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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1586

China
1894 Dowager Empress
Covers
1905 (15 Feb.) large Maus envelope registered to Germany bearing 3ca. orange-yellow, 9ca. horizontal tête-bêche pair (pane 4 [20-21]) and 24ca. cancelled by Kiaochow lunar c.d.s. with Kiaochow 5pf. (4) and 10pf. (2) tied by Tsingtau c.d.s. with the Tsingtau registration label at foot; some ageing of the paper and a paper sheet affixed to the reverse. One of the eight tête-bêche covers in record, most of them are Maus. One of the two mixed franking with 24ca. A good franking. Photo

literature:
Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge Issues, Tony Kwan, 2011 (illustrated page 498)


1905年2月15日膠州寄德國掛號封, 貼三分票一枚, 橙黃色; 玖分橫雙連對倒票一件(第四格[20-21])及貳錢肆分票一枚, 銷九江干支日戳, 另貼膠德國客郵五芬尼四枚及十芬尼兩枚, 銷青島日戳及貼青島掛號簽紙, 信封有些部份老化, 存世只有八件貼有對倒慈壽票的實寄封, 此為其中之一, 而只有兩信封才混貼有貳錢肆分票, 其罕見可知._x000D_ _x000D_ 著作: 2011年關道華著"慈禧壽辰票暨加蓋票信封圖鑑" (第498頁插圖)

Estimate
HK$30,000 to HK$40,000