18 Apr 2012 – 20 Apr 2012
145 lots
Lot 20000 | QUASI OFFICIAL MERCHANTS POST: 1871 Cover from Tie
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QUASI OFFICIAL MERCHANTS POST: 1871 Cover from Tientsin to Germany, taken to Peking for dispatch by Merchants post as the Russian P.O. was not operating…
Estimate: 15’000 – 20’000 EUR
Lot 20001 | QUASI OFFICIAL MERCHANTS’ POST: Incoming 1871 Russ
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QUASI OFFICIAL MERCHANTS’ POST: Incoming 1871 Russian 10k postal stationery envelope from a convent in Orel to a member of the Ecclestiastical Mission…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 EUR
Lot 20002 | RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN CHINA POST: 1875 (Jan 29) Cover
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RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN CHINA POST: 1875 (Jan 29) Cover to England incl. contents datelined “Hong Kong, 29 January 1875”, conveyed by Russian courier to Peking…
Estimate: 4’000 – 6’000 EUR
Lot 20003 | TIENTSIN: 1875 Cover to Dereham, England, franked
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TIENTSIN: 1875 Cover to Dereham, England, franked with 1866-75 10k strip of four and 3k pair, tied by three clear strikes of dateless double-framed “TYAN-TSZIN….
Estimate: 70’000 – 100’000 EUR
Lot 20004 | TIENTSIN: 1891 Cover (flap missing) registered to
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TIENTSIN: 1891 Cover (flap missing) registered to His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Aleksander Mikhailovich in St. Petersburg, with two Arms 14k, playing…
Estimate: 20’000 – 30’000 EUR
Lot 20005 | TIENTSIN: 1895 Envelope front to Switzerland with
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TIENTSIN: 1895 Envelope front to Switzerland with 10k tied by double oval Tientsin 6.1.95 ds (T&S type 3B)
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 20006 | TIENTSIN: 1898 3k Postal stationery card to the Sw
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TIENTSIN: 1898 3k Postal stationery card to the Swedish-Norwegian consul in Moscow, cancelled with Tientsin 12.06.98 cds in red (T&S type 4), with further…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 EUR
Lot 20007 | TIENTSIN: 1899 Printed envelope from the French Co
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TIENTSIN: 1899 Printed envelope from the French Consulate in Tientsin to France, with Arms 2k, 3k and 5k tied by Tientsin 23.1.99 cds in red (T&S type…
Estimate: 1’800 – 2’400 EUR
Lot 20008 | TIENTSIN: 1900 Cover to England with “KITAI” 1k, 2
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TIENTSIN: 1900 Cover to England with “KITAI” 1k, 2k and 3k tied by Tientsin 3.12.1900 cds in red (T&S type 4X, characterised by defective year numerals),…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 20009 | TIENTSIN: 1903 Cover registered to Italy, with “KI
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TIENTSIN: 1903 Cover registered to Italy, with “KITAI” 2k (5) and 10k tied by Tientsin 16.4.03 cds (T&B type 4X, characterised by damaged year numerals),…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 20010 | TIENTSIN: 1903 German 10f “China” postcard to Denm
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TIENTSIN: 1903 German 10f “China” postcard to Denmark, franked with pair of “KITAI” 2k tied by Tientsin 16.04.03 cds (T&S type 4X, characterised by damaged…
Estimate: 400 – 500 EUR
Lot 20011 | TIENTSIN: 1903 Postcard to France with “KITAI” 2k
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TIENTSIN: 1903 Postcard to France with “KITAI” 2k in block of four and 1k pair, tied by Tientsin 13.2.03 cds (T&S type 4X, characterised by damaged year…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 20012 | TIENTSIN: 1903 Postcard registered to Belgium with
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TIENTSIN: 1903 Postcard registered to Belgium with “KITAI” 2k (2) and 10k tied by Tientsin 18.8.03 cds (T&S type 4X, characterised by defective year numerals),…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 EUR
Lot 20013 | TIENTSIN: 1912 Experimental letter card with detac
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TIENTSIN: 1912 Experimental letter card with detachable envelope inside for reply, sent registered to Germany with “KITAI” 1k, 2k (6) and 7k, all tied…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 EUR
Lot 20014 | TIENTSIN: 1915 Cover from the Commandant of the Fr
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TIENTSIN: 1915 Cover from the Commandant of the French Occupation Corps in China to France, franked on the reverse with two Romanov 4k and “KITAI” 3k,…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 20015 | TIENTSIN: 1916 “KITAI” 3k(+3k) reply paid letter c
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TIENTSIN: 1916 “KITAI” 3k(+3k) reply paid letter card printed for use by an Agency in Tientsin for the relief of German and Austro-Hungarian P.O.W.s in…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 20016 | TIENTSIN: 1916 “KITAI” 4k(+4k) reply half of a rep
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TIENTSIN: 1916 “KITAI” 4k(+4k) reply half of a reply paid letter card pre-cancelled by Tientsin 13.4.16 cds (T&S type 7A) and sent back to Tientsin by…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 20017 | TIENTSIN: 1917 Prisoner of War printed envelope se
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TIENTSIN: 1917 Prisoner of War printed envelope sent insured for 70R to P.O.W. at Spasskoe (Siberia), franked on the reverse with “KITAI” 2k, 3k pairs…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 20018 | TIENTSIN: 1917 Prisoner of War printed envelope se
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TIENTSIN: 1917 Prisoner of War printed envelope sent insured for 6R to P.O.W. at Edrovo (Novgorod) then re-addressed to Polka (Petrograd), franked on the…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 20019 | TIENTSIN: 1917 Prisoner of War printed envelope se
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TIENTSIN: 1917 Prisoner of War printed envelope sent insured for 500R to civilian interned at Talitskii Zavod (Perm), franked on the reverse with “KITAI”…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 20020 | TIENTSIN: 1917 Red Cross P.O.W. printed postcard w
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TIENTSIN: 1917 Red Cross P.O.W. printed postcard with Russia Chinese surcharged 3c on 3k tied by Tientsin 8.7.17 cds (T&S type 6), with boxed black censor…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 20021 | TIENTSIN: 1918 Cover to the USA with “KITAI” 7k an
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TIENTSIN: 1918 Cover to the USA with “KITAI” 7k and Russia Chinese surcharged 3c on 3k, with the 7k rejected and only the 3c on 3k tied by Tientsin 20.1.18…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 EUR
Lot 20022 | PEKING: 1880 (Jan 4) Cover from Peking to Germany
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PEKING: 1880 (Jan 4) Cover from Peking to Germany with 1875 8k tied by Cyrillic “PEKIN’ / 4 JAN 1880” hs, sent through Mongolia to Kyakhta, then via St….
Estimate: 40’000 – 60’000 EUR
Lot 20023 | PEKING: 1885 Parcel receipt for 16 funts (pounds)
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PEKING: 1885 Parcel receipt for 16 funts (pounds) sent from Peking to Kuldja (Sinkiang), with delcared value of 40R, charged 11R77k incl. 20k insurance…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 20024 | PEKING INCOMING: 1885 Cover from Mexico (stamps ex
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PEKING INCOMING: 1885 Cover from Mexico (stamps excised) to the Russian Embassy in Peking via San Francisco, the US Consulate in Shanghai, the Chinese…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 20025 | PEKING: 1886 Native cover from Peking to Tver (Rus
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PEKING: 1886 Native cover from Peking to Tver (Russia) with Arms 7k tied by double oval Peking 16.8.86 ds (T&S type 3 variety day above month) paying the…
Estimate: 40’000 – 50’000 EUR
Lot 20026 | PEKING: 1897 Disinfected cover to Moscow with Arms
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PEKING: 1897 Disinfected cover to Moscow with Arms 7k tied by Peking 13.8.97 cds (T&S type 4), with violet disinfection mark OBEZZARAZHEHO of Troitskosavsk…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 20027 | PEKING: 1899 5k Postal stationery envelope registe
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PEKING: 1899 5k Postal stationery envelope registered to St. Petersburg, uprated with “KITAI” 7k and 10k, tied by Peking 15.11.99 cds (T&S type 4) with…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 EUR
Lot 20028 | PEKING: 1902 Cover registered to Germany with “KIT
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PEKING: 1902 Cover registered to Germany with “KITAI” 3k (2) and 7k (2), tied by Peking 20.3.02 cds (T&S type 6), with primitive white registration label…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 20029 | PEKING: 1903 Cover registered to Denmark with “KIT
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PEKING: 1903 Cover registered to Denmark with “KITAI” 1k, 2k (2), 3k, 5k, 7k paying the 10k rate plus reg’n fee, tied by Peking 25.1.03 cds (T&S type 6),…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 20030 | PEKING: 1903 Cover from the Hong Kong & Shanghai B
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PEKING: 1903 Cover from the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Co. in Peking to England, franked on the reverse with “KITAI” 3k in block of ten paying triple…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 20031 | PEKING: 1903 Cover registered from the Russo-Chine
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PEKING: 1903 Cover registered from the Russo-Chinese Bank (wax seal on reverse) to France, franked on the reverse with strips of four of the “KITAI” 3k…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 EUR
Lot 20032 | PEKING: 1904 Cover from a French railway engineer
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PEKING: 1904 Cover from a French railway engineer at Tsingtao working on the Shanhsien line, posted from the Russian P.O. at Peking to France, franked…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 20033 | PEKING: 1904 Cover registered to Paris with combin
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PEKING: 1904 Cover registered to Paris with combination of “KITAI” 5k and 7k and ordinary Russian 1k (2) and 3k (2), all tied by Peking 8.10.04 cds (T&S…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 20034 | PEKING: 1906 Cover registered to the German Embass
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PEKING: 1906 Cover registered to the German Embassy in St. Petersburg, franked with Russian 20k in combination with “KITAI” 4k (2), paying triple the 7k…
Estimate: 500 – 700 EUR
Lot 20035 | PEKING: 1906 Picture postcard to Germany with ordi
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PEKING: 1906 Picture postcard to Germany with ordinary Russian 1k in block of four, tied by Peking 14.12.06 (although datelined “15 XII 1906”) cds (T&S…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 20036 | PEKING: 1907 Postcard to Germany with China 1c ver
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PEKING: 1907 Postcard to Germany with China 1c vert. pair and 2c Dragons tied by native Peking cds, further franked with “KITAI” 3k (underpaid by 1k) tied…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 20037 | PEKING: Cover registered to the USA, franked on th
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PEKING: Cover registered to the USA, franked on the reverse with “KITAI” 4k (in vert. strip of five), 1k (in vert. strip of four) and 3k tied by Peking…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 20038 | PEKING: 1921 Native cover registered to Chuguchak
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PEKING: 1921 Native cover registered to Chuguchak (SINKIANG) with “KITAI” 25k and 10k paying four times the 7k internal letter rate plus reg’n fee, tied…
Estimate: 400 – 700 EUR
Lot 20039 | PEKING: 1913 Romanov 20k postal stationery envelop
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PEKING: 1913 Romanov 20k postal stationery envelope registered to Germany, uprated with “KITAI” 2k and 4k (2) paying double the 10k foreign rate plus reg’n…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 20040 | PEKING: 1914 Cover sent insured for 5R to Germany,
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PEKING: 1914 Cover sent insured for 5R to Germany, franked on the reverse with Russia “KITAI” 25k and 3k tied by Peking 27.4.14 cds (T&S type 7B), obverse…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 20041 | PEKING: 1916 Cover registered from the Italian Emb
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PEKING: 1916 Cover registered from the Italian Embassy to Italy with “KITAI” 2k in two blocks of four and a pair paying the 10k foreign rate plus reg’n…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 20042 | PEKING: 1918 “KITAI” 4k postcard from a German nat
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PEKING: 1918 “KITAI” 4k postcard from a German national interned at Haiten, Peking to Germany, cancelled by native Peking cds and violet toothed oval “Internment…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 EUR
Lot 20043 | PEKING: 1918 Cover sent insured for 25 roubles to
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PEKING: 1918 Cover sent insured for 25 roubles to Petrograd, franked on the reverse with Russia Chinese surcharged 3c on 3k and 25c on 25k tied by Peking…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 EUR
Lot 20044 | KALGAN: 1886 Cover to Odessa with Arms 7k tied by
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KALGAN: 1886 Cover to Odessa with Arms 7k tied by double oval Kalgan 10.9.86 ds (T&S type 2, Casey subtype 3A), paying the single rate, with Kyakhta and…
Estimate: 30’000 – 50’000 EUR
Lot 20045 | KALGAN: 1905 Fragment with Arms 3k and 4k tied by
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KALGAN: 1905 Fragment with Arms 3k and 4k tied by single circle Kalgan 7.3.05 cds (not recorded by T&S, Casey type 4), very rare
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 20046 | KALGAN: 1907 Decorative Red Cross charity card to
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KALGAN: 1907 Decorative Red Cross charity card to England with ordinary Russian 1k (2) and 2k paying the postcard rate, tied by Kalgan 5.11.07 cds (T&S…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 EUR
Lot 20047 | KALGAN: 1916 Cover registered to the USA with War
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KALGAN: 1916 Cover registered to the USA with War Charity 7k and 10k and Romanov 3k, tied by Kalgan 22.7.16 cds (T&S type 5, Casey type 6), opened and…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 20048 | KALGAN: 1918 Cover sent registered to the USA with
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KALGAN: 1918 Cover sent registered to the USA with War Charity 3k and Russia Chinese surcharged 1c on 1k, 2c on 2k, 3c on 3k, 4c on 4k and 10c on 10k,…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 EUR
Lot 20049 | SHANGHAI: 1897 Cover to Germany with Arms 3k (2) a
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SHANGHAI: 1897 Cover to Germany with Arms 3k (2) and 4k tied by double ring Shanghai 7.11.97 (Julian calendar) cds in violet (T&S type 1), with French…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR