German Post China

Lot 2009 German Post China

Michel8,10 Scott17,19

Description

Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 3pf Brown, 10pf Carmine, Tientsin Handstamp (17, 19; Michel 8, 10). Used with Germany 3pf and 2pf postal card cut-out, each with genuine "China" Tientsin provisional overprints, missing stamp at top right, tied by "Tientsin, Deutsche Post 26/1 01" circular datestamps on cover to Erlau, Germany, Herman Liebert correspondence, manuscript endorsement "Feldpostbrief", Erlau (Mar. 28) backstamp which was applied at a later date, cover with couple file folds not affecting stamps, some edgewear and small piece missing at top right, Very Fine and peculiar item even though a stamp is missing from the original cover, each stamp does have a genuine strike of the "China" provisional handstamp and tied by genuine Tientsin datestamp, it is believed the Liebert covers were done by favor and not actually mailed through the post, these have long been documented, dating back to at least 1907 in German stamp magazines, signed Thier and Drahn, with 2004 Jakubek certificate