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China Province Yunnan

China French PO

China Province Yunnan

Lot 658

1,500.00 HKD

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1912 Yunnanfu (30 Aug) to France, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU with Chinese value x2, tied by Yunnanfu French PO cds. Transit Haiphong

1912 Yunnanfu (30 Aug) to France, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU with Chinese value x2, tied by Yunnanfu French PO cds. Transit Haiphong (3 Sep). 1912.8.30 雲南府寄法國，貼土女圖加蓋YUNNANFOU貳分 + 捌分，銷雲南府法局日戳。9.3經海防。

Lot 659

1,500.00 HKD

Live

1913 Yunnanfu (7 Jan) to England, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU with Chinese value, tied by Yunnanfu French PO cds. Transit Haiphong (11

1913 Yunnanfu (7 Jan) to England, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU with Chinese value, tied by Yunnanfu French PO cds. Transit Haiphong (11 Jan). Arrived London (12 Feb). 1913.17 雲南府寄英國，貼土女圖加蓋YUNNANFOU壹角，銷雲南府法局日戳。1.11經海防。2.12抵倫敦。

China French PO

China Province Yunnan

China French PO

Lot 660

1,500.00 HKD

Live

1914 Yunnanfu (10 Feb) to Dapcan, Tonkin. Registered cover, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU with Chinese value x14, tied by Yunnanfu

1914 Yunnanfu (10 Feb) to Dapcan, Tonkin. Registered cover, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU with Chinese value x14, tied by Yunnanfu French PO cds. Transit Hanoi (14 Feb). Arrived on 14 Feb. 1914.2.10 雲南府寄印支Dapcan。掛號封，貼土女圖加蓋YUNNANFOU連中文面值共14枚，合50分，銷雲南府法局日戳。2.14經河內。2.14抵達。

China Province Yunnan

China French PO

China Province Yunnan

Lot 661

1,500.00 HKD

Live

1917 Mengtsz (22 Sep) to England. Registered cover, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU with Chinese value x10, tied by Mengtsz French PO cds.

1917 Mengtsz (22 Sep) to England. Registered cover, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU with Chinese value x10, tied by Mengtsz French PO cds. Transit Haiphong (25 Sep), French paquebot (25 Sep). Arrived London (12 Nov). 1917.9.22 蒙自寄英國。掛號封，貼土女圖加蓋YUNNANFOU連中文面值10枚，合40分，銷蒙自法局日戳。9.25經海防，9.25經法國郵船。11.12抵倫敦。

China Province Yunnan

China French PO

Lot 662

11,000.00 HKD

Live

1912 Yunnanfu (10 Aug) to Mengtsz via Yunnan-Indochina railway, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU with Chinese value, tied by

1912 Yunnanfu (10 Aug) to Mengtsz via Yunnan-Indochina railway, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU with Chinese value, tied by scarce "YUNNANFOU A AMITCHEOU / A" cds. Transit "AMICHEOU A LAOKAY / A" (11 Aug). Arrived Mengtsz French PO (11 Aug). Cover opened out for display. Gathering two train PO cds on one cover. Impressive. Illustration p.7 in "Journal of Railway Postal Markings" (2019 Dec) issue 110-111. Cover opened out for display. 1912.8.10 雲南府經滇越鐵路寄蒙自，貼土女圖加蓋YUNNANFOU肆分，銷“雲南府至阿迷州 / A”火車郵局日戳。8.11經“阿迷州至老街 / A”段。8.11抵蒙自法局。集兩枚滇越鐵路火車郵局日戳於一身，出色。2019年12月《火車郵戳研究》第110至111期第7頁原件。封剖開以作展示。

China French PO

Lot 852

16,000.00 HKD

Sold

1904 Mongtze B (Yunnanfu) (25 Jul) to France via Bhamo, f.w. Navigation and Commerce issue ovpt. YUNNANSEN with Chinese value, tied by

1904 Mongtze B (Yunnanfu) (25 Jul) to France via Bhamo, f.w. Navigation and Commerce issue ovpt. YUNNANSEN with Chinese value, tied by extremely scarce Mongtze B French PO cds. Transit Yunnanfu Chinese PO (30 Jul), Tengyueh (13 Aug), Siakwan (27 Aug). Arrived Paris (18 Sep). Late example of Mongtze B cds, not to mention taking the Bhamo route. Smiliar to the Laokay A post, French Indo-China established a post office in Yunnanfu in 1902 without permission from the Chinese Government. It was named Mongtze B to keep a low profile until a permission to set up a post office was granted. Mongtze B was renamed Yunnanfu. About 20 covers from “Mongtze B” are known to survive. 1904.7.25 蒙自B局（雲南府）經八莫寄法國，貼航海及商貿神像加蓋YUNNANSEN連中文面值十仙，銷極稀罕之蒙自B法國客郵局日戳。7.30經雲南府，8.13經騰越，8.27經下關。9.18抵巴黎。甚晚之蒙自B局例子，經八莫郵路更是出色。一如老街A局，法屬印支郵政在未經清政府批准擅自在雲南府設立郵局，在日戳上雋刻地名“蒙自B”以掩人耳目。1904年，清政府才同意法國在雲南府設局，於是改回“雲南府”地名。以“蒙自B” 地名發出的實寄封有20多件，是法國客郵中的罕品。

China Province Yunnan

China French PO

China Province Yunnan

China French PO

China Province Yunnan

Lot 853

6,500.00 HKD

Sold

1901 Mengtsz (23 Dec) to Hanoi. Registered cover, f.w. Navigation and Commerce issue x4, in total of 55c, tied by Mengtse (Mongtze) French

1901 Mengtsz (23 Dec) to Hanoi. Registered cover, f.w. Navigation and Commerce issue x4, in total of 55c, tied by Mengtse (Mongtze) French PO cds, alongside with R mark. Transit Laokay (28 Dec). Arrived Hanoi (6 Jan). In 2024 (Nov), AVA Auctions offered a Mengtze to Paris cover, dated 28 Jan 1902 and claimed it is probably the earliest cover since the name of the post office was changed from Laokay A to Mongtze. This cover, however, is even earlier. 2012 (Apr) Interasia, lot 1489. 1901.12.23 蒙自寄河內。掛號封，貼航海及商貿神像票4枚，合55生丁，銷蒙自法局日戳，旁鈐R章。12.28經老街。1.6抵河內。2024年11月艾華秋拍曾出售一件1902年1月28日之蒙自寄巴黎封，稱可能為老街A法國客郵局正名為蒙自後之最早實寄封，然而此封更早。2012.4 Interasia，拍品號1489。

China French PO

Lot 854

700.00 HKD

Sold

1906 Mengtsz (26 Sep) to France. Picture postcard, f.w. France type surch CHINE with Chinese value, tied by Mengtsz (Mongtseu) French PO

1906 Mengtsz (26 Sep) to France. Picture postcard, f.w. France type surch CHINE with Chinese value, tied by Mengtsz (Mongtseu) French PO cds. Transit Laokay (4 Oct). Arrived France (15 Nov). 1906.9.26 蒙自寄法國。圖片明信片，貼法蘭西像加蓋CHINE四仙，銷蒙自法局日戳。10.4經老街。11.15抵法國。

China French PO

China

Lot 855

5,200.00 HKD

Sold

1907 Yunnanfu (4 Nov) to Shanghai. Double-registered cover, f.w. France type surch CHINE with Chinese value x3 in strip of 3, tied by

1907 Yunnanfu (4 Nov) to Shanghai. Double-registered cover, f.w. France type surch CHINE with Chinese value x3 in strip of 3, tied by Yunnanfou French PO cds. Transit Laokay (Nov), Haiphong (19 Nov). Arrived Shanghai French PO (30 Nov). Example of French Indochina route. Scarce double-registered example. 1907.11.4 雲南府寄上海。雙掛號封，背貼法蘭西像加蓋CHINE六仙直三連，銷雲南府法局日戳。同月經老街，11.19經海防。11.30抵上海法局。繞道法屬印支例子。少見之雙掛號例子。

China

Lot 1748

7,000.00 HKD

Live

1860 (4 Jul) French Expeditionary Force incoming envelope from France to French Expedition War Ship “Le Duperré ” via CEC BAU A field

1860 (4 Jul) French Expeditionary Force incoming envelope from France to French Expedition War Ship “Le Duperré ” via CEC BAU A field office in HK 4 July 1860 – Incoming French Military Mail to Le Duperré, via Corps Expéditionnaire de Chine “BAU A” Hong Kong Rare incoming military envelope sent to Monsieur Alexandre Massin, naval surgeon aboard the French expeditionary warship Le Duperré, care of CEC BAU A field office in Hong Kong during the Second Opium War. • Postage underpaid in France; taxed 30 centimes upon arrival in Hong Kong with red boxed “Affranchissement / Insuffisant” and “30c” due handstamp, consistent with the officer class unpaid rate (50c) less 20c prepaid (In the middle of the cover, it was stamped double-ring “CORPS EXP. CHINE / BAU A” overstruck by a rhomboid cancellation “CECA” adjacent to “30c” rate mark., signaling that the penalty rate was paid at arrival by recipient when arrived). • Struck with scarce “CORPS EXP. CHINE / BAU A” double-circle and rhomboid “CECA” cancellation—only in use in Hong Kong for 7 months (May–Nov 1860). • Le Duperré saw combat at Peiho (Taku Forts) and later served as a hospital ship by December 1860. This is one of very few known incoming covers routed via the short-lived CEC BAU A Hong Kong field post office, with war-time military tax handling. It reflects both the logistical complexity of Franco-British operations in China and the critical role of field post during the final offensive phase of the Second Opium War. 1860年7月4日自法國巴黎寄至法國遠征艦「Le Duperré」之郵封使用「CORPS EXP. CHINE / BAU A」與「CECA」軍郵標記，罕見來函用例本信件寄至駐紮香港的法國遠征軍戰艦「Le Duperré」（1860年參與北方軍事行動，年底轉為醫療艦），由巴黎寄出，收件人為軍醫官Alexandre Massin先生，屬軍官等級。由於只付費20c，但應付為50c軍官郵資，因此抵達時收取30c罰金，蓋有紅色框格「Affranchissement Insuffisant」及「30c」欠資戳。信封中央加蓋**「CORPS EXP. CHINE / BAU A」雙圈戳**，旁蓋菱形「CECA」銷戳，說明本信為戰地郵局BAU A（駐港）收件，並由收件人支付罰資。 • BAU A戰地郵局在港僅設置7個月（1860年5月至11月），此時期的來函郵件極為稀少。 • 此件為極罕見的不足資處理來信（欠資30c由收件人補付），實屬軍郵中少見用例。 • 「Le Duperré」與**第二次鴉片戰爭（1860北伐與佔領北京）**軍事行動息息相關，彰顯法軍參與亞洲戰事之戰地郵政運作。此信封不僅展現當時法軍與清廷戰爭中的後勤與郵政鏈接，亦是短暫駐港戰地郵局運作的直接實物見證，為軍郵與鴉片戰爭歷史研究的珍稀標本。