The Carl Kilgas Collection of China
Part Three
November 29, 2023
Part III of the Carl A. Kilgas collection of China, with 385 lots will be sold on November 29th, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. on CherrystoneLIVE, at our Teaneck, New Jersey Galleries. Please note this is an online sale only - there is no printed catalog.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2161 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1898 (4 Nov) cover from Wuhu to Shanghai, franked with 2c on 2ca green (small numerals wide space), tied by large "Wuhu" bilingual dollar chop, with Shanghai Local Post arrival pmk, minor toning and cover faults, otherwise fine  | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2162 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1898 (7 May) cover with pre-printed Treasurer's Department China Inland Mission Shanghai, franked with 1c CIP and tied by large Hankow dollar cancel, with China Inland Mission Hankow violet date stamp and Shanghai local post arrival pmks on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #2163 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1898 (6 Sep) picture postcard from Tientsin to Vienna, franked with 4c I.C.P., tied by large Tientsin Dollar departure pmk, via Shanghai, with pair of Hong Kong Queen Victoria 2c carmine tied by small cds, with corresponding dollar chop and additional Hong Kong transits, arriving Vienna (17.10.98), filing fold away from the stamps, fine combination usage | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #2164 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1898 two covers to China Inland Mission Shanghai, one from Chefoo, with 2c ICP adhesive tied by large dollar cancel, the other franked with pair of 1c yellow, tied by large Hankow dollar cancel, each with Shanghai Local Post arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #2165 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1898 (21 May) hand-illustrated cover addressed to "Legation de France" in Peking, franked with 4c ICP, with large dollar departure pmk alongside, violet "Consulat de France Tien-Tsin" and Peking (21 May 98) arrival pmks on back | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2166 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1898 (24 Mar) cover addressed to Wuhu, franked with 4c ICP tied by Chinkiang dollar departure pmk, with corresponding Wuhu arrival (25 Mar 98) well struck in brown on back, minor cover faults, attractive | Unsold |
 | Lot #2167 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1899 (19 June) small cover franked with vertical pair of 2c CIP, tied by grids, with corresponding Shanghai Local Post departure pmk, addressed to Chefoo (U.S. Consulate), "8" and arrival pmks on back, minor cover mending, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2168 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1899 (24 Mar) Chinese-style cover to Wuchow, franked with 2c CIP tied by large Canton date cancel, with oval Imperial Post Office Wuchow arrival datestamp alongside | Unsold |
 | Lot #2169 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1899 (5 Sep) red-band cover franked with single 2c CIP, tied by Hankow departure pmk, with oval "China Inland Mission Hankow" datestamp and Wuchang (6 Sep) arrival markings on back, stamp extends over the edge, with minor perf. flaws | Unsold |
 | Lot #2170 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1899 (July) two locally addressed Baron Ginzburg covers, each with 1c CIP franking, tied by grid cancels, Shanghai Local Post departure pmks on front or back, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2171 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1899 red-band cover franked with 3x1c CIP Coiling Dragon adhesives, tied by Shanghai departure pmks, showing Peking arrival alongside, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2172 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1900 (5 Feb) red-band cover franked with single 4c CIP, tied by Canton cds, repeated alongside, with Tientsin arrival, also red "Canton A" and additional markings on reverse, some cover mending, mostly fine | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2173 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1899 (10 May) picture postcard from Tientsin to Portland, franked with 4c C.I.P. Coiling Dragon, tied by blue departure pmks, sent via Japanese Post Office in Shanghai, where pair of 2s green was added, tied by Shanghai I.J.P.O. (18 July), further tied by small I.P.O. tieprint, sent via Yokohama, Victoria (Canada), Tacoma (Wash), charged "6 Cents", with defective 5c U.S. Postage Due (another stamp removed) canceled by crayon, fine combination card (the correct postage due was 4c, hence the unnecessary stamp was removed) | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #2174 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1899 1c stationery card to England, additionally franked with 1c and 2c CIP, canceled by Chefoo large dollar 20 Jan 99 pmks, sent via Shanghai, where vertical pair of Hong Kong 2c carmine was added, large dollar cancel alongside, Ealing arrival (Feb 27, 99) fine and colorful card | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2175 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1900 cover with "Palace Hotel Shanghai" corner cachet, franked with 1c and 2c CIP Coiling Dragons, sent from Shanghai to Nagasaki and redirected to Yokohama, Japan, with "S.S. Minnesota" endorsement, transit and arrival pmks | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2176 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1900 illustrated Chinese-style cover to Germany, franked with C.I.P. 1/2c, 5c and 5c Coiling Dragons, tied by Tientsin departure cds, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai, where 25c "Chine" Type Sage was added (2 Nov) for further transmission to Elerfed (8.12.00), fine and colorful cover | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2177 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1900 (13 Jan) cover franked with 2c CIP Coiling Dragon, tied by a letterbox cancel, repeated on back, addressed to Wuchang, with Hankow transit, also Yochow departure and Wuchang arrival pmks, filing fold away from the stamp | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2178 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1900 red-band cover franked with 3c and 5c CIP Coiling dragon adhesives, tied by letterbox pmks, with Peking and Hankow markings, "R" and additional Registry handstamp, additional red cancel, fine cover | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #2179 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1900 blue-band cover with 4x1/2c CIP, tied by native markings, with additional cancel and arrival pmks | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #2180 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1900 1c stationery card, additionally franked with 4c CIP, sent from Tientsin, via the French Post Office in Shanghai, where 10c "Chine" Type Sage was added for further transmission to Rome, faint arrival pmks, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2181 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1901 (2 Feb) red-band cover franked with 5c CIP, tied by oval Kiaochow bilingual datestamp, used locally, fine and relatively scarce usage outside the German concession | Unsold |
 | Lot #2182 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1901 red-band cover franked with single 2c CIP Coiling Dragon, tied by Shanghai departure pmk, red chops alongside, oval Peking Dec. 25 1901 arrival datestamp on reverse, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2183 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1901 red-band cover franked with 1c and 2c CIP adhesives, canceled by Xiguang strikes, showing Canton pmk alongside, Wuchow and additional pmks on back | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #2184 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1901 (23 Apr) 1c stationery card additionally franked with 1/2c-4c C.I.P. Coiling Dragons, tied by blue Tientsin departure pmks and sent to Germany, card endorsed "Feldpost", with East-Asia Expedition Corps departure, fine and colorful card | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2185 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1901 (22 July) cover franked with 5x2c CIP, tied by Soochow departure cds, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai where 25c "Chine" was added for further transmission to Poerworedjo, Java, with additional Shanghai (23 July) and "N.I. Agent Singapore" (5.8.1901) transits on back, Poerworedjo (11.8.01) arrival, minor flaws, fine cover to uncommon destination | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2186 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1901 (27 Apr) cover franked with single 10c CIP, tied by Soochow departure cds, sent via Shanghai where pair of 5c Hong Kong adhesives was added for further transmission to Poerworedjo, Java, with additional Shanghai (28 Apr) and "N.I. Agent Singapore" (12.5.1901) transits on back, Batavia (15.5) and Poerworedjo (17.5.01) arrival, little toning, fine cover to uncommon destination | Unsold |
 | Lot #2187 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1901 (5 Feb) picture postcard to Laibach, franked with 4c CIP, tied by Wei-Hai-Wei departure pmk, sent via the French post office in Shanghai, where 10c "Chine" was added for further transmission to Europe, with bilingual "Laibach Ljubljana" arrival, some toning, otherwise fine and scarce usage from Wei-Hai-Wei to present-day Slovenia | Unsold |
 | Lot #2188 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1901 1c stationery card additionally franked with 2c CIP, canceled "Paoting" (4 May 01) and sent to Germany, hand-colored illustration on message side, fine and attractive card | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2189 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1901-02 two covers, each franked with 25c Type Sage overprinted "Chine", first from Shanghai to Belgium, part of backflap missing, with Paris transit and Ciney arrival pmks, the other to New York, endorsed "Per SS Alhenian", with Nagasaki and Yokohama transits, fine-v.f. (as of early 1900, Chinese stamps were no longer required on outgoing mail) | Unsold |
 | Lot #2190 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1901-04 two 1c stationery cards, each with additional CIP franking, sent from Peking, via Shanghai to Germany, three different types of departure markings, fine | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #2191 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1902 (2 May) red-band cover franked with 2x1/2c CIP, tied by large Peking dater, with oval departure datestamp (May 3) alongside, rectangular Post Office handstamp, cover with corner added, otherwise fine | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #2192 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1902 red-band cover franked with 2x1/2c CIP, overlapped and tied by rectangular violet letterbox pmk, Tientsin (arrival?) pmk on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #2193 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1902 (19 Nov) Egypt 4m stationery card from Cairo to Woosung, China, with Consulate de Haiti handstamp, numerous transits including F.P.No.5 (19.12 - opened during the Boxer Rebellion and allegedly closed in July,1901, clearly not the case, as it was still operating a year later) Suez, Victoria, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Woosung (21 Dec) arrival pmks, "Returned" and similar markings repeated on the way back to Egypt, some card mending, but certainly a well traveled item | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2194 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1904 (28 Dec) Danish 5o stationery card from Shanghai to Copenhagen, showing German Post Office in Shanghai (26 Dec), Chinese Post Office (30 Dec), French Post Office (31 Dec) pmks, strip of 3x1c CIP Coiling Dragon affixed alongside, canceled on arrival in Denmark (2.2.1905), fine usage (since Denmark did not have its own Post Office in China, Danish stamps could not be canceled until arrival in Copenhagen) | Unsold |
 | Lot #2195 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1904 (6 Feb) red-band cover (opened for display) franked with 4x1c C.I.P. Coiling Dragon, tied by oval bilingual "Tzuchuan" datestamps, with Changtun (Feb 7), Kiaochow (9 Feb) and German Post Office Tsingtau Kiauchau (9 Feb) arrival pmks on back, fine | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #2196 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1905 (27 Dec) picture postcard from Egypt to Shanghai, franked with 2m green, Cairo departure and Suez transit pmks, Shanghai German Post Office arrival, forwarded via Shanghai Local Post (Jan 23 06), fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2197 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1905 registered red-band cover franked with pair of 1c and single 5c CIP Coiling Dragons, tied by native pmks, with Registration handstamp on back, 5c slightly discolored, otherwise fine | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2198 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1906 (6 Nov) red band cover franked with 2c CIP with manuscript Lunar characters, tied by departure pmk, with red Canton letterbox seal and additional markings, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2199 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1906 registered "Grand Hotel Des Wagons-Lits, Ltd, Peking" cover to San Francisco, franked with 10c and 20c CIP, tied by Tientsin departure pmk, sent via Yokohama, where a Registry label was added, showing "Tientsin I.J.P.O." (10.4.06) and San Francisco pmks on back, tape reinforcements on reverse, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2200 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1907 (19 Nov) Chinese style cover to Lincoln, Nebraska, franked with 3x1c and pair of 2c CIP, tied by "Yochow City" (19 Nov 97) bilingual pmks, with corresponding Yochow 19 Nov and Shanghai 25 Nov 07 transit cds on back | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #2201 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1907 red-band cover franked with single 2c CIP, showing Yochow pmks, also additional strikes alongside, fine local usage | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2202 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1908 (17 May) red-band cover franked on back with 2c and 10c CIP, tied by departure pmks, with two "R" struck on front, Baoding Registry handstamp, Dongshan, Nanji arrival pmk, fine and scarce registered usage | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #2203 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1908 (23 Oct) red-band cover with single 1/2c franked, tied by violet Wusih departure datestamp, bilingual "Wenchow" pmk alongside, Shanghai (24 Oct) arrival on back, fine usage | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2204 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1908 two 1c green stationery cards, each with CIP franking, sent from Yunnanfu, via Hokow to Paris, the other from Peking "via Siberia" to London | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #2205 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1912 (30 Apr) red-band cover from Honan to Tenchow, franked with 1c and 2c CIP, tied by native departure pmks, with Shonten 3/16 (May 2), Lukchow 3/17 (May 3) and Tenchow Lunar 3/20 (May 6) arrival pmks on back, late usage of Imperial franking and pmks | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2206 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1912 cover to Los Angeles, franked with 10c green, tied by framed letter-box, showing oval "Kwong Tai" and Canton transits, overall cover toning, otherwise fine | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #2207 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1912 (23 Oct) red-band Chinese style cover used from Kalgan (Mongolia) tied by 1c band 2c Commercial Press overprints, fine. Mongolia confused on what date to use on postmarks, instructed late in 1912 to use Chinese character for "1st year" (used only for short time) | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #2208 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1912 two red-band covers used Jan 26 and Apr 29th from Urga, franked with strip of 3x2c green and singles 1c and 2c, tied by departure pmks, red chops on both sides, fine-v.f. Mongolia continued to use "2nd Year" characters for the 2nd year of the Republic | Unsold |
 | Lot #2209 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1912 (Apr) red-band cover franked on back with 2x2c C.I.P. Coiling Dragons, tied by departure pmk, with Tsingtau and Taitungtschen Kiautschou (8.4.12) pmks on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #2210 CHINA Imperial China - Postal History 1916 (7 March) incoming registered card from Bodenbach, Czechoslovakia to Shanghai, with Harbin (5 Apr) transit and Shanghai arrival pmks (9 Apr), message on reverse obscured by adhesions, otherwise fine and uncommon destination | Unsold |
