154
            
            
              973
            
            
              1913 (28 Nov.) red band cover sent from Tientsin to Tsingtau, franked on reverse with Waterlow & Sons opt. “Republic of China”
            
            
              in red on CIP Coiling Dragon, 2c green x 2, tied by TIENTSIN 28 NOV 13 bisected bilingual daters, KIAUCHOW 30 NOV 13
            
            
              bisected bilingual cds and TSINGTAU KIAUTSCHOU c 30.11.13 arrival cds, also a circular “III/12” postman chop alongside, on
            
            
              front with same Tientsin cds, light age toning. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 1,400 - 1,600
            
            
              974
            
            
              975
            
            
              976
            
            
              974
            
            
              1917 A large official stampless cover from Sinkiang, Yinan to local, Sinkiang official cover with contents is seldom offered in the
            
            
              market. Photo.
            
            
              HK$ 1,200 - 1,500
            
            
              975
            
            
              1917 (1 May) A stampless Service Des Prisonniers cover from Tientsin to Seattle, USA. On front with char. 'Tientsin Postal Passed'
            
            
              chop in red frame, on reverse with bilingual 'TIENTSIN' with index ROC 6th year (
            
            
              民國六年
            
            
              ) cds. Rare, folded and torn at the top
            
            
              edge. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 4,000 - 4,500
            
            
              976
            
            
              1917 (14 June) registered cover sent from Moukden to France endorsed “via Suez”, f.w. on front 1st Peking Junks, 3c, 7c and
            
            
              8c x 2, tied by MOUKDEN 12 JUN 17 bisected bilingual daters, a rectangular “Moukden / Shenyang /Registered Mail/No....”
            
            
              registration handstamp alongside, also a very fine strike of “CONSULAT DE FRANCE MANDCHOURIE MOUKDEN” circular
            
            
              handstamp in violet, on reverse with same Moukden cds and circular handstamp, also SHANGHAI 18 JUN 17 bisected bilingual
            
            
              dater, PONTARLIER 23-8 17 and PARIS 26-8 17 arrival cds’s, fine. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 3,000 - 3,500
            
            
              977
            
            
              978
            
            
              977
            
            
              1920's A pin-perf cover from Thos.Cook & Son to Shanghai College, Shanghai. Bearing Junk 1/2c sepia in pair, tied by unclear cds
            
            
              with bilingual 'SHANGHAI' arrival cds. Fine. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 600 - 700
            
            
              979