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Lot 1001

4,500.00 HKD

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Newchwang registered. 1902. OHMS cover with wax seal of BritishConsulate Newchwang sealing the flap. Block of 6 + pair of 2c CIPCoiling

Newchwang registered. 1902. OHMS cover with wax seal of BritishConsulate Newchwang sealing the flap. Block of 6 + pair of 2c CIPCoiling Dragon stamps paying the foreign registration rate, tied by rare pakua canclof Newchwang, with Newchwang R cachet in front. Transit Shanghai15 Jul, transferred to French P.O. 18 Jul. Arrived Culenborg, Holland, 23 Aug. 牛莊寄荷蘭挂號，從英領館發出，帶火漆，貼蟠龍票2分10枚，銷少見的牛莊八卦戳，正面有少見的牛莊挂號戳，1902.7.15經上海，7.18轉上海法國客郵，是1902年中法郵務協定簽署後早期不必加貼法郵的信件，8.23到達荷蘭。

Lot 3122

6,000.00 HKD

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1905 Kwanghai (13 Nov) to Saigon. Red band cover, f.w. Coiling Dragon 10c, tied by Kwangtung Kwanghai double-ringed lunar year cds. Transit

1905 Kwanghai (13 Nov) to Saigon. Red band cover, f.w. Coiling Dragon 10c, tied by Kwangtung Kwanghai double-ringed lunar year cds. Transit Kongmoon (30 Nov), Hong Kong (1 Dec). Arrived Saigon (6 Dec). 1905.11.13 廣海寄西貢。紅條封，貼蟠龍1角，銷廣東廣海雙圈干支日戳。11.30經江門，12.1經香港。12.6抵西貢。

Lot 3124

5,600.00 HKD

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1909 Shekkok (13 Dec) to Vinmloon, French Indochina. Red band cover, f.w. Coiling Dragon 5c in pair, tied by Shekkok cds. Transit Tsingyun

1909 Shekkok (13 Dec) to Vinmloon, French Indochina. Red band cover, f.w. Coiling Dragon 5c in pair, tied by Shekkok cds. Transit Tsingyun (16 Dec), Canton French PO (29 Dec), Saigon (16 Jan). Arrived Vinmloon (16 Jan). Cover opened out for display. 1909.12.13 石角寄印支永隆。紅條封，貼蟠龍5分雙連，銷少見之石角三格日戳。12.16經清遠，12.29經廣州法局，1.16經西貢。1.16抵永隆。封剖開以作展示。

Lot 3167

2,400.00 HKD

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1911 Amoy (7 Feb) to “Amoy Hallway”, Bangkok. Remittance red band cover, f.w. Coiling Dragon 2c + 4c in pair on reverse, tied by

1911 Amoy (7 Feb) to “Amoy Hallway”, Bangkok. Remittance red band cover, f.w. Coiling Dragon 2c + 4c in pair on reverse, tied by Amoy bisected bilingual cds. Transit Amoy French PO (7 Feb), Hong Kong (10 Feb). Arrived Bangkok (19 Feb). “Amoy Hallway” refers to the community of Amoy immigrants by Chao Phraya River. It is the earliest recorded money order remittance cover from Amoy. Most of the Minnan people resided in other Southeast Asian countries instead of Siam. Examples are therefore more unusual. Cover opened out for display. 1911.2.7 廈門寄曼谷“廈門廊”。銀信紅條封，貼蟠龍2分 + 4分雙連，銷廈門半切漢英日戳。同日經廈門法局，2.10經香港。2.19抵曼谷。此為廈門寄出之最早銀信僑批。廈門廊即為湄南河邊上廈門僑民之聚居地。閩南僑胞到暹羅謀生者較其他東南亞國家少，存世郵例亦較罕。封剖開以作展示。許茂春著《東南亞華人與僑批》第60頁1-120原件。