90
            
            
              550
            
            
              1901(3 Feb). A red band cover to Tsingtao, baring CIP 4c brown tied by FOOCHOW oval chop in violet. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 800 - 1,000
            
            
              551
            
            
              1900 (24 June)Ared band reg. cover formNanking to Shanghai, on reverse with Coiling Dragon 2c red tied by bilingual ‘NANKING’
            
            
              cds alongside bearing Coiling Dragon 5c flesh tied by large char. ‘R’ reg. chop in black, with bilingual ‘TIENTSIN/11.10.00’ arrival
            
            
              chop. Fine. Photo
            
            
              HKD 1,500 - 2,000
            
            
              552
            
            
              1901 (26 Apr.) A cover to Peking, bearing opt. British Railway Administration 5c on 1/2c Coiling Dragon, surcharge in black, tied
            
            
              by violet 'BRITISH POST OFFICE/TIENTSIN' with opt. C.E.F. 1/2a, tied by 'F.P.O. No. 20'. On reverse with backstamped 'F.P.O.
            
            
              No.2' and 'F.P.O. No.7'. few tone spots on cover. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
            
            
              554
            
            
              555
            
            
              553
            
            
              1901 (20 May) AHK 2c green stationery envelope cover bearing HK 4c gray in pair to Germany, tied by 'IPO' tie-print and 'HONG
            
            
              KONG' cds, alongside bilingual 'AMOY' cds, denoting payment in cash, subscriber's mail or acceptance of foreign postage
            
            
              applied by the sender in combination with HK adhesive, with 'OLDENBURG/24.6.01' arrival cds on back. A nice usage of the HK
            
            
              stationery envelope, especially so on a 'cash' cover. Fine. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 20,000 - 22,000
            
            
              554
            
            
              1901 (28 May) picture postcard sent from Peking to Paris, f.w. on front CIP Coiling Dragon 2c scarlet, tied by PEKING MAY 28
            
            
              1901 oval double-frame datestamp, fine. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 600 - 700
            
            
              555
            
            
              1901 (15 June) picture postcard (depicting “Hauptstrasse in Peking”) sent to France, franked on front with CIP Coiling Dragon
            
            
              1/2c x 2, 1c and 2c, tied by TIENTSIN 15 JUN 01 bisected bilingual daters, SHANGHAI 21 JUN 01 bisected bilingual dater,
            
            
              added with “Chine” opt. on French Peace & Commerce 10c, tied by SHANG-HAI CHINE 2 JUIN 01 cds’s, and PARIS 30 JUIL
            
            
              01 arrival cds, fine. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 1,400 - 1,600
            
            
              557
            
            
              558
            
            
              553
            
            
              556