U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; South America; Russia
January 13-14, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #314 CHINA 1897 (Sep 15) cover to Germany, franked with combination of Dowagers 4x1/2c on 3ca (1st printing with 2.5mm surcharge setting), 2c on 2ca (3rd printing with 1.5mm surcharge setting), 1c on 3c Red Revenue, tied by Pakua cancels, with Tientsin dollar chop alongside, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai where 25c "Chine" Type Sage was added and tied by 23 September cds. The reverse of the cover bears large Shanghai dollar chop in blue, French "Ligne N" maritime transit and Heidelberg 26.10.97 arrival pmks, exceptionally rare and beautiful combination franking  | Price Realized $24,000.00 |
 | Lot #315 CHINA 1898 (Jan 14) cover to USA, franked with combination of 1897 New Currency surcharges, small figures on Small Dragon 2c on 3ca, also Dowagers 1c on 1ca, plus large figures (both 1.5mm and 2.5mm setting) 2c on 2ca, also 1c on 3c Red Revenue, plus Imperial Chinese Post 2c, all tied by Shanghai chops, sent via the Japanese Post Office where 10sen Koban was added and tied by "Shanghai IJPO 19 Jan 98" cds to pay for the overseas transmission at the uniform 10c rate (introduced on 1 Oct 97), with red "Prepaid in Full" hs applied below. The reverse of the cover bears large Yokohama 25 Jan98 and Boston, Mass. Feb.18 transit pmks, with Fairfield, Maine arrival. A very rare cover with a combination of the elusive Red Revenues and Small Dragon surcharges | Price Realized $24,000.00 |
 | Lot #316 CHINA 1940 $1 Sun Yat-sen, plate proof of frame design on ungummed watermarked paper, top margin pair with part imprint, v.f. P | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #317 CHINA 1945 (Sept. 6), British civilian internee cover from Shanghai to Chungking, violet "Internee Mail Free of Postage/Shanghai P.O." boxed cachet on front and Shanghai transit on reverse with Chunking arrival (Sept.12), fine example of early postwar mail from re-occupied Shanghai | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #318 CHINA 1945 Treaty, engraver's sample die proofs on cards, plus additional master die in black (value tablets blank), each with plate number at top, v.f., possibly unique group of seven die proofs P Catalog #593-98P | Unsold |
 | Lot #319 CHINA 1945 Pres. Lin Sen, engraver's sample die proofs on cards, plus additional two master dies in black and green (vignette only and frame only), each with plate number at top, v.f., possibly unique group of eight die proofs P Catalog #599-604P | Unsold |
 | Lot #320 CHINA 1945 Inauguration of Chiang Kai-shek, engraver's sample die proofs on cards, generally in black, two with flag in color, plus an additional master die in black (value tablets blank), each with plate number at top or bottom, fine-v.f., unique group of seven die proofs P Catalog #605-610P | Unsold |
 | Lot #321 CHINA 1947 Chinese Postal Administration, complete set of five engraver's sample die proofs on cards, each with plate number at top, v.f., possibly unique P Catalog #776-780P | Unsold |
 | Lot #322 CHINA 1947 Chinese Postal Administration, $20 black, $50 ultramarine, unissued values, engraver's sample die proofs on cards, each with plate number at top, v.f., unique P | Unsold |
 | Lot #323 CHINA 1947 Chinese Postal Administration, three master dies in black or green, engraver's sample die proofs on cards, each with plate number at top, v.f., unique P | Unsold |
 | Lot #324 CHINA 1947 Chinese Postal Administration, complete set of five, also unissued $50 violet, plus two diff. (Rural Mail Delivery and Early and modern mail transportation) master dies, for a total of eight different large die proofs on full size cards, v.f. and rare P Catalog #776-80P | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #325 CHINA 1949 unissued Silver Yuan 10c on $1,000 Lithographed "Transportation", left sheet margin block of four, unused without gum as issued, v.f.  (*)Catalog #Chan S11d | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #326 CHINA 1953 Chiang Kai-shek, 10c-$20 in special souvenir folder, imperf., unused without gum as issued, v.f.,  Catalog #1091a Catalog Value $450 | Price Realized $375.00 |
