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1933 | China (DR15429)

China. ( French Indo-China). 1933. Envelope addressed to Saigon bearing Indo-China SG 122, 4c orange and SG 168, 1c sepia tied by 'Poste Rurale / Phong-Dien/Province de Cantho' double ring in red, routed via Cao-Bang with Saigon arrival on reverse. Superb and rare item of Rural Post Mail from Phong-Dien village with cancel in red. Ex Desrousseaux.

£750.00
China

1950 | China (DR15428)

China. (Indo-China). 1950. Air Mail envelope to Paris bearing Indo-China Air Mail Yvert 11, $1 black (4) tied by 'Poste Rurale Province de Baclieu / Vinhchu' double ring routed via Baclieu/Sud Vietnam with transit on reverse. Very scarce item of Rural Post mail.

£750.00
China

1931 | China (DR15427)

China. (French Indo-China). 1931. Envelope addressed to Cantho bearing Indo-China SG 144, 5c violet by' Poste Rurale/Thoi-Lai/Province de Cantho' double ring with Cantho arrival on revers. Superb item of Rural Post Mail from Thoi-Lai village. Rare large format type illustrated in Desrousseaux. Ex Desrousseaux.

£550.00
China

1931 | China (DR15426)

China. (French Indo-China). 1931. Envelope addressed to Cantho bearing Indo-China SG 144, 5c violet by' Poste Rurale/Minh-Luong/Province de Rachgia' double ring routed via Rachgia with Cantho receiver on revers. Superb item of Rural Post Mail from Minh-Luong village. Ex Desrousseaux.

£450.00
China

1925 | China (DR15425)

China. (French Indo-China). 1925. Envelope addressed to Hanoi cancelled by' Poste Rurale/Nga-Ba-Tha/Province de Ha-Dong' double ring routed via Ha-Dong bearing Indo-China SG 123, 5c red tied by Ha-Dong/Tonkin date stamp with Hanoi arrival. Superb item of Rural Post Mail from Nga-Ba-Tha village. Ex Desrousseaux.

£450.00
China

1932 | China (DR15424)

China. (French Indo-China). 1932. Envelope addressed to Cantho bearing Indo-China SG 175,5c violet tied by' Province de Cantho / Caun-Hiem / Poste Rurale' double ring routed Cantho receiver on reverse. Superb item of Rural Post mail from Caun-Hiem village.Scarce Type with Poster Rural at Base. Ex Desrousseaux.

£395.00
China

1931 | China (DR15423)

China. (French Indo-China). 1931. Envelope addressed to Cantho bearing Indo-China SG 175,5c violet tied by 'Poste Rurale/Nhu-Long/Province de Cantho' double ring routed via Phun-Ghiep with Cantho receiver on reverse. Superb item of Rural Post mail from Nhu-Long village. Ex Desrousseaux.

£450.00
China

1931 | China (DR15422)

China. (French Indo-China). 1931. Envelope addressed to Cantho, Cochinchine bearing Indo-China SG 144, 5c violet tied by 'Poste Rurale/Nhon-Nghia/Province de Cantho' in blue routed via Cairang '3/5' Cantho receiver on reverse. Superb item of Rural Post mail from Cantho Province.

£350.00
China

1932 | China (DR15421)

China. (French Indo-China). 1932. Envelope addressed to Saigon bearing Indo-China SG 175,5c violet tied by 'Poste Rurale/Can-Giou/Province de Gia-Dinh' double ring routed via Gia-Dinh with Saigon arrival on reverse. Superb item of Rural Post mail from Can-Giou village. Ex Desrousseaux.

£450.00
China

1916 | China (DR15420)

China. (Miltary Mail). 1916. Mourning envelope addressed to the 'British Legation, Peking' bearing Great Britain SG 358,1d carmine tied by Kensington roller with 'Base Office/B/Dely' transit '15 Feb 15' and 'F.P.P. No I ' double ring arrival '26/2'. A scarce cover from the Base Office Dely.

£275.00
Hong Kong

1906 | Hong Kong (DR15419)

Hong Kong. ( Treaty Ports ). 1906. Envelope addressed to the United States bearing SG 79, 5c dull green and orange (pair) tied by Canton /B date stamp (Webb Type Dv) routed via Hong Kong and San Francisco. Attractive item.

£195.00
Hong Kong

1906 | Hong Kong (DR15418)

Hong Kong. ( Treaty Ports ). 1906. Canton Silk Circular addressed to Lyon, France bearing SG 77, 2c green tied by Canton / B date stamp sent on the ''S.S. Chusan''. Very fine and scarce News-Band wrapper from Canton.

£350.00
Hong Kong

1904 | Hong Kong (DR15417)

Hong Kong. ( Treaty Ports ). 1904. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Hong Kong SG 63, 2c green (5) tied by Shanghai Br. P.O. date stamp with Geneva arrival. Nice franking.

£125.00
Hong Kong

1941 | Hong Kong (DR15416)

Hong Kong. 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 146, 15c scarlet and SG 155, $1 lilac and blue tied by Victoria / Hong Kong double ring sent 'British Airways' with framed 'Passed / By /Censor /120' in violet on reverse.

£175.00
Hong Kong

1937 | Hong Kong (DR15415)

Hong Kong. 1937. Air Mail envelope to Amsterdam bearing SG 125, 20c purple and sage green (pair) and SG 130, $2 carmine and black tied by Victoria Hong Kong double ring with Air Mail label, routed via Paris.

£65.00
Hong Kong

1914 | Hong Kong (DR15414)

Hong Kong. ( Treaty Ports ). 1914. Envelope addressed to united States bearing Hong Kong SG 100, 1c brown (pair) and SG 102, 4c carmine (pair) tied by Canton / B date stamp (Webb Type Eii) with Hong Kong transit on reverse. Attractive item.

£175.00
Hong Kong

1907 | Hong Kong (DR15413)

Hong Kong. ( Treaty Ports ). 1907. Envelope addressed to Canada bearing Hong Kong SG 77, 2c green (pair) tied by Canton/ B date stamp 'Sep 20 07', routed via Victoria with Kingston arrival.

£95.00
Hong Kong

1941 | Hong Kong (DR15412)

Hong Kong. 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Iowa, U.S.A. bearing SG 153, 50c purple, SG 157, $2 orange and green and SG 168, $1 blue and orange tied by Kowloon / Hong Kong double ring with 'Opened by Censor / Hong Kong' label in blue tied by boxed '23' with Reasnor/ Iowa arrival. Lovely item.

£125.00
Hong Kong

1920 | Hong Kong (DR15410)

Hong Kong. Circa 1920. Advertising postal stationery card 'one cent' brown published by 'Graca & Co. Very fine.

£115.00
Hong Kong

1904 | Hong Kong (DR15409)

Hong Kong. 1904. Picture post card of the 'S.S. Korea & Siberia, Hong Kong' addressed to the Isle of Man bearing SG 78, 4c purple /red tied by Victoria /Hong Kong double ring.

£50.00
Hong Kong

1904 | Hong Kong (DR15408)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1904. Picture post card addressed to England bearing SG 64,4c purple/red tied by Shanghai date stamp with Victoria transit.

£75.00
Hong Kong

1901 | Hong Kong (DR15407)

Hong Kong. (Post Card). 1901. Picture post card of 'Panoramic view of Hong Kong' addressed to France bearing SG 34, 4c grey tied by Victoria / Hong Kong double ring 'Aug 2nd 011' with Lyon receiver. Very fine.

£125.00
Hong Kong

1908 | Hong Kong (DR15406)

Hong Kong. ( Treaty Ports). 1908. Printed matter rate envelope to Germany bearing SG 77, 2c dull green tied by Shanghai B.P.O. date stamp (Webb Type J) with Augsburg arrival on reverse. Nice item paying the printed matter 2c rate.

£175.00
Hong Kong

1908 | Hong Kong (DR15405)

Hong Kong. ( Treaty Ports). 1908. Envelope addressed to England bearing SG 93, 4c carmine tied by Hankow/C date stamp (Webb Type Liii), endorsed 'Via Siberia' with Shanghai / B.P.O. transit on reverse and Hemel Hempstead receiver.

£95.00
Hong Kong

1906 | Hong Kong (DR15404)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Ports). 1906. Envelope addressed to The Peak Hotel, Hong Kong bearing SG 77, 2c dull green tied by Canton /B date stamp (Webb Type Dv) with Victoria arrival on reverse. Nice item paying the inter-port printed matter rate.

£225.00
Hong Kong

1938 | Hong Kong (DR15403)

Hong Kong. 1938. Post card addressed to New York bearing Hong Kong SG 118c, 2c grey, SG 121, 5c violet and SG 123, 8c orange tied by Hong Kong / Sai Ying Pun double ring. Very fine.

£145.00
Hong Kong

1930 | Hong Kong (DR15402)

Hong Kong. (Shanghai Defence force). 1930. Envelope addressed to England bearing Great Britain SG 418, 1/2d green and SG 419, 1d scarlet tied by Field Post Office /1 double ring. endorsed 'via Siberia'. Nice item written from the British Barracks, Tientsin.

£150.00
Hong Kong

1940 | Hong Kong (DR15401)

Hong Kong. 1940. King George V1 postal stationery card 2c grey written from 'The Star Publishing Co.' cancelled by Victoria / Hong Kong double ring addressed locally. Scarce.

£225.00
Hong Kong

1907 | Hong Kong (DR15400)

Hong Kong. ( Treaty Ports). 1907. Envelop addressed to Canton, China bearing SG 77, 2c dull green tied by Victoria / Hong Kong double ring with Canton / A date stamp on reverse (Webb Type Ei). From the new archive we have found I believe the 'A' code (rare on stamps) was used at the Shameen, Canton Post Office.

£195.00
Hong Kong

1953 | Hong Kong (DR15399)

Hong Kong. (France). 1953. AIr Mail envelope addressed to France bearing SG 145, 10c bright violet (block of six) tied by Kowloon /Hong Kong date stamp, underpaid with framed 'T/40 Centimes' hand-stamp in violet and bearing French postage dues 10f vermilion and 50f green applied and tied by on arrival by Paris / Ditribution date stamp. A very attractive item.

£195.00
Hong Kong

1941 | Hong Kong (DR15398)

Hong Kong. ( Censored Mail ). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 159, $1 lilac and scarlet tied by Victoria / Hong Kong double ring with framed 'Passed /by/Censor/ 117' in violet on face and reverse, endorsed 'By Pan American Airways and Trans-Atlantic' and forwarded from to Salisbury on arrival. Very nice $5 single franking.

£225.00
Hong Kong

1936 | Hong Kong (DR15397)

Hong Kong. (Air Mails). 1936. Illustrated Air mail envelope addressed to France bearing SG 123, 8c orange, SG 124b, 12c purple / yellow and SG 128, 50c black/green (pair) tied by Hong Kong (K) Air Mail double ring framed 'First Through Flight / Hong Kong Penang London / via Imperial Airways /27th March 1936' in violet on face routed via Hong Kong with Paris arrival on reverse. Very attractive item with Kowloon Air Mail cancel.

£105.00
Hong Kong

1936 | Hong Kong (DR15396)

Hong Kong. (Air Mails). 1936. Illustrated Air mail envelope addressed to France bearing SG 123, 8c orange, SG 124b, 12c purple / yellow and SG 129, $1 blue /purple tied by Hong Kong (K) Air Mail double ring framed 'First Through Flight / Hong Kong Penang London / via Imperial Airways /27th March 1936' in violet on face routed via Hong Kong with Paris arrival on reverse. Very attractive item with Kowloon Air Mail cancel.

£105.00
Hong Kong

1918 | Hong Kong (DR15395)

Hong Kong. (British Detachment In Siberia). 1918. Envelope written from Douglas, Isle of Man addressed to 'Drummer J. Morley, 25th Middlesex Regiment, G.B. / Hong Kong, China' bearing Great Britain SG 360, 1d carmine tied by 'Douglas I.O.M. 2 Oct 18' machine roller, endorsed 'via Canada' and hand-stamped '25th Btn. Middlesex Regt./ Incoming / Lt. Col. John Ward M.P/ Officer Commanding / Hong Kong' with Hong Kong receiver '7th Dec' and forwarded with 'Forwarded / Deployed Siberia' in blue and framed 'British Mission/ Vladivostok' on reverse. Scarce item of in coming mail to the British Military Detachment in Siberia with unrecored cachet of the British Mission Vladivostok.

£950.00
Hong Kong

1906 | Hong Kong (DR15394)

Hong Kong. ( Sub Post Office ). 1906. Picture post card addressed to Kowloon bearing Hong Kong SG 62, 1 c purple and brown tied by 'Hong Kong / K.B.' date stamp (Webb Type B). Scarce to find this postmark tying the adhesives.

£150.00
Hong Kong

1938 | Hong Kong (DR15393)

Hong Kong. ( Official Mail ). 1938. Registered Air Mail envelope from the 'Malaria Bureau, Hong Kong' with oval cachet, addressed to England headed 'On His Majesty's Service' cancelled by Official Paid / Hong Kong ' date stamp in red with 'Registered / G.P.O. Hong Kong' double ring with registered label and 'By Air Mail / Par Avion' label in blue. Nice item.

£350.00
Hong Kong

1858 | Hong Kong (DR15392)

Hong Kong. ( Treaty Ports). 1858. Stamp-less envelope written from Shanghai dated '4th July addressed to France routed via Hong Kong 'July 20' double ring, endorsed 'via Marseille' with 'Pays Etr. V. Suez Amb. B' French entry cachet in red and Vals arrival 'Sept 21' on reverse and rate with hand-struck '8' on face.

£175.00
Hong Kong

1903 | Hong Kong (DR15391)

Hong Kong (France). 1903. Picture post card of 'Hong Kong from the Peak' addressed to France bearing Hong Kong SG 56, 2c green tied by Victoria / Hong Kong double ring 'Jan 31', underpaid with circular 'T' hand-stamp and bearing French postage due Yvert 28, 5c blue tied by Marne receiver 'Feb 28' on face. Nice item of underpaid mail to France Hong Kong.

£150.00
Hong Kong

1908 | Hong Kong (DR15390)

Hong Kong (Post Cards). 1908. Picture post card of 'Government House' addressed to Belgium bearing SG 77, 2c green tied by Victoria / Hong Kong date stamp ( Webb Type Jii ) with Bruxelles arrival. Scarce postmark short side bars with no inner circle. Rarely seen item.

£175.00
Hong Kong

1937 | Hong Kong (DR15389)

Hong Kong. (Airmails.) 1937. Air Mail envelope addressed to United States bearing Hong Kong SG 121, 5c violet and SG 128, 50c black /emerald (pair) tied by Hong Kong / Air (K) Mail double ring with 'First Trans Pacific Flight / Hong Kong To Guam' with 'Received First Flight F.A.M. 14' on face in black routed via Hong Kong and Guam. Nice item, the first Hong Kong to San Francisco Pan America Flight routed Hong Kong, Macau,Manila,Guam,Honolulu and San Francisco.

£75.00
Hong Kong

1937 | Hong Kong (DR15388)

Hong Kong. (Airmails.) 1937. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Philippines bearing Hong Kong SG 126, 25c purple and magenta and SG 127, 30c purple and chrome yellow tied by Registered / Hong Kong double ring with registered label and circular 'First Flight via P.A.A./ From Macau Hong Kong / Received Manila', with Manila receiver on reverse. Nice item via P.A.A. Clipper on first flight to Manila.

£95.00
Hong Kong

1936 | Hong Kong (DR15387)

Hong Kong. (Airmails.) 1936. Air Mail envelope 'China National Aviation Corp. Service / Flight Airmail from Hong Kong' addressed to Swatow bearing SG 127,30c purple and yellow, SG 134, 5c green and indigo tied by 'Hong Kong /Air Mail' double ring routed via Victoria with Chinese Imperial Post Swatow arrival on reverse. Nice item paying the 35c Air Mail rate.

£225.00
Hong Kong

1936 | Hong Kong (DR15386)

Hong Kong. (Airmails.) 1936. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing SG 124b, 12c purple/yellow, SG 133, 3c blue and grey, SG 134, 5c green and indigo, SG 135, 10c brown and blue and SG 136,20c slate and purple tied by 'Hong Kong /Air Mail' double ring with boxed cachet 'First Through Flight/ Hong Kong - Penang - London /via Imperial Airways / 27th March 1936' in violet and Broadstone receiver on reverse. Nice item paying the 50c Air Mail rate to London.

£145.00
Hong Kong

1904 | Hong Kong (DR15384)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Posts). 1904. Picture post card of ( Chinese Farmer ploughing ) addressed to France bearing SG 64, 4c purple / red tied by Canton date stamp ( Webb Type Dii) routed via Victoria / Hong Kong. Nice item, latest date known on KE V11 adhesive. Card sold by ''Graca & Co, Hong Kong.

£125.00
Hong Kong

1904 | Hong Kong (DR15383)

Hong Kong. (Treaty Posts). 1904. Picture post card of ( Chinese woman spinning ) addressed to France bearing SG 64, 4c purple / red tied by Canton date stamp ( Webb Type Dii) routed via Victoria / Hong Kong. Nice item, latest date known on KE V11 adhesive. Card sold by ''Graca & Co, Hong Kong.

£125.00
Hong Kong

1901 | Hong Kong (DR15382)

Hong Kong. (Kowloon Branch). 1901. Picture post card of 'The Roman Catholic Cathedral, Hong Kong' addressed to France bearing Hong Kong SG 57, 4c carmine tied by Victoria / Hong Kong double ring with adjacent 'Hong Kong / K.B.' (Webb Type A ) date stamp 'Sp 27 01 ' and Arcachon arrival. Nice item of the Kowloon Branch Office first type.

£150.00
Hong Kong

1901 | Hong Kong (DR15381)

Hong Kong. (Kowloon Branch). 1901. Picture post card of 'Canton' addressed to France bearing Hong Kong SG 57, 4c carmine tied by Victoria / Hong Kong double ring with adjacent 'Hong Kong / K.B.' (Webb Type A ) date stamp 'Sp 27 01 ' and Arcachon arrival. Nice item of the Kowloon Branch Office first type. Card published by 'Kruse & Co, Hong Kong'.

£125.00
Hong Kong

1920 | Hong Kong (DR15380)

Hong Kong. (Post Cards). Circa 1920. Picture post card of 'Praya East, Hong Kong.' Published by ''The Graeco Egyption Tabacco Store, Hong Kong'. Very fine.

£75.00
Hong Kong

1923 | Hong Kong (DR15379)

Hong Kong. (Post-Cards). Circa 1923. Picture post card of 'The Sun & Co. De's Voux Road, Hong Kong' addressed to Sweden bearing SG 120, 4c carmine tied by Hong Kong / Kowloon Branch date stamp '4th Sept'. Very fine card.

£125.00
Hong Kong

1920 | Hong Kong (DR15378)

Hong Kong. (Post Cards). Circa 1920. Photographic card of 'The Motion of the Wind and Rain in Typhoon in Hong Kong Aug 1927. Very fine.

£75.00

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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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