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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

German Post in China MSP 31 Postal Card 1898

German Post in China MSP 31 Postal Card 1898



German post in in China: “Postkarte Nur fuer Marine-Schiffsposten” with 2 cancellations: “Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No. 31 9/12 98” MSP 31 was the SMS vessel Brandenburg which served till August 1901. Good condition.

More Postal History: HERE

Monday, September 01, 2014

Lot of 6 Postcards with Railway Cancellations Austria 1915




postcards with train cancellations

postcards with train cancellations

Lot of 6 postal cards, photo-postcards and postcard from the time of the 1 World War, 1915. At all 6 items are horse-drawn light railway cancellations. K.uk. Pferdefeldbahn No. 5 Betriebssektion No. 2 and No. 3, Pferdefeldbahn -Trainbegleitungskadron No. 3 Sektion 3, 16 Zug and. No.4, Pferdefeldbahn No. 3 B.S.3.

All are in good condition.

More such collectibles: HERE

Thursday, August 14, 2014

German Zeppelin Cover Sudeten Flight 1938, Propapanda Strike

Zeppelin Cover Sudetenland-Flight 1938



Zeppelin Cover
Zeppelin Cover

Zeppelin cover with Winterhilfwerk stamp set. Flug- und Luftschiffhafen Frankfurt – cancellations. Red “Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin Fahrt ueber das befreite Sudetenland” - strike Reichenberg strike with propaganda-slogan at reverse.

More Zeppelin Mail: HERE


Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Tianjin Vintage Postcard Yamen Viceroy Lutai Strike

Old Tientsin Postcard
Old Tientsin Postcard

Old Chinese postcard, embossed, depicting the Viceroy's Yaman. At the reverse is a clear Lutai-cancellation. Unused, good condition.

More old Chinese Postcards: HERE


Monday, July 14, 2014

hina Boxer Uprise Field Post Cover 1900, Scarce Strike


China Boxer Uprise Field Post Cover 1900, Scarce Strike




Boxer Rebellion Cover

Boxer Rebellion Cover

China, December 1900: Field Post cover, sent Tianjin to Strassburg. The sender was Corporal of the „Erste Ostasistischen Feld-Artillerie Regiment, Leichte Feld-Haubitzen....“ „K.D. Feldpostexped. Der Ostasischen Expeditionscorps“ - cancellation on „Leichte Feld-Haubitzen“ – strike. Scarce. Additional text in Arab at reverse. Good condition.

More such collectibles: HERE

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Chinese Vintage Postcard English Consulate Hankow 1910


English Consulate Hankow Postcard 1910



Old Chinese postcard „Hankow- The English Consulate“. View at the consulate with a Chinese in front of the building. Franked with a pair of 2 Fen stamps, Hankou cancellation, Peking transit-strike. Hankou to Berlin, 1914. Good condition.

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

German Ship-Post Boxer Rebellion Postcard Shanghai to Germany 1901

German Mail during Boxer Rebellion
German Mail during Boxer Rebellion

Old Chinese b/w postcard: „Alt-Shanghai. Chinesisches Teehaus“. Sent as fieldpost-card by Marine Schiffspost No. 38, the SMS Gefion, which cruised during the Boxer Rebellion period.


Clear cancellations. Shanghai to Neustadt in Germany in 1901. Good condition.

More Chinese Postal History: HERE


Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Siam Maiden Flight 1939: Bangkok to Delhi

Siam Maiden Flight 1939: Bangkok to Delhi



Siam Maiden Flight

Siam postal card with imprinted 15 Baht stamp, upfranked. Sent as registered air mail on the maiden flight Bangkok to Delhi. Clear cancellations 15.01.1930. Good condition.

More such collectibles: HERE


Friday, February 07, 2014

Wipa Flight 1933: Four-country-flight by Robert Kronfeld

Wipa Flight 1933: Four-country-flight by Robert Kronfeld




Kronfeld Wipa Flight


Wipa 1933: Four-country-flight Robert Kronfeld, Wien-Innsbruck. Postcard with 3 stamps, Wipa 1933 cancellations.

Post-Segelflug strike. Good condition.

More such collectibles: HERE


Thursday, February 06, 2014

Italian Post in China Misprint

Italian Post in China Misprint inverted Imprint

Italian Post in China

Italian Post in China: 10 Cents val with black overprint PECHINO 4 CENTS. The imprint is upside down. Used, good condition. Scott# 15.

More EFOs: HERE


Monday, January 27, 2014

PR China Stamp Set Journey to the West. MNH


China Stamp Set Journey to the West

1979: Peoples Republic of China Stamp Set „The Journey to the West“. Mint never hinged stamp set, T43, Scott Nr. 1547 – 1554. Michel Nr. 1555 – 1562.