German Post China
Lot 54 German Post China
MichelP9
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Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 10pf Red Postal Card, Tientsin Handstamp (Michel P9). Indicia cancelled by exceptional strike of "Tientsin, Deutsche Post 1 1 01" circular datestamp, addressed to Magdeburg, Germany, Magdeburg (Feb. 12) arrival datestamp (likely backdated), Extremely Fine, it is widely believed less than 100 of the 10pf postal cards were overprinted, the example offered here has a favor cancel (see lot 46 for a genuinely used example), illustrated in Jaschke-Lantelme's Die Handstempelaufdrucke von Tientsin (p. 52), with 1995 Holcombe certificate
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Lot 54 German Post China
MichelP9
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Germany, Offices in China, 1900, 10pf Red Postal Card, Tientsin Handstamp (Michel P9). Indicia cancelled by exceptional strike of "Tientsin, Deutsche Post 1 1 01" circular datestamp, addressed to Magdeburg, Germany, Magdeburg (Feb. 12) arrival datestamp (likely backdated), Extremely Fine, it is widely believed less than 100 of the 10pf postal cards were overprinted, the example offered here has a favor cancel (see lot 46 for a genuinely used example), illustrated in Jaschke-Lantelme's Die Handstempelaufdrucke von Tientsin (p. 52), with 1995 Holcombe certificate
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