1900: REICHSPOST definitive with diagonal "China" handstamp overprint, 80 pf. red carmine & black on dull carmine, fine and fresh example with good perforation and centering, cancelled by crisp "TIENTSIN DEUTSCHE POST 8 2 01" cds. A rare and scarce stamp,. Sign. Grobe, certs. Pfenniger (1967) and Jäschke-Lantelme (2005) Mi = € 6'000. Provenance: 141. Grobe auction (1968).