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FELDPOST COVERS
FELDPOST No.1
K.D. FELD-POST STATION No.1 cancels were used in KAUMI (KIAUTSCHOU) from 23rd Nov 1900 to 4th Jul 1901. This is a local postcard sent from Kaumi in what is now Shandong Province.On the front of the postcard the 10 characters in two column on the left (An) refer to the sender as the Kaumi post office). The three characters on the right (in) refer to the recipient who is also in the town of Kaumi. The two columns of 7 characters on the reverse are what is known as 'dui lian' which is a form of Chinese poetry which consists of 14 characters. Typically they would be written on the door frame of a building, one column on the left and the other on the right. The poem references Poinsettia flowers, trees and greenery.
Feldpost No.1
FELDPOST No.2
K.D. FELD-POST STATION No.2 cancels were used in PEKING from 9th Nov 1900 to 31st Aug 1901.This offical German Reichspost Feldpostcard was sent from Peking on the 27th Jul 1901 to Aschaffenburg in Germany where it arrived on the 10th Sep 1901, a transit time of around 6 weeks.
Feldpost No.2
FELDPOST No.3
K.D. FELD-POST STATION No.3 cancels were used in YANGTSUN from 2nd Sep 1900 to 30th Apr 1901. This particular cancel was applied on 8th Mar 1901 and addressed to a Major Kuch in Potsdam, Germany.
Feldpost No.3
FELDPOST No.4
K.D. FELD-POST STATION No.4 cancels were used in TONGKU from 2nd Sep 1900 to 31st Aug 1901.This offical German Reichspost Feldpostcard was sent from Tongku on the 9th Mar 1901 to Altona in Germany where it arrived on the 19th Apr 1901, a transit time of about 5 weeks.
Feldpost No.4
FELDPOST No.5
K.D. FELD-POST STATION No.5 cancels were used in TIENTSIN from 2nd Sep 1900 to 18th Oct 1900. This particular postcard was sent from Tientsin, China to Dramstadt, Germany on 10th Oct 1900 and arrived almost 6 weeks later on 21st Nov 1900.
Feldpost No.5
Here is a second postcard from Tientsin, this time to Fürth, Germany. It was sent on the 10th Oct 1900 and arrived 6 weeks later on the 24th Nov 1900.
Feldpost No.5
FELDPOST No.6
K.D. FELD-POST STATION No.6 cancels were used in TINGTSCHOU, FUPING & LUNGTSÜANKWAN from 18th Apr to Jun (Jul in Fuping) 1901.
Feldpost No.6
FELDPOST No.7
K.D. FELD-POST STATION No.7 cancels were used in PAOTINGFU from 20th Nov 1900 to 25th Jul 1901. There is sometimes an oval attendant handstamp inscribed "PAOTINGFU | DEUTSCHE POST" that is considered to be philatelically inspired. This may also have a handwritten date or a separate handstamp.This cover was cancelled in Paotingfu, China on 30th Apr 1901 and reached its destination of Heidelburg on 16th Jun 1901, a journey time of around 6 weeks.
Feldpost No.7
FELDPOST No.8
K.D. FELD-POST STATION No.8 cancels were used in SHANHAIKUAN from 27th Nov 1900 to 31st Aug 1901. There is also a round "SHANHAIKUAN | DEUTSCHE POST" attendant handstamp from 26th Nov 1900 which may predate the 'FP 8' cancel but it is also known to have been used as an attendant stamp from 27th Nov 1900 to 31st Aug 1901.This German Reichspost Official Feldpostcart was cancelled in Shanhaikuan, China on 11th Jun 1901 and reached its destination of Barmen, Germany on 7th Nov 1901, a journey time of around 6 months !!!.
Feldpost No.8
This second Feldpost No.8 cancel was a local delivery from Shanhaikuan to Tongku on 28th Jul 1901.
Feldpost No.8
FELDPOST No.9
K.D. FELD-POST STATION No.9 cancels were used in PEITHAIHO from 22nd May to 31st Aug 1901. This Feldpost No.9 cancelled card was sent on 17th Jun 1901 to Berlin, Germany where it arrived on 3rd Aug 1901, approximately 6 months.
Feldpost No.9
FELDPOST No.10
K.D. FELD-POST STATION No.10 cancels were used in KAIPING from 21st May to 31st Aug 1901. Feldpost No.10
EAST ASIATIC EXPEDITIONARY CORPS
FELDPOST
(from 1st Sep 1900)
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There were four, similar handstamps from 1st Sep 1900 for the cancellation of military mail in Tientsin.This cover, cancelled 16th Feb 1900 has the "K.D.FELDPOSTEXPED | DES | OSTASIATISCHEN | EXPEDITIONSCORPS | a" version, of the cancels used in Tientsin and was used from 18th Oct 1900 until 31st Aug 1901. The cover was sent to Stuttgart in Germany but there is no clear marking indicating the date of arrival at the destination.
Ost Asia Expedition
KAIS DEUTSCHE MARINE SHIFFSPOST
(Feld-post of Troop Transport Ships)
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MARINE SHIFFSPOST No.28
The posctcard below was cancelled on 7th Aug 1900 with The KAIS DEUTSCHE MARINE SHIFFSPOST No.28 cancel. At this time it was used on board the 'BATAVIA', a chartered civil ship to tranport troops to and from germany to TAKU in China in support of the supression of the Boxer Rebellion.This postcard was cancelled aboard the ship on 7th Aug and arrived in Frankfurt, Germany on the 13th Aug 1900. The journey by sea would have taken far longer than a week so the SHIFFSPOST cancel was not applied on departure but during the voyage around a week before arrival.
The postcard also has the "S.B OSTAS. EXPED 2 INFANT-REGMT" cancel used during the Boxer campaign.
The posctcard below was cancelled on 4th Dec 1900 with The KAIS DEUTSCHE MARINE SHIFFSPOST No.28 cancel. This time however it was used on board the 'WITTEKIND', a chartered civil ship, operating as a hospital ship in support of the supression of the Boxer Rebellion.
The cancel was carried on board this ship from the 24th Aug 1900 until 30th Apr 1901 on a 'tour' of Asia, but was only used from the 10th Sep. It was docked in China from early Oct and performed a number of shuttle voyages between TAKU and KIAUTSCHOU before returning to Germany. According to the sender's address the ship also visited Nagasaki, Japan, during this tour. On the ship's return to Germany this postcard was cancelled 'FRANKFURT' but the date is illegible.
The postcard also has the "S.B OSTAS. EXPED FELD-POSTEXPED" cancel used during the Boxer campaign.
Marine Shiffspost No.28
MARINE SHIFFSPOST No.34
The KAIS.DEUTSCHE MARINE SHIFFSPOST No.34 stamp was used by 'SMS Kurfürst Friedrich-Wilhelm' (Battleship) from 30th Jul 1900 to 9th Aug 1901. This postcard was cancelled aboard this ship on 24th Sep 1900. This is a British postcard, not of German origin, and the sender has crossed through the 'Postkarte' and 'Weltpostverein' and written Felfdpost. Due to the use of German script it is a little difficult to determine the destination but it appears to be to a Mr. Joseph Kloos in Hochst which is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The postcard is somewhat battered but it is a nice example of a postcard from the start fo the Boxer Rebellion. Again it is difficult to read the script but the postcard looks to have been sent from Woosung, Shanghai.
Marine Shiffspost No.34
OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
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Michel P2
Printed 1898. Slanted, black overprint "China" on postcards of the German Reichspost. This postcard features a carmine, 10RPf crone/adler (crown/eagle) stamp with date and letter but no watermark.
Mi P2
10RPf carmine
10RPf carmine
Michel P7II
Printed 1898. Slanted, black overprint "China" on postcards of the German Reichspost. This postcard features a carmine, 10RPf crone/adler (crown/eagle) stamp with date and letter but no watermark.
Mi P2
Reply Card
2x 5RPf carmine
Reply Card
2x 5RPf carmine
MICHEL P13
REPLY CARD
Michel P13
Reply Card
2x 10RPf, carmine
MICHEL P14
'2 Cents 2 | China' Overprint
This used postcard is a Michel P14 from 1905 which features a single Germania 5Pf stamp overprinted '2 Cents 2 | China'. This particular postcard was sent from Tientsin on 20th Feb 1906 and was destined for Miss Brenda Rolf in Newcastle-on-Tyne in England. The original postcard has been uprated with an additional '2 cents on 5Pf' stamp. The message on the reverse simply says 'I think I can still get the former ½d postcard unstamped'. Perhaps Miss Rolf was a stamp collector.
TIENTSIN Cancel
COVERS and LETTERS
COVER from SHANGHAI to TSINGTAU
Private letter was sent from the Deutsche-Asiatische Bank in Shanghai to Tsingtau on 25th Nov 1905 and was delivered two days later on the 27th Nov. This cover features two 1905 issue Michel 30 stamps cancelled using the 7th variation of the Shanghai cancel, inscribed "SCHANGHAI | DEUTSCHE POST | b" in use from April 1905 until 16th Mar 1916.
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29-Jul-2020 05:31
Michel P13
Reply Card
2x 10RPf, carmine
Reply Card
2x 10RPf, carmine
'2 Cents 2 | China' Overprint
TIENTSIN Cancel
29-Jul-2020 05:31