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1901 Opt. bilingual 'CANTON' in red on French Navigation and Commerce 5c deep green on green, mint. Chan FFC5. Photo
HK$ 2,000 - 2,400
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1901 Second surcharge (for use in Peking), 16c on 25c black on rose Peace and Commerce, lightly hinged. Chan FF21. Photo
HK$ 800 - 1,000
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1903-04 Opt. 'CANTON' with surcharged value in Chinese on French Navigation and Commerce 20c on 50c carmine on rose, with
2 different security chops on back, mint. Chan FFC28. Photo
HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
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1903-04 Overprinted and surcharged 'YUNNANSEN' on Navigation and Commerce 30c on 75c brown on vermilion, 'INDO-
CHINE' inverted variety, very rare, mint full original gum lightly hinged. With 2 different security on reverse. One of the rarest
stamps of French Post Offices in China. Impeccable provenance: Roger Calves cert. 1996, Jean-Francois Burn cert. 2000 and Pascal
Behr 2000. Chan FFY13a. Photo
HK$ 50,000 - 60,000
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1908 Opt. 'Hoi-Hao' on Indo China stamp with surcharged value in Chinese & French 2pi on 5f blue, with '2 PIASTRES' triple
surcharge variety, lightly hinged. Chan FFH81a. Photo
HK$ 4,000 - 4,500
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1891 (20 Nov.) Bluish commercial cover to Germany, endorsed "Per "German Mail"". Franked on front with French Peace and
Commerce 25c black, tied by SHANGHAI CHINE cds's dated 20 Nov., 1891, with Hamburg 24 11 91 backstamp, fine & clean.
Photo
HK$ 500 - 600
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1912 (7 Mar.) A cover from Chungking reg. to Germany, bearing opt. 'Tchong King' with Chinese value on Indo-China stamps,
1/6 on 4c x 2 magenta on grey blue x 2, 2c on 5c green, 4c on 10c rose and 4c on 1f pale green, each tied by double ring bilingual
'TCHONG-KING-CHINE' French P.O cds. box 'R' reg. mark alongside, via Siberia with 'HANKOW/20.3.12' French P.O transit,
and 'FRIEBENAU/9.4.12' (Berlin) arrival cds on reverse, fine and very nice long mailing route cover. Photo
HK$ 2,200 - 2,500
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