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Lot 3323

4,000.00 HKD

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1934 Lethmatgon (2 Mar) to Lowkong, f.w. Indian KGV 1a + 1a3p x2, tied by Lethmatgon cds. Transit Canton (28 Mar). Arrived Lowkong. Applied

1934 Lethmatgon (2 Mar) to Lowkong, f.w. Indian KGV 1a + 1a3p x2, tied by Lethmatgon cds. Transit Canton (28 Mar). Arrived Lowkong. Applied with oval “National Revolutionary Army 1st Army Group” censor mark. Scarce incoming example during North Expedition. Cover opened out for display. 1934.3.2 緬甸Lethmatgon寄樓崗，背貼印度佐治五世1安娜 + 1安娜3派x2，銷Lethmatgon日戳。5.28經廣州。抵樓崗。鈐國民革命軍第一集團軍總司令部橢圓形檢查章。少見之北伐時期進口檢查例子。封剖開以作展示。

Lot 3324

500.00 HKD

Live

1937 Natmuak (3 Aug) to Kaiping. Red band cover, f.w. Indina KGV ovpt. BURMA 1/2a x5 + 3p x2, tied by Natmuak cds. Transit Sunchong (30

1937 Natmuak (3 Aug) to Kaiping. Red band cover, f.w. Indina KGV ovpt. BURMA 1/2a x5 + 3p x2, tied by Natmuak cds. Transit Sunchong (30 Aug). Cover opened out for display. 1937.8.3 納茂寄開平。紅條封，背貼印度佐治五世加蓋 BURMA半安娜x5 + 3派x2，銷納茂日戳。8.30經新昌。封剖開以作展示。

Lot 3325

3,000.00 HKD

Sold

1934 Rangoon (1 Aug) to Wingchun. Remittance red band cover, f.w. Indian KGV 3a6p, tied by Rangoon GPO cds. Showing “CHIP HWAT” PO box

1934 Rangoon (1 Aug) to Wingchun. Remittance red band cover, f.w. Indian KGV 3a6p, tied by Rangoon GPO cds. Showing “CHIP HWAT” PO box cachet. Transit Amoy with “Attaching extra mail is prohibited. Offender will be penalized / Wingfuk Company” circular cachet in order to comply with UPU regulation that mails should not enclose any mail sent on behalf of other senders. Showing prefix and serial number by ink-brush. Renting PO box was not popular among Qiaopiju in Burma, hence rare. 1934.8.1 仰光寄永春。銀信紅條封，貼印度佐治五世3安娜 6派，銷仰光郵政總局日戳。鈐仰光CHIP HWAT郵政信箱戳記。經廈門，鈐“禁止多夾信件違則重罰 / 永福公司”圓戳，以合萬國郵聯“信內不准夾寄他人信件”之規定。抵永春。寫有字軌及編號。緬甸僑批局甚少租用郵政信箱，故此例甚罕。許茂春著《東南亞華人與僑封》第273頁7-51 原件。

Lot 3326

500.00 HKD

Live

1937 Lethmatgon to Kaiping, f.w. Indian KGV issue 1a x3 + 1/2a on reverse, tied by Lethmatgon. Transit Punyu (10 Jul) with

1937 Lethmatgon to Kaiping, f.w. Indian KGV issue 1a x3 + 1/2a on reverse, tied by Lethmatgon. Transit Punyu (10 Jul) with meter stamp. 1937年Lethmatgon寄開平，背貼印度佐治五世1安娜x3 + 半安娜，銷Lethmatgon日戳。7.10經番禺，鈐機戳。

Lot 3327

900.00 HKD

Sold

1937 Rangoon (2 Jun) to Kwankow, Amoy. Remittance red band cover, f.w. Indian KGV ovpt. BURMA 3a6p, tied by Rangoon GPO meter

1937 Rangoon (2 Jun) to Kwankow, Amoy. Remittance red band cover, f.w. Indian KGV ovpt. BURMA 3a6p, tied by Rangoon GPO meter stamp. Showing Amoy address seal, serial number and prefix in ink brush. 1937.6.2 仰光寄廈門灌口。銀信紅條封，背貼印度佐治五世加蓋 BURMA 3安娜6派，銷仰光郵政總局機戳。鈐廈門批局地址戳、手寫字軌及編號。

Lot 3328

3,800.00 HKD

Sold

1938 Rangoon (15 Dec) to Kwankow. Remittance red band cover, f.w. Indian KGV ovpt. BURMA 3a6p + 4a for airmail rate, tied by Rangoon GPO

1938 Rangoon (15 Dec) to Kwankow. Remittance red band cover, f.w. Indian KGV ovpt. BURMA 3a6p + 4a for airmail rate, tied by Rangoon GPO cds. Alongside with Airmail vertical cachet, Kulangsu Chinese and English address seals. With original letter. Very scarce airmail Qiaopi from Burma to Amoy, not to mention the clear cancellations. Amoy fell into Japanese hands on 13 May 1938 while Kulangsu on Dec 1941. 1938.12.15 仰光寄灌口。銀信紅條封，背貼印度佐治五世加蓋BURMA 3安娜6派 + 4安娜，合航空郵資，銷仰光郵政總局日戳。旁鈐“附航空郵政”直戳及鼓浪嶼中英文地址戳。附原信。稀罕難得之緬甸寄廈門航空僑批，郵戳清晰。廈門於1938年5月13日淪陷，鼓浪嶼則於1941年12月淪陷。

Lot 3329

2,200.00 HKD

Sold

1940 (29 Apr) OCBC Rangoon remittance cover to Haiteng, applied with “OCBC Rangoon / Rangoon GPO” 3-1/2a postage meter stamp.

1940 (29 Apr) OCBC Rangoon remittance cover to Haiteng, applied with “OCBC Rangoon / Rangoon GPO” 3-1/2a postage meter stamp. On reverse with OCBC Rangoon remittance mark and Rangoon GPO cds. Showing amount of CNC $30 on front. This meter stamp was the special type for OCBC remittance, hence extremely scarce. 1940.4.29 仰光華僑銀行銀信寄海澄，鈐“仰光華僑銀行 / 仰光郵政總局”3-1/2安娜郵資機戳。背面鈐仰光華僑銀行滙款指示戳及仰光總局日戳。正面寫有批款國幣30元。此郵資機戳專用於華僑銀行，因而相當特殊稀罕。許茂春著《東南亞華人與僑批》第276頁 7-59原件。

Lot 3330

1,700.00 HKD

Sold

1941 Rangoon (13 Feb) to Toishan. WWII censor cover, f.w. Burma KGVI 1r, tied by Rangoon GPO cds, alongside with airmail, registered label

1941 Rangoon (13 Feb) to Toishan. WWII censor cover, f.w. Burma KGVI 1r, tied by Rangoon GPO cds, alongside with airmail, registered label and censor mark. Arrived Toishan (20 Mar). Toishan fell on 3 Mar 1941. Rather early example from the fall of Toishan. 1941.2.13 仰光寄台山。二戰檢查封，貼緬甸佐治六世1盧比，銷仰光總局日戳。旁見航空、掛號標籤及三角形檢查章。3.20抵台山。台山於1941年3 月3日淪陷，為淪陷後甚早之例子。

Lot 3331

32,000.00 HKD

Sold

1934 Rangoon (28 Feb) to Choon Seen & Co., Meihsien. Qiaopi bulk mail cover, f.w. Indian KGV 3a6p, tied by Rangoon cds. In combination with

1934 Rangoon (28 Feb) to Choon Seen & Co., Meihsien. Qiaopi bulk mail cover, f.w. Indian KGV 3a6p, tied by Rangoon cds. In combination with ROC postage due issue x17, in total of $1.5, tied by Meihsien (17 Apr) arrival cds. Showing “3 covers” by ink-brush on front. Cover opened out for display.According to Chinese Post, all Qiaopi sent in bulk must be franked with stamps, otherwise would be considered as taxed. This bulk cover was opened by Meishen Post Office and was found with 3 extra mails inside. International rate was 25c, hence in total of 150c double rate for 3 mails was charged. Only a few incoming money remittance covers with postage due franking to China exist. 1934.2.28 仰光寄梅縣崇信公司僑批總包，貼印度佐治五世3安娜6派，銷仰光日戳。加貼民國欠資票17枚，合1元5角，銷梅縣4.17日戳。封剖開展示。按中國郵局規定，入口僑批總包必須在每件僑批上貼足郵資。此總包於梅縣開包檢查，發現總包有三封需罰資，故寫有“叁封”，合計罰國際雙倍郵資1元5角。貼欠資票之進口總包存世僅有數件。許茂春著《東南亞華人與僑封》第275頁7-57原件。

China

China Republic of China

China

Lot 3332

6,000.00 HKD

Sold

1941 OCBC Huipi (receipt of remittance) from Kiowei (29 Dec) to Rangoon, applied with Kiowei origin cds. F.w. SYS 25c in pair, tied by

1941 OCBC Huipi (receipt of remittance) from Kiowei (29 Dec) to Rangoon, applied with Kiowei origin cds. F.w. SYS 25c in pair, tied by Kulangsu (23 Dec) cds. Alongside with “Return to Kulangsu” cachet. It is the only recorded remittance cover from Kiowei to Rangoon. Cover opened out for display. 1941.12.29 華僑銀行回批，自角尾寄仰光，鈐角尾三格點線日戳。貼孫像2角5分雙連，銷鼓浪嶼12.23日戳。旁鈐“退鼓浪嶼”指示戳。此為記錄中唯一一件角尾寄仰光之銀信。封剖開以作展示。

China Republic of China

China

China Republic of China

Lot 3333

1,500.00 HKD

Sold

1948 Hong Bee Exchange airmail Huipi from Amoy (20 Feb) to Burma, f.w. SYS $50000 + surch CNC $1000 for airmail international rate, tied by

1948 Hong Bee Exchange airmail Huipi from Amoy (20 Feb) to Burma, f.w. SYS $50000 + surch CNC $1000 for airmail international rate, tied by Amoy bilingual cds. Huipi to Burma did not enjoy concessionary half rate. Huipi to Burma are particularly scarce. 1948.2.20 崇成行匯兌部航空回批自廈門寄緬甸，貼孫像5 萬元 + 改值國幣1千元，合5萬1千元國外航空郵資，銷廈門三格點線日戳。寄緬甸回批不享受平信半資優惠。寄緬甸之回批尤其稀罕。許茂春著《東南亞華人與僑批》第275 頁7-58原件。

China

Lot 3334

2,000.00 HKD

Sold

1923 Mauritius (28 Jun) to Meihsien, f.w. Mauritius 10c in pair, tied by Moka cds. Transit Maoritilo (28 Jul), Hong Kong (6 Aug), Swatow (8

1923 Mauritius (28 Jun) to Meihsien, f.w. Mauritius 10c in pair, tied by Moka cds. Transit Maoritilo (28 Jul), Hong Kong (6 Aug), Swatow (8 Aug), Kaying. Very scarce origin of Mauritius. Cover opened out for display. With original letter. 1923.6.28 毛里求斯寄梅縣，貼毛里求斯票10分雙連，銷 Moka日戳。7.28經Maoritilo，8.6經香港，8.8經汕頭，隨後經嘉應。極少見之毛里求斯始發地。封剖開以作展示。附原信。

China

China Picture postcards

Lot 3335

2,000.00 HKD

Live

1936 Mauritius (7 Sep) to Meihsien, f.w. Mauritius KGV 5c in block of 4 with right marin, tied by Curepipe cds. Very scarce origin

1936 Mauritius (7 Sep) to Meihsien, f.w. Mauritius KGV 5c in block of 4 with right marin, tied by Curepipe cds. Very scarce origin of Mauritius. Cover opened out for display. With original letter. 1936.9.7 毛里求斯寄梅縣，貼毛里求斯佐治五世5分四方連，銷Curepipe日戳。極少見之毛里求斯始發地。封剖開以作展示。附原信。

Lot 3336

2,000.00 HKD

Sold

1937 Mauritius (7 May) to Swatow, f.w. Mauritius KGV 5c x4 on reverse, tied by Mauritius Central Post Office cds. Showing

1937 Mauritius (7 May) to Swatow, f.w. Mauritius KGV 5c x4 on reverse, tied by Mauritius Central Post Office cds. Showing steamer annotation on front. Transit Canton (2 Jun) with postal saving meter stamp, Cover opened out for display. Extremely rare origin of Mauritius. Swatow to Tsungkow cover to the same addressee, f.w. SYS 5c. Both with origial letter. 1937.5.7 毛里求斯寄汕頭，貼毛里求斯佐治五世5分x4，銷毛里求斯總局日戳。正面寫有郵船指示。6.2經廣州，鈐儲金宣傳機戳。附原信。出自毛里求斯之僑批極為少見。另有汕頭寄松口同一收件人信函，貼孫像5分。

China Picture postcards

Lot 3337

2,600.00 HKD

Sold

A group of steamship related materials, including picture postcards, timetable of various steamship

A group of steamship related materials, including picture postcards, timetable of various steamship companies. Historical. 一組輪船相關材料，包括圖片明信片、時間表等，包括多間輪船公司。具歷史意義。