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China Province Yunnan Documents

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Lot 1959

12,000 HKD

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1911 Moukden (10 Apr) to Théophile Piry, Postmaster General of Imperial Post. Red band cover, f.w. “SERVICE DES POSTES” bilingual h.s.

1911 Moukden (10 Apr) to Théophile Piry, Postmaster General of Imperial Post. Red band cover, f.w. “SERVICE DES POSTES” bilingual h.s. Transit Newchwang (12 Apr). Scarce example of of this h.s. 1911.4.10 奉天寄北京之大清郵政總辦帛黎。紅條封，鈐“郵政公事”中文法文圓戳。4.12經牛莊。少見。

China Province Yunnan Documents

Lot 2149

800 HKD

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Kuang Hsu (Guangxu) Year 34 (1908) Ministry of Finance postal memo to Ministry of the Army, regarding conveyance of an official mail to the

Kuang Hsu (Guangxu) Year 34 (1908) Ministry of Finance postal memo to Ministry of the Army, regarding conveyance of an official mail to the Szemao Customs in Yunnan. The Customs Post was operative but Chinese government mails still went through Yizhan. 光緒三十四年（1908）度支部為發雲貴總督及思茅關驛遞公文事，咨陸軍部片。

China Imperial Post Pre-philately

Lot 2152

3,000 HKD

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Xianfeng Year 9 (1859) Express official cover from Tengyueh to the Yunnan border, applied with red official seal. In 1856, the Panthay

Xianfeng Year 9 (1859) Express official cover from Tengyueh to the Yunnan border, applied with red official seal. In 1856, the Panthay Rebellion broke out. Qing army was gathered to oppress. 咸豐九年（1859）公文快信封，由騰越寄邊防重鎮民光隘，鈐紅色官印。1856年，杜文秀起義爆發。清軍調集至雲南圍剿。

Lot 2154

3,000 HKD

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Tongzhi Year 12 (1873) Large official cover from Kunming to Tali, applied with Dali Yizhan Station oval handfilled d.s. Postal daters were

Tongzhi Year 12 (1873) Large official cover from Kunming to Tali, applied with Dali Yizhan Station oval handfilled d.s. Postal daters were introduced in the final years of Qing Empire. 同治十二年（1873）大型公文封自昆明寄大理，鈐“大理城驛站”橢圓手填日戳。驛站日戳至晚清才出現。