90
550
1901(3 Feb). A red band cover to Tsingtao, baring CIP 4c brown tied by FOOCHOW oval chop in violet. Photo
HK$ 800 - 1,000
551
1900 (24 June)Ared band reg. cover formNanking to Shanghai, on reverse with Coiling Dragon 2c red tied by bilingual ‘NANKING’
cds alongside bearing Coiling Dragon 5c flesh tied by large char. ‘R’ reg. chop in black, with bilingual ‘TIENTSIN/11.10.00’ arrival
chop. Fine. Photo
HKD 1,500 - 2,000
552
1901 (26 Apr.) A cover to Peking, bearing opt. British Railway Administration 5c on 1/2c Coiling Dragon, surcharge in black, tied
by violet 'BRITISH POST OFFICE/TIENTSIN' with opt. C.E.F. 1/2a, tied by 'F.P.O. No. 20'. On reverse with backstamped 'F.P.O.
No.2' and 'F.P.O. No.7'. few tone spots on cover. Photo
HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
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555
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1901 (20 May) AHK 2c green stationery envelope cover bearing HK 4c gray in pair to Germany, tied by 'IPO' tie-print and 'HONG
KONG' cds, alongside bilingual 'AMOY' cds, denoting payment in cash, subscriber's mail or acceptance of foreign postage
applied by the sender in combination with HK adhesive, with 'OLDENBURG/24.6.01' arrival cds on back. A nice usage of the HK
stationery envelope, especially so on a 'cash' cover. Fine. Photo
HK$ 20,000 - 22,000
554
1901 (28 May) picture postcard sent from Peking to Paris, f.w. on front CIP Coiling Dragon 2c scarlet, tied by PEKING MAY 28
1901 oval double-frame datestamp, fine. Photo
HK$ 600 - 700
555
1901 (15 June) picture postcard (depicting “Hauptstrasse in Peking”) sent to France, franked on front with CIP Coiling Dragon
1/2c x 2, 1c and 2c, tied by TIENTSIN 15 JUN 01 bisected bilingual daters, SHANGHAI 21 JUN 01 bisected bilingual dater,
added with “Chine” opt. on French Peace & Commerce 10c, tied by SHANG-HAI CHINE 2 JUIN 01 cds’s, and PARIS 30 JUIL
01 arrival cds, fine. Photo
HK$ 1,400 - 1,600
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