Japanese 5 Ri Postcard upfranked with half Sen

Japan, late 1870s, 5 Ri Postcard – Sakura P11 – upfranked with a ½ Sen stamp – Sakura 28a – with 2 different cancellations and an additional re strike.

Used in Japan. Good condition.

Japan International Mail Postcard 3 Sen 1877

Japan International Mail Postcard 3 Sen

Japan 1877: Mint postal card for international mail. Sakura FC1. Unused, very good condition. High cat. val.

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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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Japanese Prisoner of War Postcard from Fukuoka

Prisoner of War Postcard Japan WW1 Fukuoka

Japanese vintage postcard (Bridge Nishinashma at Fukuoka) sent from Fukuoka as Prisoner of War mail to Langenhain in Germany. Violet camp cancellation, Servie des Prison E Guerre – strike, a small oval-shaped red strike, a square red strike, 2 hand-written characters in red and black Japanese postal cancellation.

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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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Attractive Zeppelin Airship Condor Cover 1934

Zeppelin Airship Condor Cover multicolor Franking

Attractive Condor-Zeppelin letter with multicolour franking, sent Argentine to Germany in 1934. Black triangle board stamp: 1st vuelo directo 30-6-34 Argentina – Europa.

Mit Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin befördert, Friedrichshafen Bodensee - mark at reverse.

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Zeppelin LZ 129 Trial Flight 1936 Mixed Franking on Board Cancellation

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Zeppelin Mail first post Flight LZ 129 1936 Hamburg vintage postcard, official postcard by DELAG, Frankfurt with 4 air-mail stamps attached: 5, 10, 15, 20 Pfennig, Luftschiff LZ 126 on-board cancellations from 23.03.36. This was a trial flight.

Sent to Breslau. Good condition. More Zeppelin Postal History: HERE

Ballon Mail Luxemburg 1927 Two Postcards

Two Ballon Mail Luxemburg 1927

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Luxemburg 1927: 2 postcards (G. Duché de Luxemburg, Carte Postale Poste Aerienne.) Each with 2 stamps and “Par Ballon Exp Phil Luxembourg 8 Sept. 1927” - cancellations. Good condition.

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Concentration Camp Letters from Oranienburg and Luettringhausen

Two Concentration Camp Letters Oranienburg and Luettringhausen

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Germany World War II: Two letters from the Concentration Camp Oranienburg (20.04. 44) and the special prison Lüttringhausen 26.11. 1939).

Both by the same inmate to his family. Both are complete and in good condition.

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Imperial Chinese Local Post Shanghai Wrappers and Envelope 1893

 

Imperial China: Two different One Half Cent wrappers and one small envelope for Local Post in Shanghai.

The larger wrapper has been sent to the Austrian Consulate in Shanghai, cancellation: D SE 1893.

All 3 are in good condition.

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Imperial China 2 Candareen Block with Jinjian Ba Guan Cancellations

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Imperial China 1897. Attractive block of four on cardboard: 2 Candareen, red-orange with 2 clear Ba Gua-cancellations Jinjiang (Chinkiang).

Michel Nr. 37, Scott# 88. right side with double perforation.

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Chinese Vintage Postcard with Children Shanghai 1905

Chinese Children Vintage Postcard Shanghai Schwerin 1905

 

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Chinese Children Vintage Postcard Shanghai Schwerin 1905China 1905: b/w vintage postcard entitled “Chinesenkinder” (Chinese children).

Attached is a 4 cent coiling dragon-stamp. 2 different Shanghai- and French Post in China-postmarks, Schwerin arrival-strike.

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Ottoman Empire Postcard 2 Stamps to Germany

Old Turkey Postcard Barbers in Constantinople 1912

 

Ottoman Empire, Turkey: Vintage postcard depicting barbers and customers for an haircut in the streets. 2 x 2 Paras stamps with bilingual Constantinople-cancellations. Sent to Bavaria, Germany.

Good condition.

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Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong Cover 1943/44

Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong Cover 1943/44

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Japan, Hong Kong 1943/44?. Hong Kong Japanese Occupation. 6 x stamps on local cover (front), the stamps tied by Sheung Wan (香港上環) postmarks.

This item is the front part of a cover. The 2 Sen stamps have color varieties. Scarce.

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Antique French Letter 10 + 50 Centimes, 1850s

Antique French Letter with Mixed Franking 1850s

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Attractive old French letter with mixed franking, 10 + 50 Centimes, Scott# 14 and # 18

Sent Paris to Geneve. Paris strike and red PD-mark. Genova-arrival strike.

Minor wear.

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5 Soldi Stamp with oval Pieve di Soligo cancellation

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Austria, Lombardy-Venetia: 5 Soldi stamp on paper with oval-shaped Pieve di Soligo 11. 12.

Well centered, broad margins, clean and fresh appearance. Austrian stamp Catalog: ANK Nr. 7 II Pieve di Soligo is a town in the northern province of Treviso, near the border with the province of Belluno in Veneto, Italy. "Pieve" means "Parish church".

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1893 Shanghai Postage Paid 1 Cent Cover

Imperial China Shanghai Postage Paid 1 Cent Cover

Imperial China 1893: Mint cover Shanghai Postage Paid 1 Cent. Embossed, oval-shaped imprint at top: Shanghai Local Post 1893 工部信馆.

Unused cover in very good condition, 13,7 x 7,8 cm.

Original gum.

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Scare Chinese Postal History 1945 North East 东川重慶 抗戰勝利纪念

Scare Chinese Postal History 1945 North East Michel Nr. 55B

Scare Chinese Postal History 1945 North East Michel Nr. 55B

Nord-East China 1945: Military cover with 2 x 50 Yuan stamps 10th anniversary start of war against Japan Hand holding Rifle), Scott: 1L43 A11, Michel Nr. 55B (cut). 

Special cancellation: 东川重慶 抗戰勝利纪念 Dong-chuan Chongqing kang zhan shengli jinian (Remember the triumphantly Dongchuan Chongqing battle (against Japan). 

Imprint at reverse: 中华民国陆海空军副司都示 21,2 x 10,3 cm. Moderate wear due to age.

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Germany 1920: Sarre overprinted 80 Pfennig Stamp on Cover

Sarre: Scarce overprinted 80 Pfennig Sarre Stamp on Cover

Germany / Saar / Sarre: Scarce overprinted 80 Pfennig Stamp on Cover

Scarce 80 Pfennig Germania stamp with Sarre overprint on cover, CTO.

Clean cover from 1920 in good condition.

The upper right corner of the stamp has a minor fault. (It rather seems that its because the paper is slightly uneven than that a tear exists). ( Michel DEM 2,500 after old Michel catalogue).

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Deutsche Seepost Asiatische Hauptlinie f Postcard China Stamp

Deutsche Seepost Asian Line Postcard 1903 to England

Deutsche Seepost: b/w postcard depicting an Egyptian lady hitting the water pipe. Shipped 1903 as postcard by Deutsche Seepost to England.

10 Pfennig Germania stamp with “China” imprint, Deutsche Seepost Asiatische Hauptlinie f 24 7 03 – cancellation.

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