Shanghai World War II: Censored Cover from Shanghai to Denmark

Posted in Jewish, Judaica, censor mail, chinese stamps, history collectibles, militaria, philately, postal history, republic of china, vintage, war in China on 06/15/2010 05:21 pm by admin

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Shanghai 1941: Censored Cover from Shanghai to Denmark

Shanghai 1941: Cover from Shanghai to the Copenhagen, multicolor franking, 2 x SYS 30 Fen + martys 20 Fen, tied by bilingual Shanghai cancellation. Nazi censored, red Oberkommando der Wehrmacht strike.

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Scarce Postcard by Friedrich Schiff. Chinese Juggler Girl

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Scarce Postcard by Friedrich Schiff. Chinese Juggler Girl

Chinese vintage postcard after a cartoon by Friedrich Schiff, an Austrian Jew who lived in Shanghai during the 1930s and 40s.

In 1930 Schiff visited Shanghai and ended up living there for 14 years,until 1947 when he moved to Buenos Aires.

His amusing caricatures of the city’s inhabitants, from beggars and expats to sailors and sing-song girls became famous world wide.

The Viennese Friedrich Schiff society (oegcf. Prof. Gerd Kaminski) has a huge collection of his paintings, drawings and cartoons and set up a permanent exhibition of his works.

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Chinese Ladies with Lily Feet. Old China Postcard.

Posted in chinese antiques, collectibles, history collectibles, imperial china, postcard, scarce, vintage on 07/02/2009 01:52 pm by admin

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Chinese vintage postcard, depicting 7 Chinese ladies in festive dresses, their Lily-feet in square shoes.

The postcard has been published in Japan, is mint and in very fine condition. More such Chinese vintage postcards HERE

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