK$ 2,600 - 3,000 535 1909 (29 Feb.) A cover from Shanghai registered to Germany, bearing CIP Coiling Dragon 1/2c, 1c, 2c and various foreign post office stamps, including British, France, Germany, Japan, Russia and USA, tied by different foreign post office cancellation x 6, center folded affecting 2 stamps and arrival cancel on reverse, a few tone marks and dirty. Photo HK$ 2,600 - 3,000

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