Lot
1828 
Italian Offices in China, 1941 The Black Battalion, May 3rd censored postcard from Peking to Alba, bearing "Imperiale" 10c pair, tied by "Battag. Italiano in Cina, Tientsin" cds, neatly repeated alongside, Very Fine, a rare usage in violet, being one of the latest dispatches via Siberia before the German invasion of Russia; signed Bottacchi. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $150
Lot
1829
Italian Offices in China, 1900-1903 Mail Carried Through Foreign Post Offices, group of 16 Items; British Post Office with 1901 postcard from Peking to Milan, bearing China C.I.P. 4c. tied by bilingual oval dispatch datestamp, and Hong Kong 2c pair cancelled by British P.O. "Shanghai" cds, alongside with transit via Shanghai, large 1899 cover bearing Hong Kong 10c pair and single tied by small "Shanghai" British P.O. cds, and postcard with single Hong Kong 4c, French Post Office with 1901 newspaper wrapper to Rome franked by "Coiling Dragon" 2c tied by bilingual "Tientsin" cds, in combination with France "Chine" 5c tied by French Shanghai cds, 1901 postcard datelined in Peking and sent to Trieste (then in Austria), bearing "Coiling Dragon" 2c pair tied by "Tientsin" bilingual cds, in combination with France "Chine" 10c tied by "Shang-Hai/Chine" cds, 1901 cover (part of the upper back flap missing) from Peking, initially sent to Lengyel in Hungary and redirected to Estaing (France), bearing "Coiling Dragon" 2c and 4c pair, both with sheet margin, tied by bilingual oval dispatch datestamp, and France "Chine " 25c tied by "Shang-Hai/Chine" cds, 1901 picture postcard (couple of wrinkles at left) of Chinese troops at Peking, from Peking to La Spezia, bearing "Coiling Dragon" 4c tied by neat bilingual oval datestamp, in mixed franking with France "Chine" 10c cancelled by "ShangHai/Chine" cds, with Chinese Shanghai and arrival datestamps alongside, also an additional postcard to Milan franked by French China 10c tied at Tientsin, German Post Office with 1900-1903 three postcards to Italy, one being very scarce as sent during the Boxer Rebellion from Peking (29.12.1900) bearing overprinted 10pf, the second originating from Shanghai franked by 1901-04 10pf, and Kiautschou 5pf on postcard from Tsingtau, Japanese Post Office with 1901 "Battery at Shanhaikwan" picture postcard from Peking to Vercelli, franked by Japanese P.O. overprinted 1s single tied by "Shanghai/I.J.P.O." cds, interesting contents regarding the Shanhaikwan-Peking railway communications of the Allies, a very scarce Italian correspondence through the Japanese P.O. during the Boxer Rebellion in a territory taken by few hundreds, Russian Post Offices with 1903-11 four items, of which three bearing Hankow cds', including one incoming postcard, all sent by civilian or commercial entities, as well as very rare 1903 postcard most probably sent by an Italian soldier from "Shan Hai Kuan", with Field P.O. number 3 cds, generally Very Fine. Estimate $2,500 - 3,500.
Realized: $2,500
Lot
1830
Italian Offices in China, 1901-40 Mail Carried Through Foreign Post Offices in Imperial and Republican China, group of 25 covers/cards to Italy mainly sent by civilians, also including local post, F.-V.F. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $750
Lot
1831
Italian Offices in China, 1900-05 Illustrated Postcards, an interesting and very unusual assembly of 25 illustrated postcards, including "Italian Concession Tientsin", the heroism of Lieutenant Minissini, 1904 postcard sent by the Italian Consul in Peking, satirical "Der Krieg in China", three scarce bilingual English-German postcards depicting Italian and Russian troops, two interesting "Ricordo della Spedizione in Cina - 1903" items of the "Minghetti" steamship sent from Singapore to Cairo and Ceylon to Italian Eritrea, "Partenza delle Truppe" (1900) with two used/unused, three with the 1900-01 general staff of the allies, 1904 complete set of 6 used Italian "Teatro della Guerra nell'Estremo Oriente" postcards illustrated with maps related to the Russo-Japanese War, etc., F.-V.F. or better. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $500
Lot
1832
Italian Offices in China, 1913 Italian Troops in China Real-Photo Postcards, five different cards from series displaying Italian troops in China, all sent as postcard from Shanghai to Rome, each franked by China 1912 overprinted 1c, a Very Fine set. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $200