Ended on Monday, October 14, 2019 at 2:30 AM.

China - Besonderheiten: 1907 exhibition: exhibition stamp 10 (-) red, tied violet bilingual "Interna

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Start of the sale:
Monday, September 16, 2019 at 2:44 PM
Item n°838093822
Sale ends:
Monday, October 14, 2019 at 2:30 AM
Lot:
#06101
Catalog:
45. Christoph Gärtner Auction - 14. October 2019 - China Special Auction

1907 exhibition: exhibition stamp 10 (-) red, tied violet bilingual "International Fancy Fair and Fête at Shanghai, May 1907" to ppc (woodcut: 'International Fancy Fair and Fête / Chang Su Ho's Gardens, Shanghai') addressed to Mrs. Carr of the "Irish Stall" (pavillon). A long event review in the North China Herald 1907.5.31 issue shows that Mrs. Cranford Carr headed the Irish booth.
- Staged May23/25, 1907 as a flood victims charity "International Fancy Fair and Fête at Shanghai" mobilized the international community of women in the Settlement (consuls and merchants wifes), including China, which sent 2 delegates into the board comittee: Zhuang Dehua, the wife of Shanghai’s first tycoon, Sheng Xuanhuai (1911 Minister of Communications), and Mrs. Mencarini of the Customs and Excise Departments staff of philatelic fame, with daughters. It was exclusively of and by women. As this was "first", there is a multitude of academic and non academic treatments in the internet, qv.
Ath this occasion, private exhibition stamps were issued. Two more values are recorded, a 15 C. dark blue on a card (Interasia 67/2017, #3618) and a loose 20 C. used from a blog - This red 10 is the first example seen.
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China - Besonderheiten: 1907 exhibition: exhibition stamp 10 (-) red, tied violet bilingual "Interna

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