Chinese One Cent Postal Card Invitation 1927

Republic of China, Shanghai 1927: 1 cent postal-card. Imprinted text at reverse by Kaiser Wilhelm-School, an invitation to a lecture on German history.

Light center-bend. Good condition.

Used in Shanghai in 1927.

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Scarce China Boxer Rebellion Postal Card 1901

Deutsche Reichspost Feldkarte from the time of the Boxer upraise in China. Franked with a 10 and a 2 Pfennig Bstamp (Dauermarkenserie). Peking 29/5 1901 - cancellations.

Both stamps/cancellations have been verified by 3 German examiners. Right of the 10 Pfennig stamp is a small examiner stamp: Guthe, lower left corner: Kunetz (under a collector stamp Dr. H. C. Stuhlmann). A third mark is at the reverse: Kruschel. 

Scarce stamp combination, good condition.

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Wrong Date on German Post in China 1899 Letter

German Post in China 1899 Letter with Date Error

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German Post in China, Qingdao. Cover with an overprinted Reichspost 10 Pfennig red – stamp, tied by a TSINTAU 2 / 7 99 KIAUTSCHOU – cancellation. This is a mistake: It should be 2 / 8, August, not July. The Chinese and German cancellation at the reverse are correct with Aug 4 and 4/8. Vertical fold otherwise good condition.

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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.

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hina Boxer Uprise Field Post Cover 1900, Scarce Strike

China Boxer Uprise Field Post Cover 1900, Scarce Strike

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.

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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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German Ship-Post Boxer Rebellion Postcard Shanghai to Germany 1901

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

Italian Post in China Misprint

Italian Post in China Misprint inverted Imprint



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

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Chefoo East Beach Postcard with Russian Stamp, precanceled

China, Chefoo East Beach overprinted Russian Stamp

Chefoo (Yantai): Color postcard with view at western buildings at the East Beach of Yantai. Attached is an overprinted Russian stamp for use in China. Unused, good condition.
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Great Wall vintage Postcard with US Post in China cancel

Postcard Great Wall US Post in China 1920



China 1920: b/w postcard with view at the Great Wall of China.

Attached is a US overprinted stamp “Shanghai 2 Ct China”. US. PCS. Services Shanghai China JUN 11 – cancellation. Fine condition.

1942: Manchuguo Postal Card 3 Fen. Commemorative

We have added a few postal cards from Manchu-guo like this one:



1942: Manchu-guo. 3 Fen postal card, blue. Red commemorative cancellation Air Force. Slogan in Chinese at bottom. Very fine condition.

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American Post in China: Old Dock in Shanghai Postcard

Decorative tinted postcard „ Old Dock in Shanghai". Franked with a 2 cents US - stamp, tied by American cancellation.



Sent to Koenigswinter in Germany. Fine condition.

China 1898: German Post. 10 Pfennig Postal Card to Saigon.

Imperial China 1898: Deutsche Post in China. 10 Pfennig entire with steep „China", overprint, sent to Saigon.



Shanghai 27/6 98 - cancellation and Saigon-Central Cochinchine 5/7 98 - arrival mark

Very fine condition.

China, Japan 1912: Red Band-Cover Shanghai to Japan.

China 1912: Complete Red-band cover with content of 2 sheets-letter, sent Shanghai to Tokyo. 3 Sen stamp with imprint for use in China. Shanghai 30. 9. 1912 - cancellation.

Very fine condition.

Antique Tianjin Postcard: Boxer-Rebellion Field-Post Paoting-Fu

Decorative old Tianjin (Tientsin) postcard with 5 small images. The postcard has been sent as field-post ( K.D. Feld-Poststation 1/3 No. 7 -
which was Paoting-fu ) to Munich.

No stamp was needed for field-post, for curiosity reason a 4 cents-coiling dragon stamp was added - party tied by the field post-cancellation. The Tientsin-strike was already on the stamp. Muenchen arrival-strike.

Fine condition.

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Boxer Rebellion: Field-Post-Card Tsingtau to Kiel. 1901

China, Boxer Uprising Period: Field-Postcard ( Deutsche Reichspost ) Qingdao to Friedrichsort near Kiel in Germany.

Very fine condition. More Postal History: HERE

Republic of China: Stamp with Surcharge Misprint.

Republic of China: Stamp with Surcharge Misprint.

1942/43: Japanese Occupation of China. Michel Nr. 72 as block of six. The stamp in the center of the upper row has the overprint shifted and the „200" is only partially printed.

Unused, very fine condition.

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German Post in China. Postcard with Tschinkiang Strike.

1909: b/w b/w Nervi Postcard Jinjiang ( Chinkiang ) in China. Scarcer cancellation TSCHINKIANG Deutsche Post.



Fine condition.