U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; Specialized Russia
September 16-18, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #903 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - PECHINO 1917 8c on 20c brown orange, well centered, fresh color, h.r., v.f., signed Champion, with 2008 Scheller cert. (Sass.6) * Catalog #8 Catalog Value € 10,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #904 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - PECHINO 1917 20c on 50c violet, usual centering, lightly hinged, fine example of this rare stamp, with 1981 Raybaudi cert. (Sass. 6) * Catalog #9 Catalog Value € 55,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #905 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - PECHINO 1918-19 a spectacular group of surcharges (missing 1/2c on 1c) but with the rest of the set including 1c on 2c, 2c on 5c, 4c on 10c, 8c on 20c, 10c on 25c, 20c on 50c, 40c on 1L (showing a progressive shift of the surcharge to left), $2 on 5L, all in large multiples, 48 of each (three of last defective), also Special Delivery 12c on 30c (50), plus Postage Due 8c on 20c (49), never hinged and as fresh as the day they left the post office, fine-v.f. An incredible holding, blocks of four are not catalogued and are only seldom encountered,  **Catalog #Sass.20-27,E2,S6 Catalog Value € 87,000 | Price Realized $21,000.00 |
 | Lot #906 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - PECHINO 1919 "2 DOLLARI Pechino" on 5L, type II, well centered, fresh color, never hinged, v.f., of the 15 known copies (both used and unused), this is certainly the finest, signed Raybaudi, with 1968 Diena cert. (also ex-Diena 5.1.1963) (Sass.30) ** Catalog #30a Catalog Value € 137,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #907 ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - PECHINO 1919 "2 Dollari Pechino" on 5L, type III, light cancel, well centered, v.f. example of this rare stamp, with 2008 Scheller cert. (Sass.29) O Catalog #30b Catalog Value € 11,000 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
