The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025)
Sale 346
including many nice and early sets and War Refugees Relief Fund MS x 2. Mostly toned. Please view.
plus two official seal used stamps. Slightly toned. VF-F.
including a 1939 Shanghai stampless taxed cover bearing a 4c Postage Due Issue on reverse. Please view.
one from Mongolia Urga to Kalgan, one from Kiangsu registered to Shanghai and one from Anhwei to Shanghai (Anhwei datestamp dated Year 5, May 5th). Interesting.
f.w. SYS or Martyrs issues, 2 tied by Hong Kong censored cachet and with letter attached. The other attached with Hong Kong censored label. Plus an extra 1901 Kiaochow to Tsingtao red band cover, f.w. CIP 5c, tied by Kiaochow oral date stamp. VF-F.
franked on reverse CIP 2c x 1, tied by Fukien Tanweichieh Lunar Year cds., along with Fukien Kienning arrival cds. VF-F.
franked on reverse CIP ovpt. ROC 3c, tied by Taian cds., along with rare Tientsin-Pukow Express Train cds. VF-F.
f.w. CIP ovpt. ROC 10c, tied by Yunnanfu cds., along with On Postal Service cachet, on reverse with Hokow and Lao-Kay transit cds. VF-F.
f.w. Junk 5c, bearing Shensi Fangchen (Kui Chou Year lunar cds.), Tungchowfu, Sianfu (Ping) cds. Rare usage of Junk issue. Except the Fangcheng cds. dated lunar year, all other cds. dated ROC 2nd year while the month and date on all cds. were in Gregorian calendar. Ex Stephen Yen's collection.
with Shanghai Chinese P.O. and Shanghai British P.O. cancels and "T" taxed postmark. VF-F.
Very Fine. Very rare.
on reverse with Shanghai dispatch cds., Hankow, Yunnanfu, Tengyueh transit and arrival cds. VF-F.