386th Auction

1940, card 4 c. used from Shanghai with both sides printing “German radio station XGRS Shangai… Heil Hitler…Greetings from Berlin…from the German shortwave transmitter….” (dated Berlin 26.8.42) to Canton with arrival mark on front. Extremely rare radio message to China, at that time the only possibility of postal traffic, fine

1900, Round-The-World China ICP Postal Stationery card 1 ct. rose used uprated CIP 1 ct. and 2 ct., represent 4 cents foreign postcard rate, clear tied by SWATOW 6/NOV/00 c.d.s. addressed to Germany and forewarded with Germania 5 pf. and 10 pf. from DÜSSELDORF 11.12.02 to USA and there additional two 1 c. green Franklin and Washington tied by PENSACOLA FLD. FEB/26/1903, forewarded to France transit on reverse PARIS 10.3.03 and additional two 25 c. blue tied by ST NAZAIRE 13.3.03, forewarded to Russia with 4 kop. 25.4.1903 and forewarded with transit marks CARDIFF AP/3/03 and LONDON 2/4/03 on reverse and additional Edward 2 d. tied by PENARTH AP/21/03, forewarded via Netherlands with 5 c. and 10 c. tied by AMSTERDAM 9/JUL/03 and oval violet arrival mark BROOKLYN N.Y. JUL/20/03. Several different address labels have been stuck on top of each other. A very unusal and attractive early postal stationery usage and impressive seven-country combination