385th Auction

1871, Cérès 25 c. blue, horizontal pair and two singles paying the correct 1 franc rate, neatly tied at sea by the provisional dotted 144 points lozenge (Salles-Nr. 1070) alongside “PD” and paquebot “MONTEVIDEO 11 AOUT 73 PAQ. FR. J. N°3” to envelope to Clermont, re-addressed to Compiègne, endorsed “Par Vapeur français via Bordeaux” (mail on-board of the ocean liner Le Sénégal), reverse transit and arrival cds. “COMPIÈGNE 9 SEPT 73”. The envelope cut opened for display, some wear and tear, but still fine. A fantastic and particularly rare French ship mail provisional cancellation, certificate Scheller (2025)

1862, Napoléon 80 c. rose carmine and 1871 Cérés 25 c. blue (2), fresh colours, tied by large dotted lozenge “5118” alongside cds. “YOKOHAMA Bau FRANCAIS 20 AVRIL 73” to mourning cover to Lyon, red entry mark “PAQ. ANG. V. BRIND A. MOD 22 JUIN 73” (Salles-Nr. 1895), reverse arrival cds., very fine and scarce 1,30 francs rate for the Brindisi route, signed Scheller

1871, Cérès 25 c. blue, two horizontal pairs of fresh colours, neatly tied by large dotted lozenge “5118” alongside cds. “YOKOHAMA Bau FRANCAIS 16 M(ARS) 74” to small cover to Paris, reverse arrival cds. “PARIS ETRANGER 1 MAI 74”, one adhesive with a pulled perf., the envelope´s back flap roughly opened, still very fine, signed Scheller. A scarce and lovely cover

25 c. blue, fresh colours, tied by large dotted lozenge “5104" SHANGHAI alongside red cds “PAQ. ANG. V. BRIND A. MOD 25 mai 72” (Salles-Nr. 1895) to printed matter together with its wrapper sent to Lyon, dated inside “Shanghai, 11 avril 1872”, no arrival, very fine. A lovely and most unusual usage via the Brindisi route

25 c. blue, bloc of four with horizontally lined background, tied by large dotted lozenge “5104” alongside cds. “SHANGHAI CHINE 28 NOV. 72” to folded lettersheet sent to a shipowner in Nantes, reverse transit and arrival cds. “NANTES 11 JANV. 73”, entire with light horizontal pressed crease barely affecting the lower pair, still very fine, signed Scheller. A scarce usage

“TABRIZ RUSS(IAN) CONSULATE 20 8 16 *”, two clear strikes tying a 20 kopek Romanov franking on a registered envelope to Iorev Lifland, Russia, departure cds. repeated on front alongside the scarce registered label from the consulate, censor marks and reverse arrival cds., back flap roughly opened as well as transportation traces, still fine and scarce

1910, Coat of Arms 10 k. tied by cds. “SHANGHAI POSTE RUSSE 20 5 1()” repeated alongside with blue circular "THE EKMAN FOREIGN AGENCIES LTD * SHANGHAI" to small improvised wrapper to Sweden, endorsed “sample of bamboo steel”. Despite some adhesive imperfections, a most unusual usage

1833, Rio de Janeiro to St. Malo, folded cover rated “9” in manuscript, denoting only the 6d. British rate and 3d. French inland rate, conveyed via the Jersey forwarding agents of Amiraux Le Breton & Co, with their endorsement at bottom, struck with black two-line GRANDE BRETAGNE / PAR ST MALO and St. Malo c.d.s. (6 Sep), light filing folds, fine and scarce.

"FIELD FORCE PERSIA 5 AU 57" with manuscript "4 as" on envelope to Bombay, with arrival mark. Very fine.

1916, 2 c. carmine/black, center inverted, used, perforation crease, otherwise fine

1876/77, Dom Pedro rouletted ,200 r. black, tied by segmented cork cancel in black with adjacent "RIO DE JANEIRO 1 FEV.83" letter sheet to Zürich, Switzerland, carried on French Packet 'Sénégal' with octagonal 'RIO DE JANEIRO / PAQ. FR. J. No. 3' datestamp in red (Salles fig. 1080). An attractive cover to an unusual destination at this time.

1897, red revenues 1 dollar, tied by blue Kiautschou c.d.s. to registered Maus cover with German Kiautschou 5 pfg., 10 pfg. and 25 pfg., with cds. "TSINGTAU 28/3 04" to Germany with arrival mark's.         

1923/26, Junk 10 c. dark blue, vertical pair tied by cds. “PEIPING” to cover via Siberia to Berlin with red boxed “NACHGEBÜHR / 68”, and blue “10” (Pfg.) by hand in manuscript, tax “T”, envelope opened on two sides and with slight traces of transportation

1926, Junk ½c-5$, complete set, unused, 5$ with adhered bottom sheet margin with part marginal inscription, few irregular perfs, otherwise very fine

1961, table tennis souvenir sheet with red special cancellation

1962, Mei Lan-fang 4 – 50 f. perforated, mint never hinged, 2 values gum partly lightly toned

1962, Mei Lan-fang 4 – 50 f. imperforated, mint never hinged. A rare set 

1978, National Science Conference souvenir sheet, unmounted mint, as issued, very fine

1978, National Science Conference souvenir sheet, unmounted mint, as issued, very fine

1978, Running Horses souvenir sheet, unmounted mint, as issued, very fine

1978, Running Horses souvenir sheet, unmounted mint, as issued, very fine

1979, Study Science souvenir sheet, unmounted mint, as issued, very fine

1980, Year of Monkey 8 f. with red cancel on First Day Cover, fine

1910, Heliopolis Air Meeting, perforated advertising vignette in black/red/yellow, tied together with 2 m. adhesive by cds. “CAIRO II. 10” to illustrated postcard “Grande semaine d´aviation d´heliopolis (Caire- Egypte). - Février 1910. -LL” sent to Paris, without arrival, negligible toning on a few perfs, still fine, very scarce

1881, unfranked envelope from "CAP-HAITIEN 20 AOUT 81" to Tönsberg, Norway, transported via Le Havre and Paris, taxed upon arrival with "40" oere. A scarce destination.