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Lot 223

700 HKD

Live

1909 Italy (23 Mar) to Tayuen. View PPC, f.w. Italian 10c, tied by Genova cds. Transit Shanghai Chinese PO (25 Apr). Arrived Taiyuan (3

1909 Italy (23 Mar) to Tayuen. View PPC, f.w. Italian 10c, tied by Genova cds. Transit Shanghai Chinese PO (25 Apr). Arrived Taiyuan (3 May).1909.3.23 意大利寄太原。風光明信片，貼意大利票10分，銷熱那亞日戳。4.25經上海中國郵局。5.3抵太原。

Lot 225

2,400 HKD

Live

1907 Colombia (27 May) to Peking. Picture postcard, f.w. Colombia 2c. Transit Shanghai BPO (27 Jun). Arrived Peking Chinese PO (2 Jul).

1907 Colombia (27 May) to Peking. Picture postcard, f.w. Colombia 2c. Transit Shanghai BPO (27 Jun). Arrived Peking Chinese PO (2 Jul). Nice incoming example of South America.1907.5.27 哥倫比亞寄北京。圖片明信片，貼哥倫比亞2分。6.27經上海英局落地。7.2抵北京清郵。出色之南美進口例子。

Lot 227

5,000 HKD

Live

1898 Peru (22 Aug) to Peking. Mourning cover, f.w. Peru ovpt. Gobierno 1c in pair + 10c x4 on both sides, tied by Lima cds., along with

1898 Peru (22 Aug) to Peking. Mourning cover, f.w. Peru ovpt. Gobierno 1c in pair + 10c x4 on both sides, tied by Lima cds., along with registered mark. Transit New York (18 Sep), San Francisco (22 Sep), Shanghai Chinese PO (3 Nov). Arrived Peking with dollar cds. Cover opened out for display. Spectacular incoming cover from South America. Ex- Steve Chazen.1898.8.22 秘魯寄北京。報哀封，正背貼秘魯票加蓋Gobierno 1分雙連 + 10分x4，銷利馬日戳，旁見掛號章。9.18經紐約，9.22經三藩市，11.3經上海中國郵局。抵北京，鈐大圓戳。封剖開以作展示。出類拔萃之南美進口封。蔡盛舊藏。

Lot 229

700 HKD

Live

1905 South Africa (5 Jun) to Tsingtau, f.w. Transvaal KEVII 2-1/2d, tied by Denver cds. Transit Hong Kong (14 Jul), Shanghai Chinese PO (19

1905 South Africa (5 Jun) to Tsingtau, f.w. Transvaal KEVII 2-1/2d, tied by Denver cds. Transit Hong Kong (14 Jul), Shanghai Chinese PO (19 Jul). Arrived Tsingtau German PO (24 Jul). Nice incoming example from South Africa.1905.6.5 南非寄青島，貼川斯瓦省愛德華七世2-1/2便士，銷Denver日戳。7.14經香港，7.19經上海清郵。7.24抵青島德局。出色之南非進口封。

Lot 230

800 HKD

Sold

1906 South Africa (22 Nov) to Wuhu, redirected to Ichang. Picture postcard, f.w. KEVII 1d, tied by Johannesburg cds. Transit Hong Kong (3

1906 South Africa (22 Nov) to Wuhu, redirected to Ichang. Picture postcard, f.w. KEVII 1d, tied by Johannesburg cds. Transit Hong Kong (3 Jan), Shanghai Chinese PO (7 Jan)), Hankow (12 Jan). Arrived Wuhu (7 Feb) with lunar year cds. Redirected to Ichang (7 Jan) also with lunar year cds.1906.11.22 南非寄蕪湖，改寄宜昌。圖片明信片，貼愛德華七世1便士，銷約翰尼斯堡日戳。1.3經香港，1.7經上海清郵，1.12經漢口。2.7抵蕪湖，鈐干支日戳。改寄宜昌（1.7），同樣鈐干支日戳。

Lot 231

600 HKD

Live

1905 New Zealand (4 Jun) to Foochow, redirected to Peking. Picture postcard, f.w. New Zealand 1d, tied by meter stamp. Transit Hong Kong

1905 New Zealand (4 Jun) to Foochow, redirected to Peking. Picture postcard, f.w. New Zealand 1d, tied by meter stamp. Transit Hong Kong (28 Aug). Arrived Foochow BPO and Chinese PO (4 Sep). Redirected to Peking (14 Sep). Nice incoming example.1905.6.4 新西蘭寄福州，改寄北京。圖片明信片，貼新西蘭票1便士，銷機戳。8.28經香港。9.4抵福州英局及中國郵局。改寄北京（9.14）。出色之進口例子。

China

China Republic of China Picture postcards

China

China Republic of China Picture postcards

Lot 272

700 HKD

Live

1900 Celyon (15 Apr) to Tientsin. Picture postcard, f.w. Celyon QV 6c, tied by Colombo cds. Transit with Webb No. 4 Singapore to Hong Kong

1900 Celyon (15 Apr) to Tientsin. Picture postcard, f.w. Celyon QV 6c, tied by Colombo cds. Transit with Webb No. 4 Singapore to Hong Kong marine sorter (22 Apr). Arrived Tientsin Chinese PO (5 May).1900.4.15 錫蘭寄天津。圖片明信片，貼錫蘭維多利亞女皇像6分，銷可倫坡日戳。4.22鈐Webb 4號新加坡-香港海上分揀戳。5.5抵天津清郵。

China Republic of China Picture postcards

Lot 274

2,200 HKD

Sold

1913 Japanese 1-1/2s PSC to Kuanchow, redirected to Yangki Post office, applied with Tokyo (28 Sep) English cds. Arrived Kuanchow (Oct)

1913 Japanese 1-1/2s PSC to Kuanchow, redirected to Yangki Post office, applied with Tokyo (28 Sep) English cds. Arrived Kuanchow (Oct) with address crossed out and redirected to Yangki PO via Pingsianghsien (10 Oct), Changshu (17 Oct), Kianfu (19 Feb), Anfu (22 Oct). Arrived on 23 Oct. Extraordinary incoming example to Kiangsi with mulitple transit cds of small towns.1913年日本1錢5厘明信片寄袁州，改寄洋溪郵政局。鈐東京9.28英文日戳。10月抵袁州，但地址改劃去改寄洋溪。10.10經萍鄉，10.17經樟樹，2.19經慶安府，10.22經安福，10.23抵達。出類拔萃之進口江西郵例，並展示了多枚小地名中轉戳。

China

Lot 318

1,500 HKD

Live

1912 (24 Apr) NÜRNBERG to Mission-House in MeiChou and Changlok via Swatow. German postcard to Hong Kong, redirected to Meichou and then

1912 (24 Apr) NÜRNBERG to Mission-House in MeiChou and Changlok via Swatow. German postcard to Hong Kong, redirected to Meichou and then changlok via Swatow (汕頭), with multiple Chinese datestamps. Picture postcard franked with a 10 Pfennig red "Bayern" issue, tied by clear NÜRNBERG/24.4.12 circular datestamp, correctly paying the UPU international postcard rate. Originally addressed to Hong Kong, to a German missionary at "Mission-House", the card was redirected to Changlok (likely present-day Changlou/長洛), a rural station near Meizhou (梅州), Guangdong. The address was amended in red ink with the instruction "via Swatow", and the card received several Chinese transit and arrival postmarks, including: 汕頭 (Swatow) transit marking: 梅州 (Meichou) regional postmarks; 長樂(Changlok) local delivery mark. This postcard is an excellent example of early German missionary correspondence redirected through the Hong Kong-Swatow-Changlok inland route. It highlights the complexity of missionary mail forwarding in pre-republican China, with complete routing and delivery markings.1912.4.24 德國寄香港明信片,轉寄廣東梅州「德教堂」,經汕頭轉遞並蓋多枚中文戳記。貼有德國巴伐利亞紅色10便士郵票，銷紐倫堡 NÜRNBERG/1912年4月 24日清晰日戳,正確支付萬國郵聯(UPU)明信片國際郵資。原址為香港,寄往德國傳教士駐「德教堂(Mission-House)」，惟收件人已遷離,地址被紅筆劃去並改為廣東梅州長樂(Changlok)。信件另加紅筆註明「via Swatow(經汕頭)」，並蓋有多枚中文戳記,包括:汕頭(Swatow)日戰、廣東興寧元年五月廿八日(Hingling)、長樂元年五月廿九日(Chonglok)日戳。此為德國傳教郵件經香港轉送中國內陸之完整實寄實例,展示早期傳教士郵件改遞處理流程與條約港與內陸郵路之連繫,具研究價值。

China

China Japanese Occupation

Lot 329

200 HKD

Sold

1920 Japan (Aug) to Shanghai. Picture postcard, f.w. Taisho 1-1/2s, tied by Kobe cds. In combination with Junk 1c, tied by Shanghai (2 Sep)

1920 Japan (Aug) to Shanghai. Picture postcard, f.w. Taisho 1-1/2s, tied by Kobe cds. In combination with Junk 1c, tied by Shanghai (2 Sep) cds upon arrival. Arrived Shanghai LPO (2 Sep).1920.8 日本寄上海。圖片明信片，貼田澤型切手1錢5厘，銷神戶日戳。加貼帆船1分，銷上海9.2到達戳。同日抵上海工部郵局。

China

China Japanese Occupation

Lot 333

700 HKD

Live

1926 and 1931 a pair of incoming covers from Germany to Keelung and Peiping. Former showing "via Siberien: cachet while latter with airmail

1926 and 1931 a pair of incoming covers from Germany to Keelung and Peiping. Former showing "via Siberien: cachet while latter with airmail annotation and label.1926及1931年一對德國進口基隆及北京封，前者鈐“via Siberien”指示戳，後者見空郵批注及標籤。

China Japanese Occupation

Lot 378

700 HKD

Live

1937 Austria (19 Jul) to Nanking, f.w. Austrian 60 Groschen, tied by Oetz cds. Transit Shanghai (13 Aug) with postal saving promotional

1937 Austria (19 Jul) to Nanking, f.w. Austrian 60 Groschen, tied by Oetz cds. Transit Shanghai (13 Aug) with postal saving promotional meter stamp. Arrived Nanking (18 Aug). The Battle of Shanghai broke out on 13 Aug. Extremely historical. 1937.7.19 奧國寄南京，貼奧國票60 Groschen，銷Oetz日戳。8.13經上海，鈐郵政儲金宣傳機戳。8.18抵南京。淞滬會戰正正於8月13日爆發，極具歷史意義。

China

Lot 390

500 HKD

Live

1939 Germany (10 Jul) to Shanghai via Hong Kong, Airmail cover, f.w. German issue 5pf + 15pf + 60pf, tied by Frankfurt cds. Transit Hong

1939 Germany (10 Jul) to Shanghai via Hong Kong, Airmail cover, f.w. German issue 5pf + 15pf + 60pf, tied by Frankfurt cds. Transit Hong Kong (20 Jul). In combination with SYS 5c upon arrival at Shanghai (24 Jul) for Hong Kong to Shanghai rate.1939.7.10 德國經香港寄上海。進口航空封，貼德國票5芬尼 + 15芬尼 + 60芬尼，銷法蘭克福日戳。7.20經香港。7.24抵上海，貼孫像5分以補香港寄上海郵資。

Lot 466

500 HKD

Live

1948 USA (18 Apr) to Peiping. Airmail cover, f.w. US airmail issue 10c + 100th Anniv of US Stamps M/S, tied by duplex d.s. Arrived Peiping

1948 USA (18 Apr) to Peiping. Airmail cover, f.w. US airmail issue 10c + 100th Anniv of US Stamps M/S, tied by duplex d.s. Arrived Peiping (24 Apr). Cover opened at right.1948.4.8 美國寄北平。航空封，貼美國航空票10分 + 美國郵票百週年小型張，銷雙聯日戳。4.24抵北平。封右側打開。

Lot 1525

4,400 HKD

Sold

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 1527

1,500 HKD

Live

1858 England (7 Aug) to Royal Engineers, Hong Kong, f.w. QV 6d, tied by Guernsey duplex d.s. Showing "via Southampton" annotation. Transit

1858 England (7 Aug) to Royal Engineers, Hong Kong, f.w. QV 6d, tied by Guernsey duplex d.s. Showing "via Southampton" annotation. Transit London (19 Aug). Arrived Hong Kong (9 Oct) with double-arc cds.1858.8.7 英國寄香港皇家工兵，貼維多利亞女皇像6便士，銷Guernsey雙聯日戳。寫有“via Southampton”。8.19經倫敦。10.9抵香港，鈐雙弧日戳。

Lot 1543

2,000 HKD

Live

1848 Hong Kong (30 Oct) to France. Outer wrapper, rated "90" and "1/-", applied with crowned PAID AT HONG KONG Webb type 8 cds and type 9

1848 Hong Kong (30 Oct) to France. Outer wrapper, rated "90" and "1/-", applied with crowned PAID AT HONG KONG Webb type 8 cds and type 9 Hong Kong double-arc cds. Arrived France.1848.10.30 香港寄法國。郵簡封套，寫有“90”及“1/-”郵資，鈐Webb 8型皇冠PAID AT HONGKONG戳記及9型香港雙弧日戳。抵法國。

Lot 1591

1,200 HKD

Live

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。