Period postcard forwarded through German Feldpost 9 station in Peithaiho. Sent during the Boxer Rebellion. Slightly worn, as per scans. With Dresden receiver.

Period postcard forwarded through German Feldpost system with expeditionary CDS. Sent during the Boxer Rebellion. Very worn, genuine use with long message, as per scans. Sender also did hand embossing of what looks like an Austrian Thaler and a US trade dollar. Unusual.

Period postcard forwarded through the German Feldpost station in Peking, with hand-carved provisional weichholz / soft-wood cancel. Sent during the Boxer Rebellion. Slightly worn, excellent (philatelic) condition with Frankfurt receiver, as per scans. ArGe 130

Original Hand Painted (ink and watercolor) Chinese Peking 1c postal card sent locally with Chinese Peking dual language cancel and then forwarded through the German Feldpost station in Peking, FPN2. With Straubing receiver and Ostasiatischen Dienstsiegel / East Asia Expeditionary Forces service cachet. Sent during the Boxer Rebellion. Slightly worn, as per scans. A lovely, period piece.

German Kriegsmarine / Navy Marineschiffspost (MSP) Feldpost from aboard the Dampfer / Steamer Batavia transporting the German troops in the Boxer Rebellion in China. A bit worn, genuine use, as per scans.

German Kriegsmarine / Navy Marineschiffspost (MSP) Feldpost from aboard the SMS Gniesenau MSP22 in Tsingtau, Kiautschou, China. A bit worn, genuine use, as per scans.

Douglas' Castle, Hong Kong Litho PPC: German Kriegsmarine / Navy Marineschiffspost (MSP) Feldpost from aboard the SMS Fuerst Bismarck MSP43 while lying in Hong Kong, China. A bit worn, genuine use, as per scans.

German Kriegsmarine / Navy Marineschiffspost (MSP) Feldpost from aboard the SMS Friedrich Wilhelm MSP34 while suppressing the local uprising during in the Boxer Rebellion in China. Very worn, folded, wrinkled, genuine use, as per scans. Rare oversized -- ca 16inched -- franked Feldpost use (packages weren't free, like postcards were!) back home to Leipzig. Indistinct cancels.

Singapore postcard use as German Kriegsmarine / Navy Marineschiffspost (MSP28) Feldpost from aboard the Dampfer Batavia transporting troops troops to the Boxer Rebellion in China. A bit worn, genuine use, as per scans. Filepunch at left.

Egypt Port Said postcard used as a German Kriegsmarine / Navy Marineschiffspost (MSP) Feldpost from aboard the Dampfer / Steamer Neckar transporting the German troops in the Boxer Rebellion in China. A bit worn, genuine use, as per scans.

Original Egyptian postcard sent by sailor on-board the Dampfer / Steamer Bahia canceled two days outside of Tongku with the Marine Schiffspost MSP28. Additional Germania Reichspost franking applied at Charlottenburg. Very worn, folded, Bedarfserhaltung / commercially used condition, as per scans. Unusual.

Egypt Camels postcard used as Marineschiffspost MSP26 from the Dampfer / Steamer "Rhein" on its way to China to deliver troops to suppress the Boxer Rebellion. A bit worn, creased corner, in good used condition, as per scans.

Amazing eyewitness account of the "Battle" of Tientsin at the start of the Boxer Rebellion in China on July 14, 1900. The view of Astor House Hotel and tower. The contents: "Yesterday from this tower from 5:30AM until late mid-afternoon I observed continuous fighting. Yesterday the city could not be taken, but it happened early today and the Fort will soon follow. The danger for Tientsin is on all sides. Best Greetings, Kroebel". Franked with "China" overprinted 10pf Krone-Adler issue stamp, with Tientsin July 14, 1900 CDS and Suhl, Germany receiver. Incredible piece of history.

German card used with Marineschiffspost (MSP46) cancel from the SMS Hansa of the East Asia Expeditionary forces invading China to suppress the Boxer Rebellion, while in Tsingtau, Kiautschou. Somewhat worn, good genuinely used condition, as per scans.

Original photograph from China during the Boxeraufstand / Boxer Rebellion (note the Western marines standing by), showing punishment of some poor souls who fought against the Allies. Size 14x10cm. Very worn, small marginal tears, but genuine piece of Asiatic history.