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China French PO

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Lot 105

25,000 HKD

Live

1899 Ningpo (4 Mar) to France, f.w. Empress Dowager surch small figure 4c in vertical pair (top stamp with character "4" 3.5mm below

1899 Ningpo (4 Mar) to France, f.w. Empress Dowager surch small figure 4c in vertical pair (top stamp with character "4" 3.5mm below Chinese character variety; Chan 40c) + 1/2c in gutter horizontal pair + 1c, tied by Ningpo Dollar cds. Transit Shanghai Chinese PO (5 Mar). In combination with Hong Kong QV 10c on front, tied by Shanghai BPO (6 Mar). Further transit Hong Kong (10 Mar), French paquebot (11 Mar). Nice franking of Empress Dowager variety stamp. The usage of Ningpo Dollar cds is also rather late as the latest record was Apr 1899.1899.3.4 寧波寄法國，背貼慈壽加蓋小字4分直雙連（上方一枚帶“4”字為3.5毫米長距變異；陳目40c）+ 半分過橋橫雙連 + 1分，銷寧波大圓戳。3.5經上海清郵。加貼香港維多利亞女皇像10仙，銷上海英局3.6日戳。3.10經香港，3.11經法國郵船。貼用加蓋變異票十分出色難得，同為寧波大圓戳之較晚例子（最晚為1899年4月）。

China French PO

Lot 172

5,000 HKD

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1899 Chungking (18 Sep) to France, applied with Chungking bisected bilingual origin cds. Transit Shanghai Chinese PO (29 Sep). F.w. Peace

1899 Chungking (18 Sep) to France, applied with Chungking bisected bilingual origin cds. Transit Shanghai Chinese PO (29 Sep). F.w. Peace and Commerce issue ovpt. Chine 25c, tied by Chungking type I IPO tie-print and Shanghai French PO cds (29 Sep). Transit French paquebot ligne N (3 Oct). Arrived France (Nov). Chungking IPO tie-print is already scarce, applied on French stamps are even more unusual.1899.9.18 重慶寄法國，鈐重慶半切漢英日戳。9.29經上海中國郵局。貼和平及商貿神像加蓋Chine 25生丁，銷重慶I型IPO騎縫戳及上海法局9.29日戳。10.3經法國郵船N線。11月抵法國。重慶IPO騎縫戳本已少見，蓋於法國票上更是可遇不可求。