The 2026 June Auction - Sale 347 Day 4

1930s-40s a group of 3 official documents,including a Certificate of Active Combat Participation, a Military Training Certificate for Recruits, and an Appointment Order issued by the Xiangdong Military District. Each document bears official seals and signatures, providing authentic records of military service, training, and appointments during the Republic of China era. Well-preserved and highly valuable for historical and military research,...

1948 official letter issued by the Political Department of the 3rd Military Sub-district of Jinzhong, addressed to a county government.The document reports that former “enemy soldier” Dong Shuxiang, once part of a Kuomintang-affiliated force, was captured during the Battle of Taiyuan, re-educated, and subsequently enlisted in the People’s Liberation Army, earning the title of “People’s Liberation Soldier.” The letter instructs the local...

1909-11 Hsuan Tung Period Kiangsi Province opium trading license,complete with its original stub. Such licenses were official certificates issued by the late Qing government to regulate and tax licensed opium dealers. This piece serves as an important historical document illustrating the Qing dynasty’s opium trade control and taxation system. Well-preserved and of significant archival and historical value.

宣統年間江西地區所發之吸戶買膏牌照連原始存根。...

1941 Japanese Occ. North China "New Chinese Telegraph", issued by North China Telecom Co. Ltd.,in decent condition.

1941年日佔華北電訊電話股份有限公司編《中國電報新編》。保存良好。

A group of four maps of North China, circa 1890–1910,covering Manchou, Chihli, Peking and Tientsin region, and all of China. Finely executed with detailed markings of railways, provincial boundaries, and foreign concessions, reflecting the geographic and political landscape of late Ching to early Republican China from a Western perspective.

約1890至1910年中國及華北地區地圖四幅，內容涵蓋滿洲、直隸、北京至天津及全中國範圍，呈現清末至民初時期中國地理與外國勢力分佈。地圖繪製精細，標示鐵路、省界與租界區，...

A 1935 colour-printed “New Map of Hong Kong and Kowloon,”showing the streets, piers, hills, parks, principal buildings and harbour layout of northern Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, with surrounding areas including the New Territories and nearby islands also indicated, reflecting the urban development and transport network of prewar Hong Kong; with original folds, corner wear and light toning, an interesting item for the study of...

A group of antique maps of China and East Asia, mainly late 19th to early 20th century Western-published coloured examples,including maps from The Century Atlas showing eastern China, an 1899-dated map of China, a 1906 map of Asia, and maps of China with Japan, Korea and Hong Kong inset, showing late Ching provincial borders, railways, rivers, ports, treaty ports and surrounding seas, with place names such as Formosa, Hong Kong, Peking,...

Assorted China and East Asia maps,including Chinese transportation and political maps, a geological map of China, a People’s Republic of China map with Mao quotation, and English-language maps of China, Korea and neighboring regions. The group reflects changing political geography, transport networks and educational mapmaking from the late Ching to Republican and early PRC periods, with general age toning, folds and handling wear.

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A group of Chinese and East Asian city and transport maps,including a Peking city traffic route map, related China travel-map material, a street map of Changsha, and city plans of Dairen and Mukden, together with world and Australia maps, showing streets, transport routes, railway stations, harbours, major buildings and place names, reflecting urban transport and planning in modern North and Northeast China; with folds, toning and handling...

A group of maps relating to Asia and China,including French and English maps of China, Asia and Asiatic Russia, together with a French newspaper map of the Chinese Empire and Peking, showing mountains, rivers, borders, cities, railways, concessions and spheres of influence, reflecting Western geographical, political and transport knowledge of China and Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; with folds, toning, staining and...

1942 Tianwu Division Military Service Training Certificat,f.w. two 10-cent Republic of China revenue stamps and is well-preserved. The certificate holds significant historical and collectible value, reflecting the military education and service administration of the period, and serves as an important document for studying wartime military and local governance.

1942年田武師管區兵役幹部訓練班證書，貼有兩枚民國印花稅票10分，保存良好，具有歷史收藏價值。此類證書反映當時軍事教育與兵役管理制度，...