Beschreibung:

used 1878-1903 issues, an interesting and extensive specialised collection of cancellations (about 500 items) including many multiples and pieces, representing a wide variety of cancellations, with seals including Newchwang (4), Peking (27) a fine lot with Large Dragons (7), Shanghai Type I (24) with large dragons 1ca. wide setting (3), Type II (ancient Chinese) (18), Tientsin (15) with large dragons (4), Wenchow small seal in red (2) one on Foochow local 2c.; "CUSTOMS" d.s. including small double-ring d.s., Changchow in red (3), Chefoo (3) including a fine strike on Large Dragon 3 ca., Chinkiang (16) with Large Dragons (6), Hankow (16), Kiukiang in red (18) with Large Dragons (2), Kiungchow (4) values to 30c. on 24c., Kowloon (2) one on H.K. 10c. on piece, Lungchow (7), Newchwang (11) with Large Dragons (3), Ningpo (11), Pakhoi (5), Peking (4) one used as arrival mark on 1c. stationery card, Shanghai Type I on Large Dragons (6) three in red, Swatow (7), Soochow (10), Wenchow (5), Wuhu (12) values to 30c. on 24c., oval Chunking (12), Nanking (14) three in violet (Type II) and Wuchow (4) complete strikes on piece, one on C.I.P. values, single ring d.s. Ichang (3) and a fine selection of Pa-Kua types with twenty-one different cities represented. Many fine to very fine strikes. Photo for a selection