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Hong Kong

1949 | Hong Kong (DR12116)

Hong Kong. (Seychelles). 1949. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Government House, Seychelles' bearing SG 152, 30c blue (strip of three) tied by 'Registred/ GPO Hong Kong' double ring with matching registered label and Victoria/ Seychelles arrival. Nice item of destination mail.

£175.00
Hong Kong

1912 | Hong Kong (DR12115)

Hong Kong. 1912. Registered postal stationery card 'one cent' brown upgraded with SG 82, 12c purple and green and SG 91, 1c brown tied by Registered/ Hong Kong double ring with framed 'R/Hong Kong' hand-stamp addressed to Germany with Hanover arrival on face. Very scarce up-rated Registered postal stationery card.

£750.00
Hong Kong

1907 | Hong Kong (DR12114)

Hong Kong. (Postcards). 1907. Triple Picture post card of 'Panorama of Hong Kong and Harbour' addressed to Switzerland bearing Hong /Kong SG 64, 4c purple/red tied by Victoria/ Hong Kong double ring with Zurich receiver. A scarce multi card used.

£275.00
Hong Kong

1906 | Hong Kong (DR12113)

Hong Kong. (French Post Office In Crete). 1906. Multi-scene picture post card of 'Vladivostok' (published by Chinese company) addressed to Crete bearing Hong Kong SG 78, 4c purple/red tied by Shanghai/ B.P.O. date stamp 'Mr 12' routed via Hong Kong '20 Mar' , Egypt '12/4' and French Post Office Smyrne/ Turqui D' Asie 'Avril 21' with Candie/ Crete arrival '30th Avril'. Lovely item of destination mail.

£195.00
Hong Kong

1906 | Hong Kong (DR12112)

Hong Kong. (Korea). 1906. Registered envelope written from the Consulate de France/ Hong Kong' addressed to 'The Consulate General de France, Seoul, Korea' bearing Hong Kong SG 67, 10c purple and blue (strip of three) tied by 'Registered/ GPO Hong Kong' date stamp '25th Aug' with adjacent 'R/ Hong Kong' framed hand-stamp on face with Nagasaki/ Japan transit '3nd Sept' on reverse. Scarce destination from Hong Kong to Korea.

£395.00
Hong Kong

1939 | Hong Kong (DR12111)

Hong Kong. 1939. Air Mail envelope bearing SG 146, 15c scarlet and SG 155, $1 lilac and blue tied by Victoria Hong Kong double ring with oval 'Passed by Censor/218' hand-stamp in blue very fine.

£275.00
Hong Kong

1941 | Hong Kong (DR12110)

Hong Kong. 1941. Censored envelope addressed to the United States bearing SG 153, 50c purple and SG 168, $1 blue and orange (3) tied by Victoria Hong Kong double ring with boxed 'Not Opened by Censor' in violet with boxed '77' censor cachet on reverse. Very fine.

£125.00
Hong Kong

1939 | Hong Kong (DR12109)

Hong Kong. (Censored Mail). 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing SG 145, 10c bright violet (pair) and SG 155, $1 purple and blue (pair) tied by Victoria/ Hong Kong double ring with circular 'Passed By/ Censor/ Hong Kong/ No 6' in violet on face. Scarce censor so fine. Ex Goldsmith.

£225.00
Hong Kong

1912 | Hong Kong (DR12108)

Hong Kong. 1912. Picture post card of 'Central Market, Hong Kong' written from 'H.M.S. Waterwatch, China Fleet' addressed to Essex bearing SG 102, 4c carmine tied by Hong Kong double ring with oval cachet in violet 'H.M.S. Waterwatch/ China Fleet/1 Apr 1912' , routed via Siberia. Very fine item as the Waterwatch was sunk soon after in a collision with an Admiralty Yacht.

£275.00
Hong Kong

1918 | Hong Kong (DR12107)

Hong Kong. 1918. Censored envelope written from the 'Chief Officer, "S.S. Hias" addressed to Holland bearing 105, 10c blue tied by Hong Kong double ring with 'G Arms R/ Opened by Censor' label in blue with adjacent boxed 'PBC' in violet and Elburg arrival on reverse. Nice item of 1st War censored mail.

£275.00
Hong Kong

1915 | Hong Kong (DR12106)

Hong Kong. (Treaty ports). 1915. Envelope addressed to Hong Kong bearing SG 101, 2c green tied by Canton/B date stamp (Webb Type Eii) with Hong Kong receiver on reverse. Scarce inter-port rate from Canton.

£350.00
Hong Kong

1912 | Hong Kong (DR12105)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1912. Envelope addressed to Ireland bearing Hong Kong SG 92, 2c deep green (2) tied by Foochow date stamp 'Oct 28' (Webb Type H) endorsed 'via Siberia to London' with Shanghai British Post Office transit 'Nov 1' on reverse Nice item paying the printed matter rate.

£450.00
Hong Kong

1903 | Hong Kong (DR12104)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1903. Picture post card addressed to France bearing SG 56, 2c green and SG 62, 1c purple and brown (pair) tied by Canton date stamp (Webb Type Dii) with Victoria/Hong Kong transit. Lovely combination, earliest known date on KE VII adhesive.

£350.00
Hong Kong

1900 | Hong Kong (DR12103)

Hong Kong. (France). 1900. Envelope addressed to France bearing bearing Hong Kong SG 48, 20c on 30c green (pair) tied by Hong Kong date stamp sent on the steamer "S.S. Annam" with octagonal French paquebot on reverse and Lyon arrival. Very fine.

£220.00
Hong Kong

1903 | Hong Kong (DR12102)

Hong Kong. (Registered Mail). 1903. Registered envelope addressed to France bearing Hong Kong SG 58, 5c yellow (pair) tied by 'Registered/ GPO Hong Kong' double ring 'Dec 5th 03' with 'R/ Hong Kong/ China' registration label on face and Paris arrival '2nd Jan 04' on reverse. Lovely item of registered mail.

£350.00
Hong Kong

1905 | Hong Kong (DR12101)

Hong Kong. (France). 1905. Registered picture post card of 'Street scene in Canton' addressed to France bearing Hong Kong SG 62, 1c brown and purple (4) and SG 6, 5c green and brown-orange (2) tied by Registered/Hong Kong double ring with framed 'R/ Hong Kong/No' registration hand-stamp and sent on the French paquebot "Australian" with octagonal 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 5' date stamp (Salles 1924) with Suresnes arrival '21st Feb' on face. Registered post-card to France paying the 14 cent postcard plus registration fee. Registered postcards are very scarce.

£295.00
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES

1940 | NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (DR12100)

Netherlands East Indies. (Hong Kong). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Batavia, Java bearing Hong Kong SG 149, 25c blue tied by Victoria/ Hong Kong double ring '17th Aug 40' with 'Passed by Censor/ 9' cachet in green with 'Batavia Censuur' label tied by 'Dev/ 3' in carmine on face and reverse. Very attractive cover.

£175.00
Hong Kong

1891 | Hong Kong (DR12099)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1891. Postal stationery card 'one cent' green cancelled by Canton date stamp 'May 21' (Webb Type B) paying the local rate in Canton. Very fine.

£225.00
Hong Kong

1946 | Hong Kong (DR12098)

Hong Kong. (Indian Field Post Office). 1946. stamp-less Air Mail envelope addressed to England cancelled by 'F.P.O. No 222' date stamp '2nd Dec 46' on reverse endorsed 'On Active Service' . Scarce item sent from the Indian Field Post Office in Hong Kong.

£225.00
Hong Kong

1949 | Hong Kong (DR12097)

Hong Kong. (Malaya). 1949. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 148, 20c vermilion tied by Kowloon/ Hong Kong double ring with adjacent 'Garrison Adjt/ Kowloon Garrison' in violet endorsed 'Air Liaison Section/ Kano Air Warfare/ Training Team/ RAF Station/ Kuala Lumpur/ Malaya' with Hong Kong transit on reverse. Very interesting item.

£275.00
Hong Kong

1940 | Hong Kong (DR12096)

Hong Kong. (Ireland). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Cork, Ireland bearing SG 146, 15c scarlet and SG 155, $1, dull lilac and blue tied by Hong Kong double ring routed via London with 'Opened by Examiner 4696' label and bilingual Gaelic label applied in the Republic. Scarce Irish censor on mail from Hong Kong.

£350.00
Hong Kong

1912 | Hong Kong (DR12095)

Hong Kong. (French Maritime Mail). 1912. Picture post card of 'Comic card 'En Mer' written from Hong Kong and addressed to France bearing Hong Kong SG 93, 4c carmine tied by 'Marseille a Yokohama No 1' date stamp '21st Oct 1912' (Webb Type M). Not recorded by Webb on the Marseille to Yokohama Line and not seen by Salles on Hong Kong stamp.

£350.00
Hong Kong

1894 | Hong Kong (DR12094)

Hong Kong. (Registered Mail). 1894. Registered envelope written from the French Consulate, Hong Kong with 'Consulat de France/ a Hong Kong' hand-stamp in blue on face addressed to France bearing Hong Kong SG 36, 10c purple/red (pair) tied by Hong Kong date stamp 'Nov 22 94' with framed hand-stamp 'R/ Hong Kong G.P.O./ No' on face (Webb Type Riv), French entry cachet 'Modane a Paris' in red and Paris arrival. Lovely item with the difficult first boxed type only in use 4 months in Webb.

£550.00
China

1903 | China (DR12093)

China. (Hong Kong). 1903. Picture post card of 'The Cathedral, Shanghai' addressed to France bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG 111, 4c brown tied by Woosung date stamp routed via the Imperial and British Post Offices Shanghai bearing Hong Kong SG 56, 2c green (pair) tied by Shanghai date stamp with Marne arrival. Very fine.

£450.00
Hong Kong

1914 | Hong Kong (DR12092)

Hong Kong. (China). 1914. Picture post card of the 'Bell Tower, Peking' addressed to the 'French 16th Regiment, 4th Company, Tien-Tsin' bearing SG 101, 2c green tied by Imperial Post Office Peking date stamp. Scarce postmark on Hong Kong stamps in card.

£225.00
Hong Kong

1887 | Hong Kong (DR12091)

Hong Kong. (Singapore). 1887. Registered envelope addressed to Singapore bearing SG 37a, 10c green (pair) tied by B62 obliterator with adjacent Hong Kong cds and oval hand-struck 'R', sent on the steamer 's.s. Tai-Sang' with Singapore arrival on reverse. Nice destination item.

£550.00
Hong Kong

1921 | Hong Kong (DR12090)

Hong Kong. 1921. Registered KGV postal stationery envelope 10c violet (Yang H20) upgraded with SG 124, 10c ultramarine tied by Registered/GPO Hong Kong date stamp with matching registered label addressed to Saigon Cochinchine with arrival on reverse. Nice destination on stationery.

£275.00
Hong Kong

1936 | Hong Kong (DR12089)

Hong Kong. (Air Mail). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to Canton, China bearing Hong Kong SG 121, 5c violet and SG 127, 30c purple and chrome yellow tied by Hong Kong/ Air Mail double ring '5th Nov 36' endorsed 'via C.N.A.C./ First Flight/ Hong Kong-China' with Honglok and Canton receiver. Very fine.

£150.00
Hong Kong

1941 | Hong Kong (DR12088)

Hong Kong. (India). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing India SG 254, 3a 6p blue and SG 261, 5r blue tied by Bombay roller endorsed 'Air Mail via India, Hong Kong, USA' with boxed 'Not Opened by Censor' and Victoria/ Hong Kong transit with 'Not Opened by Censor' on face in violet with circular 'AV. 2.' Very fine item of Trans-Pacific mail.

£275.00
Hong Kong

1899 | Hong Kong (DR12087)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1899. Multi view picture post card to France bearing Chinese Imperial Post SG 49, 4c brown tied by Peking date stamp routed via Shanghai bearing Hong Kong SG 33, 2c carmine (pair) tied by Shanghai date stamp with I.P.O. Tie Print, Sent via the Imperial Post Office with Hong Kong transit and forwarded on French paquebot with octagonal 'Ligne N Paq. Fr. No 3' date stamp and Vosges arrival in France. Very nice conbination.

£525.00
Hong Kong

1897 | Hong Kong (DR12086)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1897. Postal stationery card 4 cents grey cancelled by Canton/star date stamp (Webb Fig 123) addressed to the 'Burma Civil Service, Rangoon, Burma via Hong Kong with transit in Tutticorn and arrival in Rangoon on front. Nice item of destination mail.

£450.00
Hong Kong

1890 | Hong Kong (DR12085)

Hong Kong. (Great Britain). 1890. Envelope addressed to Cambridge bearing Hong Kong SG 37a, 10c green tied by B/62 obliterator with adjacent Hong Kong cds 'Jy 24 90' with Cambridge arrival and forwarded to London bearing Great Britain SG 172, 1d lilac tied by Cambridge/ 158 duplex and London arrival on reverse. Very attractive item.

£950.00
Hong Kong

1918 | Hong Kong (DR12084)

Hong Kong. (British Post Offices In China). 1918. Registered envelope with circular 'Norwegian/ Shanghai' steamer cachet in violet on face addressed to Norway bearing British Post Office in China SG 2, 2c green (8) and SG 3, 4c carmine tied by oval 'Registered/ Shanghai' date stamp with framed 'R/ Shanghai G.P.O.' with 'Opened by censor/ 1150' censor label and Tonsberg arrival and forwarded to Kristiania. Nice item.

£550.00
Hong Kong

1895 | Hong Kong (DR12083)

Hong Kong. (Suriname). 1895. Postal stationery card 2 1/2c red upgraded with Yvert 21, 5c blue tied by Paramaribo double ring '20/5' addressed to the 'Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Hong Kong' routed via France with boxed 'Suriname via Havre' and Le Havre transit '10/6' with marine sorter 'Singapore to Hong Kong/A' date stamp '7/7' (Webb Type 3) sent on the steamer 'Kaisar-I-Hand' . Superb item of maritime mail via Hong Kong and Singapore.

£450.00
Hong Kong

1894 | Hong Kong (DR12082)

Hong Kong. (Chefoo Local Post). 1894. Chefoo Local Post postal stationery letter card 1c red upgraded with Hong Kong SG 38, 10c purple/red tied by Hong Kong date stamp add to Old Windsor written from 'H.M.S. Limet, Tientsin, China' date Sept 8th 94' . Contents "We arrived here after some difficulty 30th Aug to Protect British interests, there are two other gunboats here and an American one is coming". Attractive item.

£575.00
Hong Kong

1933 | Hong Kong (DR12080)

Hong Kong. (Branch Office). 1933. Envelope addressed to Saigon, French Indo-China bearing Hong Kong SG 105, 10c blue (pair) tied by Hong Kong/ Sheung-Wan double ring '17th May 33' (Webb Type J), underpaid and bearing French Indo-China postage dues SG D207, 10c red/orange (pair) applied and tied by Saigon Central/Cochinchine receiver. Lovely item of underpaid mail from Sheung Wan Branch Office to French China.

£550.00
Hong Kong

1891 | Hong Kong (DR12078)

Hong Kong. 1891. Postal stationery card 1c green upgraded with SG 33, 2c carmine tied by 'B/62' obliterator with adjacent Hong Kong cds, addressed to France with octagonal French paquebot 'Ligne N Paq.Fr.No 7' date stamp (Salles 1924) and Ardeche arrival. Very fine.

£375.00
Hong Kong

1908 | Hong Kong (DR12077)

Hong Kong/ Treaty Ports. (Aden). 1908. Picture post card of the 'Genesungsheim Pagoda, Tientsin' addressed to Prince Ludwig, c/o Austrian Lloyd, Aden' bearing Hong Kong SG 62, 1c brown and purple (2) and SG 63, 2c green tied by Tientsin/ B.P.O. date stamp (Webb Type B) routed via Shanghai with Aden receiver. Lovely item of destination mail.

£395.00
Hong Kong

1906 | Hong Kong (DR12076)

Hong Kong. (French China). 1906. Envelope written from the French Warship/Battleship "Gueydon" addressed to the 'Director of French Postes, Pakoi' bearing Hong Kong SG 64, 4c purple/red tied by Victoria/Hong Kong double ring with 'Croiseur/Cuirasse "Gueydon" hand-stamp on face and reverse with Imperial Post Office Pakhoi arrival on reverse. Scarce item.

£275.00
Hong Kong

1940 | Hong Kong (DR12075)

Hong Kong. (United States - Indo-China). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Saigon, Indo-China bearing United Stage SG 806, 5c light blue (pair) and Air Mail SG A852, 30c blue (2) tied by San Francisco slogan 'Aug 13 40' , endorsed 'via Clipper' routed via Hong Kong with 'Passed by Censor/ Hong Kong/ 9' cachet in blue and Victoria transit '23rd Aug' and Hanoi '28/8' and Saigon arrival '30th Aug' on reverse.

£95.00
Hong Kong

1950 | Hong Kong (DR12074)

Hong Kong. (Field Post Offices). 1950. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing Great Britain SG 487, 1 1/2d pale brown (block of 4) and SG 503, 1/2d pale orange tied by 'Field Post Office/701' double ring with registered label 'FPO D.S. No 701' and London arrival. Nice item from the overseas forces in Hong Kong.

£225.00
Hong Kong

1934 | Hong Kong (DR12072)

Hong Kong. (French Indo-China). 1934. Envelope addressed to Hanoi, French Indo-China bearing Hong Kong SG 101, 2c green and SG 119, 3c grey tied by Hong Kong double ring,underpaid with 'T' hand-stamp with m/s 'T/ 37 1/2' in crayon and bearing French Indo-china postage dues SG 200, 1c orange/yellow (strip of three) and SG D207, 10c orange/yellow (2) tied by Hanoi/ Tonkin receiver. A rare item of postage due mail from Hong Kong to French China.

£375.00
Hong Kong

1936 | Hong Kong (DR12071)

Hong Kong. (Airmail). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to Shanghai bearing SG 117, 1c brown (pair) and SG 119, 3c grey tied by 'hong Kong/Air Mail' double ring with boxed cachet 'By Courtesy Air Flight/Hong Kong China Japan/Royal Air Force/Feb 18th 1936' in violet with Imperial Post Office Shanghai arrival. Nice item paying the 5c rate between Hong Hong and Shanghai.

£275.00
Hong Kong

1917 | Hong Kong (DR12070)

Hong Kong. (British Post Offices In China). 1917. Registered envelope addressed to Paris bearing British Post Office in China SG 6, 10c blue (pair) tied by Tientsin/Br. P.O. date stamp (Webb Type B) with framed 'R/Tientsin B.P.O.' in red, routed via Shanghai, Vancouver and Montreal with Paris/Chargements arrival on reverse. Very fine.

£550.00
Hong Kong

1919 | Hong Kong (DR12069)

Hong Kong. (British Post Office In China). 1919. Registered envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing British Post Office in China SG 4, 6c orange and SG 8, 20c green and purple tied by oval 'Registered/Shanghai B.P.O./No' hand-stamp (Webb Type R5) routed via Hong Kong with La Chaux de Fonds arrival. Very attractive cover.

£450.00
Hong Kong

1914 | Hong Kong (DR12067)

Hong Kong. (China). 1914. Picture post card of the 'Grand Hotel des Wagon Lits, Peking' addressed to the 'French 16th Regiment, 4th Company, Tien-Tsin' bearing SG 100, 1c brown (pair) tied by Imperial Post Office Peking date stamp. Scarce postmark on Hong Kong stamps on card.

£225.00
Hong Kong

1909 | Hong Kong (DR12066)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1909. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 93, 4c carmine tied by Canton/B date stamp (Webb Type Eii) endorsed 'Per English Mail' routed via Hong Kong, underpaid with hand-struck 'T' and bearing French postage dues Yvert 30, 15c yellow-green (pair) applied and tied by Lyon arrival on face. Superb item of underpaid mail from Canton during the King Edward V11 reign.

£550.00
Hong Kong

1901 | Hong Kong (DR12065)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1901. Envelope addressed to Manitoba, Canada bearing Hong Kong SG 59, 10c ultramarine tied by Hankow date stamp 'Dec 10th' (Webb Type Ji) routed via Shanghai 'De 13' and Vancouver 'Jan 9th' with Winnipeg/Man arrival 'Jan 12' on reverse. Very scarce destination from Hankow, China.

£550.00
Hong Kong

1936 | Hong Kong (DR12064)

Hong Kong. (Airmail). 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to Singapore bearing SG 125, 20c purple and sage green tied by Hong Kong/ Air Mail double ring. Lovely single franking to Singapore.

£125.00
Hong Kong

1904 | Hong Kong (DR12063)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1904. Picture post card addressed to England bearing Hong Kong SG 78, 4c purple/red tied by Swatow/C date stamp '19 No 04' (Webb Type F) routed via Victoria/ Hong Kong. Very fine and scarce.

£375.00

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French Colonies

6th Apr 2022

Its a real pleasure to add a magnificent selection of French Colonies from Africa, Asia, The Caribbean and Oceania. Very fine pre-stamp, British Post Office, Charged Mail, Advice of Receipt, Printed Matter and postage due mail. A lovely selection of censor mail, some with five or six censor cachets and labels, routed Trans-Africa, two Ocean or over the Atlantic with some unusual destinations.

A few items from the Dr. Edward Grabowski collection, this amazing sale sold in three parts by Spink. Also interesting Tahiti and New Caledonia from Tony Eastgate's life time work.

Over the next few months we hope to add many items to grace the finest collections.

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China, French Indo China and Chinese Labour Force.

6th Apr 2022

A strong area of stock is our China from Imperial to WW2 with many fine censor covers and Air Transits. A good selection of the overseas Post Offices, Austrian, British, French, Japanese and Russian with offices in Manchuria. Many mixed combinations, I.P.O's .

Coming soon the John Marc Sitarek accumulation of China, French Post Office and Indo-China with magnificent French Detachment in the Boxer Campaign covers.

John Marc also had a fine selection of the Chinese Labour Force which are not often seen, he built this selection over thirty years. One of the darker aspects of World War One was the plight of 12,000 Chinese workers who were recruited by the British Army from the North of China in 1916 to serve on the battle front in France as labourers, trench diggers, munitions carriers, mine disarmers and corpse bearers under often inhumane conditions. A large number were also struck down by the devastating Spanish flue of 1918.

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