U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
September 25-26, 2002

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Lot #1132
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
Forerunners, 1890 cover (clipped corner at UL) headed "Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, Shanghai", franked with German 10pf carmine and 50f red lilac brown (mixed "Pfennig" and "Eagle" franking), endorsed "Per English Mail" andsent from Shanghai to Hirschberg and Lowenberg, with transit & arrival pmks, fine-v.f., with Dr.Steuer cert."the earliest known usage of Mi.V50b", in addition to being a rare mixed franking. An important German Offices in China item
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.V41b,V50b
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1133
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1891 registered cover from Shanghai to Leipzig franked with 1889 10pf & 50f tied by "Kaiserlich Deutsche Postagentur Shanghai" 21.3.91 pmk, cover with filing folds & various routing markings & crayon, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1134
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1895 pc from Shanghai to Germany, franked by Shanghai Local Post 1/2c and 1c, both pen canc., with German 20pf ultramarine added to pay the external postage, v.f with Plon arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1135
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1900-01 Boxer Rebellion, four free-frank fieldpost cards each with boxed "S.N. Ostas. Exped." and other military markings, posted from Tongku, Peking and two on board of "Palatia", v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1136
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1900 free-frank cover with boxed, "Feldpostbrief" and Shanghai Deutsche Post cds, sent to Potsdam, v.f. with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1137
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1900 native cover (opened for display) franked on reverse with 10pf Petschili (Mi.Vc) tied by "Ostasiatischen Expeditionscorps" date stamp & used in combination with France 10c & 15c Type Sage, fine-v.f & rare mixed franking, signed Bothe
Envelope
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1138
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1900 5pf stationery card used from Tientsin to Berlin, handstamped "Feldpostbrief" and additionally endorsed "Feldpost", v.f. with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1139
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1900 ppc franked with 5pf green used from Tientsin to Wien, handstamped "Feldpostbrief", some toning, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1140
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1900 cover (bit faulty & partly restored on back) franked with 10pf carmine & used from Tientsin to Tsingtau, handstamped "Feldpostbrief", fine military cover, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1141
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1900 Tientsin provisional 30pf Reichspost, 21.1.1901 cds, tiny thin spot, otherwise v.f., signed Buhler etc., with 1998 BPA cert., rare
Catalog #Mi.12
Catalog Value Euro 8,000
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #1142
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1900 Tientsin Issue, 50pf purple and black, with "China" hs, h.r., fresh and well centered, signed Bloch etc., with Friedl (1956) and Jakubek 2002 cert. A v.f. example of this major German rarity
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Catalog #22
Catalog Value Euro 40,000
Price Realized
$20,500.00

Lot #1143
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1900 Tientsin Issue, 80pf carmine and black, h.r., disturbed gum, signed Lange, Kohler, Bloch etc., Jakubek 2002 cert.
*
Catalog #23
Catalog Value Euro 5,000
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1144
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1901 Chinese ppc, used from Tientsin to Germany, military hs "Feldpostbrief", with Berlin arrival pmk, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #1145
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1901 ppc (printed by a German firm in Shanghai & showing a burning pagoda during the Boxer Rebellion) from Yokohama to Taku, with oval Peking, Japanese P.O. in Shanghai transit & arrival pmk, v.f. and rare incoming card
Envelope
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1146
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1901 5M slate & carmine, used on registered, overfranked cover from Chifu to Leipzig, v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.27III
Catalog Value Euro 850
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1147
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1902 registered "Gebruder Senf" cover from Kaumi to Leipzig with 5x3pf red brown plus 5pf & 10pf, backstamped, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #24a
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1148
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1903 ppc from Tongku to Germany franked with 5pf China overprint, used in combination with 1/2c Coiling Dragon, military unit identification endorsed at top, fine mixed franking card
Envelope
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #1149
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1904 2c Reichspost stationery card additionally franked with 3pf China overprint canc. "Marine Schiffspost" and used to Essen, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #1150
GERMAN COLONIES
OFFICES IN CHINA.
1916 registered Prisoner of War cover from Tientsin via New York to Austro-Hungary, opened by U.S. censors & re-directed several times, with final arrival in St.Stefan, v.f. and rare cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

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