Imperial China
Catalogue 222: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
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Lot# : 2395 Imperial China
1 / 11878/83: Large Dragon 1 ca. green, wide setting, a good used example lightly cancelled in black showing large part of papermaker's watermarkrn"ON" of MONCKTON KENT clearly. Corner crease at lower left but a very rare stamp, seldom seen with so much of the watermark present.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 2396 Imperial China
1 / 11878/83: Large Dragon 5 ca. yellow-ochre, Wide Setting on thin paper, a fine appearing used example cancelled by chop in blue. Slightest of central thins but scarce Gi = £ 2'250.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 2397 Imperial China
1 / 11878/83: Large Dragon 3 ca. brown-red, a good used example lightly cancelled in black Gi = £ 400.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 2398 Imperial China
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"Small Dollar" 1897 (Jan): Red Revenue $ 1 on 3 c. deep red, with stop after dollar, the famous unused example, centred slightly to left of outstanding fresh colour and delightful appearance, fresh and very fine with merest trace of three iron spots on the large part original gum. A truly exceptional example of this iconic stamp, a great rarity with just 32 unused examples recorded, many of the 32 have faults and staining whilst this is in wondrously fresh condition, being number 13 on the Kwang-sheng Huang listing (1983) and with excellent previous provenance. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Sven Erik Beckeman (1993) Chan 86/Michel 33/I = € 800'000/Scott 83 = $ 900'000/Gi = £ 850'000.rnrnThis magnificent stamp is number 13 in the Huang Kuang Sheng treatise on the "Small One Dollar" and corresponds to reference 'III-5' in "The Revenue Surcharges of China 1897", Volume I, published by the Directorate General of Posts, Ministry of Communications of the Republic of China (1984); in this reference the Small One Dollars are split into three Types, this being 'Type III' with the overprint partly struck over 'REVENUE' at base, illustration number 5 on page 38. The original listing was done by the Chan catalogue in 1947 (page 50-51), where this stamp is listed as number 6 of the 23 then known examples; at this date Diercking owned seven of the 23 recorded examples. Whilst the catalogue listing follows the order by value, it should be noted that the Small One Dollar was the first of the 3 c. Red Revenues to be overprinted with 'Equivalent to One Dollar'. After a small number had been surcharged it was felt that the value indicated was too small for a high value stamp and the decision was made to use larger characters to indicate the value.rnProvenance: Collection Arthur J. Hind, Harmers, London, May 20, 1935, lot 133. Collection A. Diercking of Shanghai, Harmers, London, 5-6 November 1956 lot 212; Collection Josiah K. Lilly, Siegel, New York, 4-5 December 1968, lot 460; Collection 'Ming' Part II, Corinphila sale 79, 29 September, 1988, lot 4244.1 / 1Starting bid : 300,000 CHFHammer price : 500,000 CHFLot# : 2399 Imperial China
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1901: China 1 c. green stationery card (privately printed on reverse from C. F. Greenwood of the 'Merchant Tailors') up-rated with Coiling Dragon 1 c. orange-yellow tied by 'Shanghai' cds and used to Hankow, Hankow arrival cds at left (Sept 17). Fine and unusual usage.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2400 Imperial China
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1902: China 1 c. rose on buff postal stationery card used to Belgium, up-rated with Coiling Dragon 2 c. yellow ochre pair and single 2 c. red tied by 'Canton' datestamps March 8), Hong Kong 4 c. carmine applied for onward transmission and tied by 'Victoria / Hong Kong' cds (March 9) and thence carried by French Paquebot with octagonal datestamps alongside.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2401 Imperial China
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1935: Airmail cover to Basel, Switzerland franked by 1929 Airmail 30 c. black & scarlet (2), SYS 1931/37 5 c. green, 1932/34 Martyr 1 c. orange and 1932/37 Airmail 50 c. chocolate (2) all tied in black with airmail label at left. Reverse with 'Swatow' cds (Jan 28) and Rome transit cds (Feb 13). A scarce franking.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 2402 Imperial China
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1941: American Banknote Co. Sun Yat-sen 4 th Issue, ½ c. sepia - 50 c. deep blue, the selection of 11 unused marginal blocks of four, all with security punch-holes and each overprinted SPECIMEN in red, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive assembly ex the ABN archives.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2403 Imperial China
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1943/45: Covers (3) all sent registered from Shanghai to Zurich, Switzerland with 1943 cover franked by SYS 50 c. blue (4); August 1944 cover franked by Japanese Occupation 1943/45 50 c. on 8 c. sage green pair and $ 3 on 8 c. sage (5) with reg'd label redrawn over 'Opened By Examiner' Reseal at left eventually delivered in June 1945; front of cover with $ 3 on 8 c. sage (5) and 1944 50 c. orange (2) with part Reseal.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 2404 Imperial China
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1948: Radio card with China postal stationery card overlapped by 1947 $1'250 on 9th SYS $ 70 red-orange uncancelled pair, mailed to USA from Nanking, with 'American QSL Bureau' cachet on front (Aug 31) in green. Unusual.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2405 Imperial China
1946/53: Lot ten ordinary lettres from Canton and Tsingtao to Sumiswald in Switzerland, three of them registered and all showing different frankings, average condition.Starting bid : 80 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 2406 Imperial China
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1950: Registered cover with full contents to Hong Kong franked by Hubei Dec 1949 $ 200 in black on $ 220 red pair, South China Dec 1949 $ 800 on $ 30 violet and East China $ 2'000 on $ 1'000 deep blue all tied by 'Canton' datestamps (6/5) in black. Circular 'C7' in violet on front and reverse with further Canton despatch cds. Some typical faults but a scarce franking.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 2407 Imperial China
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1952: Liberation of Tibet, the complete set of four values used on cover, all tied by Chinese Lhasa cds's (Jan 9, 1956) datestamps in black. Some ageing but scarce.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 2417 Imperial China
1 / 131878/1980: Lot several hundred stamps used/unused, incl. single items as one large dragon, pairs and blocs of four, mainly small values in quantities, few postage dues, locals and provincial issues, housed in two stockbooks.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 700 CHFLot# : 2418 Imperial China
1 / 161878/1985c.: Collection with Large Dragons 3 ca. red (2) and 5 ca. orange-yellow (3) used, Bean Goose $ 5 used, good range of Sun Yat-sen issues, $ 1 violet Cigarette Tax revenue unused, PRC, Macau and Taiwan.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : 1,900 CHFLot# : 2419 Imperial China
1 / 151878/1983c.: Collection with Large Dragon 3 ca. red used, Small Dragons used with 3 ca. cancelled in red at Wuhu, thereafter with good range of Sun Yat-sen issues, later with PRC incl.1951 Gate of Heavenly Peace pink networkk $ 10'000 brown used (2), Fish set of 12 used, 1967 with some Poems values fine used, many hundreds of stamps, postmark interest, careful viewing should repay.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 2420 Imperial China
1 / 191898/1988c.: Collection with large range of Sun Yat-sen issues, Gold Yuan surcharge issues and PRC, many hundreds of stamps unused and used, careful viewing essential.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 2421 Imperial China
1 / 9PRC 1961/1990c.: Mint collection with good range incl. Oct 1949 $ 100 emerald and $ 200 purple originals unused, 1960 Chrysanthemums set, 1961 Table Tennis miniature sheet, 1968 Mao's Youth 8 f., 1971 Communist Part strip of three, 1973 Industry set of four, 1978 Horses set of ten, later 1980's miniature sheets etc.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,600 CHFLot# : 2423 Imperial China
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1968/81: The unused collection on cards with 1968 Directives of Mao 8 f. in a strip of three (Gi 2399/2401 = £ 1'200), largely complete from 1974 to 1981 (excl. mini sheets) incl. 1975 Congress set of three, 1975 Confucius / Lin Piao set, 1976 4th Five Year Plan set of 16 (Gi 2637/2652 = £ 225), 1979 National Games 2 y. miniature sheet, 1980 Qi Bashi set of 16, 1980 Dolphin Booklet, generally fresh and fine, nearly all full unmounted og. Michel (2015) = € 5'000.Starting bid : 1,400 CHFHammer price : 1,700 CHFLot# : 2424 Imperial China
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Shanghai Local Post 1892: Provisional 2 c. in blue on 5 c. carmine-oink, a fine used example on illustrated local cover tied by LOCAL POST / SHANGHAI cds in blue. Reverse with 'Shanghai Local Post' arrival cds (August 8), in first week of use. Scarce and attractive cover.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 2425 Imperial China
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Shanghai Local Post 1892/93: Subscriber's only Shanghai Local post card locally used with SHANGHAI LOCAL POST cds (June 15, 1892) in blue; together with "One Cent" red surcharge on subscriber's card similarly cancelled in blue (Aug 14, 1893).Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2426 Imperial China
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Shanghai Local Post - Incoming Mail 1893 (May 8): Sweden 15 öre green postal stationery card addressed to the China Inland Mission in Shanghai, China with "Kaiserlich / Deutsche / Postagentur / Shanghai" cds in black (17/6) and SHANGHAI / LOCAL POST cds of arrival in blue. Scarce and unusual usage.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 2427 Imperial China
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Manchuria 1927: The overprinted definitive set of 20 values unused, fresh colours, the $ 1 and $ 2 being top marginal and thus unmounted og., the $ 5 superb and well centred. A fine and scarce set Gi = £ 725.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 2431 Imperial China
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Foreign Post Offices 1894/1921: Collection on Schaubek leaves with 1894 overprinted values incl. scarce 75 c. brown on orange and 5 fr. lilac unused, 1903 Postage Due 'A Percevoir' in violet on 5 c. green and 15 c. blue each tied to individual piece by 'Tientsin' cds's in black (both signed Zöbisch), 1902 Merson 5 fr. unused; 1922 issue with fine range of used on piece and 1 pi. on Merson 5 fr. unused; Indo-China General Issues with Grasset 1 fr. pale olive, 2 fr. brown on yellow and 10 fr. red on green unused, Japanese PO's with good range and 1900 8 s. used on 3 s. violet stationery envelope from Shanghai to Hamburg; Russian PO's with 1899/1908 'Kitai' opt. with values to 5 r., and fine 1916 registered card from Tientsin addressed to a POW Camp and much re-addressed (incl. Peking cds), 1921 Harbin issue 2, 3 and 4 c. unused; USA P.O.'s with 1919 optd. 20 c. on 10 c. in a used strip of four; 1913 Tibet issue, Manchukuo etc. A good lot with much useful material.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 2,000 CHFLot# : 2432 Imperial China
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Foreign Post Offices 1875/1975: Covers/cards with 1901 China / Japan P.O. in China combination usage to Germany, Japan P.O. in China card with 1½ s. and India CEF 1 a. carmine to Dedeagatche, 1896 Japan Koban 5 s. blue on 1896 cover (and contents) tied by CHEFOO / I.J.P.O. cds via Shanghai to USA, some further more modern Japan covers and an illustrated album/book of early Japan Postal Stationery.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 750 CHF -
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