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1904 (3 Aug.) cover sent from Chungking to Shanghai, f.w. on front CIP Coiling Dragon 2c scarlet, diagonally bisected lower left half, tied by Szechwan Chungking 6 "Jia Chen" (1904) year, 6th month, 22nd day double-ring lunar cds, backstamped SHANGHAI 15 AUG 04 bisected bilingual dater, with cross creases, hinged paper remnants and torn on reverse affecting the Shanghai cds. (Chan 136B). Photo

HK$ 2,500 - 3,000 767

1904 (Sept.) A pc to France, bearing CIP 4c brown, tied by faint Lunar cds, SHANG-HAI/CHINE French P.O and bilingual SHANGHAI transit, and France arrival cds. Photo

HK$ 300 - 400 768

1904 (13 Sept.) Shanghai Bisect cover (Chan 136F) with Bisected 2c Waterlow tied by SHANGHAI double-circle lunar cds with SHANGHAI LOCAL POST cds alongside. Central vertical fold well clear of stamp and markings. Rare and seldom offered. Photo

HK$ 5,000 - 5,500 769

1904 (21 Sept.) cover to USA, f.w. on front CIP Coiling Dragon 10c green, tied by "Peking to Shanhaikwan/No. 3" ( 第三號/北京至山海關 ) train post offce handstamp, on reverse with Chihli Tangku "Jia Chen" (1904) year, 8th month, 12th day double-ring lunar cds, SHANGHAI 26 SEP 18 bisected bilingual dater, SHANGHAI I.J.P.O. 27 SEP 04 transit cds in violet and USA arrival cds dated Oct 29 1904, light age toning. Photo

HK$ 1,600 - 2,000 770

1904 (10 Dec.) Incoming picture postcard fromArgentina to Shanghai, franked with Argentina 6c, tied by local cds, transit via London with small cds dated JA 7 05, not so clear SHANGHAI B.P.O. cds on arrival, fne & clean. Photo

HK$ 400 - 500

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1905 (30 Jan.) cover to USA, f.w. on front CIP Coiling Dragon 10c green, tied by "Peking to Shanhaikwan/ No. 3" (第三號/北京至山海關 ) train post offce handstamp, SHANGHAI 20 JAN 05 bisected bilingual dater, on reverse with cds, SHANGHAI I.J.P.O. 20 JAN 05 transit cds in violet and USA arrival cds dated Feb. 20 1905, light age toning. Photo

HK$ 2,000 - 2,400 772

1905 (Mar.) A pc with CIP Coiling Dragon 1c to Shanghai, tis by faint PEKING Lunar cds, alongside, CHILI Lunar transit and SHANGHAI LOCAL POST Mar 27 05 arrival cds. Photo

HK$ 1,500 - 1,800 773

1905 (24 Apr.) Unaddressed cover franked on front with "POSTAGE DUE" opt. on CIP Coiling Dragon 1c x 2, 2c x 2, 4c x 2 & 5c x 2, individually cancelled by KIUNGCHOW bilingual bisected cds dated 24 APR 05, fne and clean. Photo

HK$ 1,000 - 1,200 774

1905 (25 May) picture postcard (depicting “TIENTSIN”) sent from Tientsin to England, franked on front with CIP Coiling Dragon 2c x 2, tied by TIENTSIN 25 MAY 05 bisected bilingual daters, SHANGHAI 1 JUN 05 bisected bilingual dater, SHANG-HAI CHINE 1 JUIL 05 cds; 1939 (29 Dec.) cover sent from Hsinking to Germany via Siberia, franked on front with Manchukuo stamps 2f

and 30f, tied by Manuchukuo cds, opened and resealed with German cenor label; 1940 (16 Apr.) registered cover from Peking to Germany, franked on reverse with Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Dah Tung print $1 and HK Martyr 30c, tied by Peking cds’s, and Berlin 6.5.40 arrival cds, opened and resealed with German censor label; 1946 (28 June) cover to Austria, franked on front with Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chungking Central print $100 and $200, and CNC Surch. on Dr. SYS $500 on 3c, tied by Shanghai cds’s, opened and resealed with a brown tape, also with a circular censor handstamp, good to fne. Photo

HK$ 1,200 - 1,400