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Lot# 32 - 205-209 Auction

  • Lot# : 32 Imperial China

    1894/1940: Lot six fresh and fine unused stamps and two covers incl. 1894 Dowager 24 ca. rose-carmine, 1912 Republic $1 red & flesh, ovpt. in black at Dept. of Customs, Shanghai, and Post Offices in Tibet 1911 12 a. on 50 c. green in a block of four with some peripheral aging at upper left but of attractive appearance, as well as Manchuko 1932 4 f. olive-green used on underpaid cover to Peking, taxed on arrival with 1915 Postage Due 4 c. blue pair and 1932 1 c. orange pair and 1940 Cover franked by 1932/34 Martyr issue 50 c. green tied by 'Shanghai' cds, addressed to the U.S.S. Monaghan at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. Gi = £ 5'700 for the stamps.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF