Lot
459 
French Offices in China, French Military Forces in China, 1901-03, group of 6 covers from the 1901-1903 "Corps Expeditionaire du Chine" or "Corps d'Occupation du China", the French military forces in China, several with Marine Francais Anchor cachet, one in magenta, all have smaller "Corr D'Armees Shang Hai" or "tresor et Postes Armees 2 China" markings, one with Han-Keou China marking, various markings and back stamps, one on lovely red and green floral cover, F.-V.F. or better, quite scarce group.Estimate $500 - 750.
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Realized: $280
Lot
460
French Offices in Pak Hoi, 1919, 20c on 50c carmine & black, in combination with Indochina 1922, 6c dull red and black, left margin single (103) on wrapper to Brussels, Belgium, F.-V.F., a rare wrapper usage.Scott No. 64 Estimate $75 - 100.
Lot
461 
German Offices in China, Germany, 1890, 2m brownish purple, seventeen singles, in combination with Germany, 1899, 20pf ultramarine + 50pf chocolate, two singles (49+51) on large registered cloth piece, all tied by "Tientsin, Kaiser Deutsche, Postagentur, 19/3, 98" cds's, Tientsin registry etiquette at left, Very Fine, a remarkable high value franking from Tientsin.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $550
Lot
462
Japanese Offices in China, 1919 Shanghai, China to New York City, registered Yokohama Specie Bank corner card cover franked with Japan 1919, 10s dark blue, pair (158) canceled by "Shanghai, 20.8.19" cds with "I.J.P.O. Shanghai" registry etiquette alongside, purple boxed "Registered "handstamp and receiving backstamp; cover opening slits at top, Very Fine.Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $40
Lot
463
Japanese Offices in China, Canton, Nippon, 2.8.41, Japanese Foreign-Mail style cds on "Government-General of Taiwan" Telegraph receipt sent from the Italian Consulate in occupied Canton, China (consular cachet of origin on reverse) to the Italian Consulate in Shanghai, Very Fine, a previously unrecorded and extremely rare transition piece.Estimate $100 - 150.
This item represents the 'missing link' between the horizontal-comb postmarks used in Colonial Taiwan and those introduced in early 1942 for the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. This contemporaneous forerunner is the only known Japanese marking used in mainland China which includes the 'Nippon' designation.
Realized: $40