Shanghai 1890 – Imperial German Post in China – Postmark / Stamp

Article number: 33.218

⚠️ Note: This is a unique item (not a mass-produced product), made approx. 30 years ago for an exhibition on documents, postal services, and field post – exactly according to original templates. Please refer to scans for exact details.

Details

• Type: Postmark / Stamp (Colonial Philately / Foreign Post)
• Location: Shanghai, China
• Post: Imperial German Post / German Post Office Shanghai
• Year: 1890 (Template) – Bismarck Era / German Empire
• Special Feature: German foreign post in China before the Kiautschou era (before 1898)
• Execution: Unique item based on original template – not a mass-produced product
• Origin: Produced approx. 30 years ago for an exhibition on postal services and field post
• Classification: Collector's replica / Exhibition piece
• Condition: Good condition for its age

About the Imperial German Post in Shanghai and its philatelic significance

The German Post Office Shanghai was part of the worldwide network of the Imperial German Foreign Post, which maintained its own postal services in the major treaty ports of China. In 1890 – still in the Bismarck era and before the establishment of the Kiautschou leased territory (1898) – Shanghai was the most important German trading post in China. Mail posted there was marked with special German foreign post cancellations, which today are among the rarest and most sought-after pieces of German colonial and foreign philately. Shanghai cancellations of the Imperial German Post from 1890 are older and rarer than the more well-known Kiautschou cancellations (from 1898) and are highly desired by international specialist collectors of China and colonial philately. Also available: Colonial Post Kiautschou 1901 (Art. No. 32.472), German Seapost Hamburg–West Africa 1896 (Art. No. 33.209) and the entire philatelic series in our range.

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