Indochine - Asia, Ethnology (Ethnic / Ethnographic Postcards), Maritime, City & Landscape, Royalty - Haiphong, TonkinHaïphong, Tonkin, Nui-Deo - Postcard (20) - 1903-1906
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Indochina, Haiphong/Tonkin, a high‑quality set of 20 circulated postage cards from 1905 in excellent condition, all stamped with the Indochina 5 c green Grasset issue and bearing Nui‑Deo Tonkin military postmarks toward Tunis.
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Indochine Tonkin 1905 — Superb set of 20 circulated real-photo postcards with NUI-DEO TONKIN stamps to Tunis
Description:
A fine historical and homogène marcophile collection composed of 20 period postcards (1905) relating to Tonkin (French Indochina), all from the same colonial correspondence tracking package.
Postal history & Marcophily:
All cards are franked with the Indochina 5 c green type Grasset stamp.
Beautiful original round cancellations with clear dates: NUI-DEO TONKIN (military office / sector post).
Tracked correspondence addressed to Mr. Sigonney, Customs Inspector, Tunis (Tunisia).
Presence of maritime transit marks and arrival stamps of the Tunis Regency on the back.
Iconography & Sought-after Themes:
Scenes of life, ethnography and trades: opium smoker preparing his pipe, musician singers, blind musicians, Annamite spinners at their work, bearers of wood.
Portraits of authorities: remarkable large official portrait of the Tông-Dôc of Lang-Son in full dress uniform with medals, Annamite mandarin surrounded by his servants.
Haiphong and landscapes: wooden junk (unloading and weighing), river junk, Doson ferry, Haiphong port, Bonnal canal (two different scenes), Sông Tam-Bac, Kè-So marble workshops, Ti-Cau farm, Kinh-Luoc village, Long-Tchéou pagoda.
Condition:
Very good overall condition for documents from 1905.
Clean cards, preserved corners, stamps and postmarks clearly legible.
All items are protected in individual sleeves.
Careful and secure shipping with tracking.
Indochine Tonkin 1905 — Superb set of 20 circulated real-photo postcards with NUI-DEO TONKIN stamps to Tunis
Description:
A fine historical and homogène marcophile collection composed of 20 period postcards (1905) relating to Tonkin (French Indochina), all from the same colonial correspondence tracking package.
Postal history & Marcophily:
All cards are franked with the Indochina 5 c green type Grasset stamp.
Beautiful original round cancellations with clear dates: NUI-DEO TONKIN (military office / sector post).
Tracked correspondence addressed to Mr. Sigonney, Customs Inspector, Tunis (Tunisia).
Presence of maritime transit marks and arrival stamps of the Tunis Regency on the back.
Iconography & Sought-after Themes:
Scenes of life, ethnography and trades: opium smoker preparing his pipe, musician singers, blind musicians, Annamite spinners at their work, bearers of wood.
Portraits of authorities: remarkable large official portrait of the Tông-Dôc of Lang-Son in full dress uniform with medals, Annamite mandarin surrounded by his servants.
Haiphong and landscapes: wooden junk (unloading and weighing), river junk, Doson ferry, Haiphong port, Bonnal canal (two different scenes), Sông Tam-Bac, Kè-So marble workshops, Ti-Cau farm, Kinh-Luoc village, Long-Tchéou pagoda.
Condition:
Very good overall condition for documents from 1905.
Clean cards, preserved corners, stamps and postmarks clearly legible.
All items are protected in individual sleeves.
Careful and secure shipping with tracking.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Number of objects
20
Country of origin
Indochine
Subject
Asia, City & Landscape, Ethnology (Ethnic / Ethnographic Postcards), Maritime, Royalty
Theme detail/city
Haiphong, TonkinHaïphong, Tonkin, Nui-Deo
Year - youngest item
1906
Year - oldest item
1903
Condition
Fine
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