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Lot #4252
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China Military Mail
1900-02 collection of 28 covers or cards neatly displayed on 14 exhibit pages, showing side markings, including "Deutsches Lager Shanghai", "Postdienst Langfang", violet "I. Ostasasiat Infantere Regiment II Bataillon" handstamps, two-line "Garrison Verwaltungs Commission Yangtsun", "Deutsche Abteilung der Internat. Polizei", Naval Hospital Yokohama special datestamp, also a fieldpost letter from Tsingau (9.II.00) addressed to German Hospital Yokohama, provisional "Tschoutsun", including a registered cover "via Suez" to Wiesbaden, registered covers from Tianfu, Swatau, "Shanghai-Tientsin" Seepost, Fieldpost forerunner cancels, registered cover "K.D.Feldpostexped.des Osiatischen Expeditionscorps", Feldpost station No.2 (sent by Graf. Feldmarshall von Waldersee, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in China), No.3 (Yangtsun), No.4 (Tongku), No.5 (Tientsin), No.6 (Fuping), No.7 (Paotingfu), No.8 (Shanhaikuan), No.9 (Peithaho), No.10 (Kaiping), "Peking Kaiserpalast", "Taku-Sudfort", "Kaiserlich Deutsche Bahnpost Peking-Taku", etc. A superb presentation, with many scarce items
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$10,000.00
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