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Lot 88

2,000 HKD

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1896 Britain (13 Feb) to Amoy and redirected. British 1d PSC, tied by Norwich duplex d.s. Transit Hong Kong (21 Mar), Amoy BPO (24 Mar).

1896 Britain (13 Feb) to Amoy and redirected. British 1d PSC, tied by Norwich duplex d.s. Transit Hong Kong (21 Mar), Amoy BPO (24 Mar). Arrived Customs Amoy (24 Mar) with cds in red. Redirected via Customs Shanghai (29 Mar). Despite the faint strike, it is very rare to see Customs Amoy cds on incoming mail.1896.2.13 英國寄廈門，隨後改寄。英國1便士郵資片，銷Norwich雙聯日戳。3.21經香港，3.24經廈門英局，同日交廈門海關，鈐紅色日戳。3.29經上海海關改寄。雖郵戳較淺，但進口郵件上見廈門海關日戳者甚為少見。

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Lot 134

1,900 HKD

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1898 Chinkiang (18 Nov) to Germany, f.w. Coiling Dragon 10c on reverse, tied by Pakua cancel, matching with Chinkiang Dollar cds on front.

1898 Chinkiang (18 Nov) to Germany, f.w. Coiling Dragon 10c on reverse, tied by Pakua cancel, matching with Chinkiang Dollar cds on front. Transit Shanghai (18 Nov) with dollar cds. In combination with Hong Kogn QV 10c, tied by Shanghae BPO (21 Nov) cds. Transit Hong Kong (25 Nov), Arrived Celle (25 Dec). 1898.11.18 鎮江寄德國，背貼蟠龍1角，銷八卦戳，正面另鈐鎮江大圓始發日戳。11.18經上海，鈐大圓戳。加貼香港維多利亞女皇像10仙，銷上海英局11.21日戳。11.25經香港。12.25抵Celle。

Lot 232

3,000 HKD

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1903 Weihaiwei to England. PPC, f.w. Coiling Dragon 4c, tied by scarce "LIU KUNG TAU / WEIHAIWEI" bilingual cds in blue. Transit Chefoo

1903 Weihaiwei to England. PPC, f.w. Coiling Dragon 4c, tied by scarce "LIU KUNG TAU / WEIHAIWEI" bilingual cds in blue. Transit Chefoo Chinese PO (26 Nov), Chefoo French PO (26 Nov).1903年威海衛寄英國。圖片明信片，貼蟠龍4分，銷少見之“劉公島 / 威海衛”漢英藍色日戳。11.26經煙台中國郵局，11.26經煙台法局

Lot 487

2,000 HKD

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1920 (Dec 1) Shanghai to Pennsylvania "Mail Car Fire" Postcard A disaster mail item sent from Shanghai, China to Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania,

1920 (Dec 1) Shanghai to Pennsylvania "Mail Car Fire" Postcard A disaster mail item sent from Shanghai, China to Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, featuring a 3-line instructional handstamp in red: "St. Paul, Minn. Damaged in Mail Car Fire at Luverne, No. Dak. Dec. 31st 1920". The card, written by Be Hong Lee of the Chung Hsing Mining Co. in Shantung, was cancelled in Shanghai (Dec 3) before entering the trans-Pacific mail stream. It survived a severe fire on a Northern Pacific mail car near the North Dakota-Minnesota border, arriving at its destination with characteristic foxing from heat and smoke. This item serves as an exceptional primary record of the December 31, 1920, mail car fire at Luverne, . It is a premier example of American railway disaster mail involving an international origin, documenting the perilous journey of mail across the United States during the winter of 1920.1920年上海寄美國賓州「火車失火」災難明信片，由山東中興煤礦公司人員寄出，蓋有12月3日上海戳記。明信片於1920年12月31日在美國北達科他州 Luverne 經歷郵政列車火災，正面蓋有醒目的三行紅色說明戳記：「St. Paul, Minn. Damaged in Mail Car Fire at Luverne, No. Dak. Dec. 31st 1920」。本品詳盡記錄了北太平洋鐵路的一次重大郵件受損事故，是研究國際災難郵政史及美國鐵路郵路（RPO）的罕見實物。

Lot 1503

5,000 HKD

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First Opium War - The Opium Trade 4 Opium trade related Edward Crooke 局碌 correspondences Amongst the four, there are 3 mails from Opium

First Opium War - The Opium Trade 4 Opium trade related Edward Crooke 局碌 correspondences Amongst the four, there are 3 mails from Opium Clipper Ship Hercules dated separately at 1836 (July 4, July 24, Aug 3), letters written on board the 'Hercules' at Cumsingoon Island to Edward Crooke in Canton; there are no postal markings other than a Chinese ink characters "局碌"on the flap; there is a usual filing fold. 3 good mails from Cumsingmoon. Another entire, dated 6 July 1836, is sent from Manila to Canton, endorsed by a private ship "p. Cabot". No postal mark since the mail is carried by a private ship. Hercules was built at Calcutta in 1814. She traded between Britain and India under a license from the British East India Company, before returning to Calcutta registry. She then traded opium between India and China before becoming an opium receiving ship for Jardine Matheson. In 1839 she was one of the vessels that surrendered her store of opium to be burned at the behest of Chinese officials at Canton.一組四件鴉片商人局祿書簡

Lot 1508

2,600 HKD

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1856 Bombay (1 Nov) to Augustine Head Co., Canton. Entire letter, rated “4” and sent “per Steamer Norma”, f.w. scarce Indian QV 4a

1856 Bombay (1 Nov) to Augustine Head Co., Canton. Entire letter, rated “4” and sent “per Steamer Norma”, f.w. scarce Indian QV 4a octagonal 4a, tied by diamond obliterator, alongside with Bombay BPP Paid h.s. Transit Hong Kong (1 Dec). The steamer was not recorded by Scamp. Before the outbreak of the 2nd Opium War, most foreign residents left. A very late example of incoming mail.1856.11.1 孟買寄廣州瓊記洋行。郵簡，寫有“4”及“per Steamer Norma”批示，貼有珍罕之印度維多利亞女皇像4安娜八角形票，銷鑽石殺手戳，旁鈐孟買郵資已付戳。12.1經香港。Norma號未見Scamp之記錄。在第二次鴉片戰爭前夕，大多外國人已離開。故此為甚晚之進口封例。

Lot 1525

4,400 HKD

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Havana, Cuba to Hong Kong, China in use of Forwarding Agent in London 21 August 1863, entire letter sent from Habana (Cuba) to Sr. D. Juan

Havana, Cuba to Hong Kong, China in use of Forwarding Agent in London 21 August 1863, entire letter sent from Habana (Cuba) to Sr. D. Juan Salvador Álvarez in Hong Kong, China, endorsed "per overland via Marseille", routed through London with forwarding agent handstamp "ENCAMINADA POR MANCHA Y C" / LONDRES", and carried overland through France to the Far East via the French packet system. Red London transit marking and manuscript "1/-" credit rating indicate handling under British-French postal arrangements. Manuscript accountancy mark "14" suggests application of international charges. Backstamp in green-black shows origin cancel from Habana (C MAYO). This is a rare pre-UPU correspondence from Spanish colonial Cuba to China, demonstrating complex postal logistics in the pre-Suez Canal era. Few letters from Cuba to Hong Kong are recorded from this early period, especially bearing forwarding marks and routed via the overland Marseille route. A remarkable example of transcontinental mercantile correspondence from Latin America to Qing China. Provenance: Ritchie Bodily. 古巴寄中國 - 1863年由哈瓦那經倫敦與馬賽寄香港,郵政聯通前罕見的遠東郵件。本件信函全文日期為1863年8月21日,由古巴哈瓦那(Habana)寄往中國香港的胡安·薩爾瓦多·阿爾瓦雷斯先生(Sr. D. Juan Salvador Alvarez)。信封上手寫標示“per overland via Marseille" (陸路經馬賽),經倫敦轉運,並蓋有轉遞代理人手戳:“ENCAMINADA POR MANCHA Y Cª / LONDRES,隨後經法國陸路郵路轉發遠東,推測搭乘法國郵船系統。信封上蓋有紅色倫敦轉遞戳記,手寫郵資記錄“1/-”表示英國方面記帳,另有紅色手寫“14”會計記號,反映當時國際郵費安排。封背並見綠黑色哈瓦那日戳(C. MAYO). 本件為萬國郵政聯盟(UPU)成立前,少見自西班牙殖民地古巴寄往中國的郵政實寄封,不僅展示出當時複雜的郵路系統,更是陸路馬賽線與倫敦轉遞的精彩實例。此類來自古巴寄中國的早期郵件極為罕見,兼具轉遞代理戳與精美手寫郵資標示。為一件橫跨三洲、具歷史價值之十九世紀中葉拉丁美洲對華商業通信郵品。Ritchie Bodily舊藏。

Lot 1526

7,000 HKD

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1849 England (24 Apr) to Captain Edmund Mowbray Lyons onboard HMS Pilot, Hong Kong. Entire letter, sent “By overland India Mail”,

1849 England (24 Apr) to Captain Edmund Mowbray Lyons onboard HMS Pilot, Hong Kong. Entire letter, sent “By overland India Mail”, applied with London PAID origin d.s. and Hong Kong double-arc (13 Jun) arrival cds. with Original 4 page letter & detailed research notes of Captain Lyons.Also included is a biographical dossier on Captain Edmund Mowbray Lyons, showing his service record from 1825 to his death in action at Sebastopol in 1855. Lyons was the son of Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, one of Britain’s most celebrated naval commanders of the Crimean War. At the time of this letter, Captain Lyons commanded H.M.S. Pilot on the East Indies & China Station, making this a highly desirable piece of early Hong Kong naval postal history. 1849.4.24 英國寄香港之英軍軍艦Pilot號Capt. Lyons，寫有“By overland India Mail”，鈐倫敦已付始發日戳及6.13香港雙弧到達戳。附謄寫內容，大致有關皇家海軍在粵港一帶之活動。

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Lot 1528

1,700 HKD

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Great Britain to Hong Kong - Forwarded to Naval Commander via Crawle & Co. 18 February 1858, a letter franked with 6x 1d red Queen

Great Britain to Hong Kong - Forwarded to Naval Commander via Crawle & Co. 18 February 1858, a letter franked with 6x 1d red Queen Victoria Line-Engraved stamps, each tied by the "529" barred oval cancel, routing endorsed "Via Southampton" at upper left. The cover is addressed to Vaughan T. Daves Esq., Commander of the "Arrow,", care of Messer. P.H. Cawle & Co., Hong Kong, China. A forwarding agent often held or redirected naval and commercial correspondence to foreign residents or officers serving in China. This cover was addressed to Commander Vaughan T. Daves, then in command of the HMS Arrow, a prominent vessel notably triggered the Second Opium War, which is known as the Arrow Incident broken out in October 1856. On the reverse side, cancelled by double arc Hong Kong c.d.s. (4 AP 1858), and UK's MILFORD (FE 18, 1853), and LONDON dispatch c.d.s. (FE 19, 58) in red color.英國寄香港 - 轉交亞羅號海軍指揮官,經 Cawle & Co. 轉遞 1858年2月18日寄出,信封貼用維多利亞女王一便士紅色線雕郵票六枚,均銷以「529」橫條數字格線銷戳。左上角手寫註明「Via Southampton」鄭路。信件地址為: 中國香港轉交 P.H. Cawle & Co., 「亞羅號」艦長Vaughan T. Daves 閣下。Cawle & Co. 為十九世紀中期駐香港的英資轉運代理商,專責接收、暫存或再轉遞海軍及商業信函,予派駐華之外籍居民與軍官。信封背面蓋有:香港雙圈日戳(1858年4月4日);英國MILFORD 日戳(1858年2 月18日);倫敦紅色發信日戳(1858年2月19日)。本件郵品收件人為Vaughan T. Daves 艦長,當時為英國皇家海軍亞羅號艦 HMS Arrow 指揮官。HMS Arrow 於1856年10月在廣州引發著名的「亞羅號事件」,成為第二次鴉片戰爭爆發的導火線,歷史意義重大。

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Lot 1591

1,200 HKD

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1905 (20 Mar) Dutch East Indies 5c stationery card to Hong Kong, redirected to Shanghai, tied by Soerabaja squared circle d.s. Transit

1905 (20 Mar) Dutch East Indies 5c stationery card to Hong Kong, redirected to Shanghai, tied by Soerabaja squared circle d.s. Transit Makasser (22 Mar), Menado (30 Mar). Arrived Hong Kong (1 May). Redirected to Shanghai BPO (4 May). Nice incoming and redirected example.1905.3.20 荷屬東印度2分郵資片寄香港，改寄上海，銷泗水日戳。3.22經望加錫，3.30經美娜多。5.1抵香港，改寄上海英局，5.4抵達。出色之荷屬東印度進口再改寄例子。

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Lot 1612

3,600 HKD

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A group of three covers using Overseas Cancellations on HK stamps: 1. 1904 (28 Nov) Yow Yuen large printed envelope to San Francisco per

A group of three covers using Overseas Cancellations on HK stamps: 1. 1904 (28 Nov) Yow Yuen large printed envelope to San Francisco per Smr. “Gaelic” bearing K.E. VII 6 x 5c, 1 x 20c, 1 x 50c, tied by Honolulu Island “OAHU” duplex with straight-line “PACKET BOAT” handstamp in purple. The reverse with SF arrival c.d.s. (8 Dec) and red wax seals; Very fine use of the Hawaian Island Overseas cancellation on HK stamps. 2. 1906 (18 July) M.J. CONNELL SEATTLE large printed envelope to Washington U.S.A., bearing K.E. VII 11 x 10c blue , tied by “VANCOUVER B.C. / 18 JUL 06” DUPLEX with barred circled cancellation . Very Fine . 3. 1904 (6 Dec) Yow Yuen large printed envelope to San Francisco per Smr. “China” bearing K.E. VII 6 x 5c, 1 X 20c, 3 X 10c, all tied by “SHANGHAI B.P.O.”. The reverse with SF arrival c.d.s. and red wax seals; Fine.一組三件以美國、加拿大及上海英局日戳銷香港票之實寄封

Lot 2028

3,200 HKD

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1896 (31 Jan) a registered envelope from Shanghai to St. Petersburg, Russia, franked with HK QV 20c ovpt. 30c green, and 10c brown red,

1896 (31 Jan) a registered envelope from Shanghai to St. Petersburg, Russia, franked with HK QV 20c ovpt. 30c green, and 10c brown red, both tied by SHANGHAI B.P.O. c.d.s. index C (31 Jan 96), Shanghai registered mark circled “R”, octagonal “LIGNE N PAQ. FR. No.6 / FEVR 96” d.s. On the reverse side, Russie arrival c.d.s (26 Nov 96), HK transit c.d.s. (4/II//96 – that is Russian Julian date system, translating into our international date as 9 March 1896). An excellent French mail to a rare destination of St. Petersburg, Russia via French LIGNE N Paquebot No.6. A rare mail.1896.1.31 上海寄俄國掛號封，貼香港票20仙 + 10仙，銷上海英局日戳。經法國郵船N線6號送遞。經法國郵船寄俄國少見。

Lot 2292

700 HKD

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1860 Shanghai (7 Nov) to France. Entire letter, sent “via Marseilles” and rated “9” by h.s., alongside with Buissonnet & Co.

1860 Shanghai (7 Nov) to France. Entire letter, sent “via Marseilles” and rated “9” by h.s., alongside with Buissonnet & Co. Shanghae company seal. Transit Hong Kong (11 Nov). Arrrived France (26 Dec).1860.11.7 上海寄法國。郵簡，帶有“via Marseilles”及“9”郵資戳記，另見Buissonnet & Co Shanghae公司戳記。11.11經香港。12.26抵法國。

Lot 2294

20,000 HKD

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1880 (7 Oct) an envelope addressed to St. Petersburg, Russia, franked by a pair of 1880 HKQV 5-cents ovpt. 18c lilacs, cancelled by a very

1880 (7 Oct) an envelope addressed to St. Petersburg, Russia, franked by a pair of 1880 HKQV 5-cents ovpt. 18c lilacs, cancelled by a very fine black “S1” numeral obliterator, matching a very fine “SHANGHAE A” c.d.s. alongside. On the reverse side, Hong Kong c.d.s. (10 Oct), Naples and St. Peterburg c.d.s. First year usage of HK QV 5 cents ovpt. 18c on a Treaty Port item. Very rare franking and an exotic destination to Russia in 1880s. This is an exhibition postal history item. Provenance: Richard C.K. Chan Collection – Cavendish Auction Oct 20031880.10.7 上海寄俄國，貼維多利亞女皇像5仙蓋18仙，銷黑色S1殺手戳，另見上海英局及香港日戳。為5仙蓋18仙於商埠貼用之首年例子。陳卓堅舊藏。

Lot 2297

700 HKD

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1902 Shanghai to England. Registered cover, f.w. Hong Kong QV 10c in strip of 4, tied by Shanghai BPO cds. Showing "Per German Mail"

1902 Shanghai to England. Registered cover, f.w. Hong Kong QV 10c in strip of 4, tied by Shanghai BPO cds. Showing "Per German Mail" annotation and R mark. Arrived London (10 Jan).1902年上海寄英國。掛號封，貼香港維多利亞女皇像10仙橫四連，銷上海英局日戳。寫有“Per German Mail”。1.10抵倫敦。

Lot 2298

500 HKD

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1903 Shanghai (19 Jan) to Canada. CIP 2nd print PSC used as postcard, f.w. Hong Kong QV 4c, tied by Shanghai BPO cds. Transit San Francisco

1903 Shanghai (19 Jan) to Canada. CIP 2nd print PSC used as postcard, f.w. Hong Kong QV 4c, tied by Shanghai BPO cds. Transit San Francisco (14 Feb), Detroit (19 Feb). Arrived Canada (21 Feb).1903.1.19 上海寄加拿大。大清第二版郵資片用作明信片，貼香港維多利亞女皇像4仙，銷上海英局日戳。2.14經三藩市，2.19經底特律。2.21抵加拿大。

Lot 2300

700 HKD

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1904-1909 a group of 5 outgoing picture postcards from Shanghai and Hankow, f.w. Hong Kong KEVII issues, tied by different types of

1904-1909 a group of 5 outgoing picture postcards from Shanghai and Hankow, f.w. Hong Kong KEVII issues, tied by different types of Shanghai and Hankow BPO cds. A nice group of commerically used picture postcards, showcasing images of various buildings and landmarks.1904至1909年一組五件圖片明信片，自上海或漢口寄國外，貼香港愛德華七世票，銷不同樣式之上海及漢口英局日戳。一組出色之實寄片，影像內容包括各式建築及地標。

Lot 2301

1,000 HKD

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1904 and 1907 a pair of registered covers from Shanghai to England, f..w Hong Kong KEVII issues in value of 14c, tied by Shanghai BPO index

1904 and 1907 a pair of registered covers from Shanghai to England, f..w Hong Kong KEVII issues in value of 14c, tied by Shanghai BPO index C cds and Webb type R4 oval registered d.s. respectively.1904及1907年一對上海寄英國掛號封，貼香港愛德華七世票14仙，分別銷上海英局C字日戳及Webb R4型橢圓形掛號日戳。