The 2025 Summer Auction - Sale 345 (June 21 - June 25, 2025)
Sale 345
- (-) Remove Mizuhara’s Collection of Imperial Post & ROC Post Rarities filter Mizuhara’s Collection of Imperial Post & ROC Post Rarities
bearing Peking C.I.P. Postage Paid chop and Peking I.G. of Customs cds. in blue. This Postage Paid chop was applied to temporarily replaced the stamps in "Candarin" unit, as the new postage rate by "Silver Dollar" unit will take effect on and after Jan 1, 1897, but the new unit stamps have not been issued yet. The Postage Paid chop seemed to be first used on Dec 11, 1896, when the overland route was opened annually. Earliest known date are Dec 26 (Tientsin) and Dec28 (Peking). This cover sent on Apr 2, 1897, was the latest used example of this chop known to date. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.3.
bearing Peking C.I.P. Postage Paid chop and Peking I.G. of Customs cds. in blue, mixed franking with German Post in China 10Pf pair, tied by Shanghai German PO cds., on reverse showing Customs Shanghai cds. This is the only known cover of German combination usage. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7 p.4.
bearing Tientsin type II unframmed "POSTAGE PAID" chop and Customs Tientsin cds. in blue. This Postage Paid chop was applied during Dec 26, 1896 - Feb 20, 1897. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.6.
canceled by Kiukiang Pakua mark (1st C.I.P. postmark), bearing at lower left Customs Kiukiang cds. in red, sent to Shanghai with Customs Shanghai arrival cds. in brown on reverse. Universally the 1st day of C.I.P. was believed as Jan 2, 1897, but was actually Feb 2 corrected by Mr. Mizuhara. This is the invaluable postal history item of C.I.P. Ex. Major James Starr's collection. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.1.
bearing Peking C.I.P. Postage Paid chop and Peking I.G. of Customs cds. in blue, mixed franking with French Post in China 1F, tied by Shanghai French PO cds., along with Paris transit cds., Peking "REGISTERED" cachet in blue, Shanghai French PO "R" mark in red and affixed a Belgium registered label. On reverse showing Customs Shanghai cds. and Belgium arrival mark. The blue Peking "REGISTERED" cachet was used in Peking since 1894 Jul, this one is the latest usage on cover. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.5.
showing various overprint characteristic. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.10.
5c showing broken frame, round corner and broken corner varieties on basic stamps. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.10.
all used or CTO, showing varieties on overprints. 1c CTO by Customs Shanghai Feb 11, 1897, which is the earliest used date known so far. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.11.
f.w. Small Figure 2c, tied by rare Customs Ningpo cds., on reverse with Customs Shanghai arrival cds. in brown. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.11.
mixed franking with Small Figure 5c and Japanese stamps 5s x3, tied by rare oval Customs Chungking datestamp and Shanghai IJPO cds., on reverse with Shanghai Dollar cds., Yokohama, USA transit and arrival cds. This is the only known Japanese combination of Customs Chungking oval datestamps. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.12.
all mint, showing plate varieties on basic stamps. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.13.
showing plate varieties on basic stamps and overprints varieties. Mizuhara "Huayou Jijin II" vol. 7, p.13.