Robert Siegel Galleries: The Magnolia Collection of Foreign Post Offices in China, Part 2, 1382, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 10, 2026 - June 10, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Newspaper Wrapper to Batavia |
1890;1892 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,130.00 | ||
| 2002 | Letter Card to London |
1893 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,180.00 | ||
| 2003 | Postal Card with Lloyd Austriaco XLVI Datestamp |
1896;1898 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 944.00 | ||
| 2004 | Registered Cover to Vienna |
1905;1906 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,298.00 | ||
| 2005 | Picture Postcard of a Pagoda |
1899;1900;1902 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,124.00 | ||
| 2006 | Registered Cover to Vienna, forwarded to Otterthal |
1905;1906 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,062.00 | ||
| 2007 | Picture Postcard of Building in Peking |
1908 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 649.00 | ||
| 2008 | Registered Cover to Forst, Germany |
1900;1912 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 3,835.00 | ||
| 2009 | Austria, Used in China, Postal History Collection Balance. |
ND | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,605.00 | ||
| 2010 | Cover from Shanghai to Valence |
1862;1863 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 590.00 | ||
| 2011 | Blue folded letter from Nagasaki to Saigon via Shanghai |
1862;1868;1869 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 767.00 | ||
| 2012 | Blue folded letter from Shanghai to Geneva |
1862;1868 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 265.50 | ||
| 2013 | Registered and insured cover from Shanghai to Paris, returned to Shanghai |
1862;1863;1868;1869 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,888.00 | ||
| 2014 | Hong Kong, 1869 Folded Letter from Shanghai via Hong Kong to France. |
1869 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 165.20 | ||
| 2015 | Blue printed cover from Shanghai to Hamburg |
1862;1870 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 354.00 | ||
| 2016 | Registered and insured cover from Shanghai to Helsingborg |
1863-68;1869;1870 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,670.00 | ||
| 2017 | Cover from Shanghai to Manila with original contents |
1867;1870 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 295.00 | ||
| 2018 | France, Offices in China -- Shanghai, 1870 Stampless Cover with Red "Paid" Grid Handstamp. |
1870 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 265.50 | ||
| 2019 | Folded letter from Shanghai to Morez |
1867;1871;1872 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,770.00 | ||
| 2020 | Cover from Shanghai to Paris |
1862;1868;1870;1872 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 442.50 | ||
| 2021 | Printed wrapper from Shanghai to Lyon |
1863;1871;1872 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 4,130.00 | ||
| 2022 | Cover from Shanghai to Melbourne |
1870;1872 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 944.00 | ||
| 2023 | Blue folded letter from Shanghai to St. Etienne |
1862;1868;1872 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 265.50 | ||
| 2024 | Cover to St. Hilaire |
1862;1870;1873 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 265.50 | ||
| 2025 | Blue Folded Letter to London |
1872;1873 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 413.00 |
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