Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2033 CHINA 1897 Shanghai printing, 1c-24c complete set of nine, mostly n.h., fine-v.f., rare, */** Catalog #16n-24n Catalog Value $15,650 | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #2034 CHINA 1896 unsurcharged Red Revenue stamp, 3c red, perf. 14, never hinged, few gum skips, post office fresh, v.f. and beautiful copy, with 2007 Experts and Consultants Ltd cert. Originally ordered for internal use by the Customs Department, the 3c stamp inscribed "China" and "Revenue" was ordered from the London printing company Waterlow & Sons, following a request from Sit Robert Hart, the Inspector General of the Imperial Maritime Customs to James Campbell, the Customs Commissioner in London. The stamps were perforated 12-16 on three different machines and were shipped to China on 18th September, 1896. Although the stamps never served their intended purpose, they were pressed into use for surcharging in order to fulfill demand for stamps in the silver currency adapted by the newly inaugurated national postal system. Practically all of the 650,000 stamps ordered from London were used for this purpose ** Catalog #Chan R1 | Price Realized $120,000.00 |
 | Lot #2035 CHINA 1915 Hall of Classics First Peking Printing $2 black and blue, variety center inverted, bright colors, well centered for this, with vertical guideline at right, previously hinged, lightly hinged, very fine and fresh unused, with certificate (Chan 245a) (YT 163A, cat. Euro 150,000). Only one sheet of 50 of this variety was sold at the Hankow post office. One of the "Four Treasures of the Repiblic" (latest auction realization HK$850,000 plus buyer's premium) * Catalog #237a | Price Realized $100,000.00 |
 | Lot #2036 CHINA 1923 surcharged in red on first Peking printing 2 Cts on 3c blue-green, surcharge inverted error, deep bright color, characteristic centering to lower right, nevertheless v.f and fresh with original customary streaky gum, h.r., signed Holcombe, Champion, with certificate (Chan 280a) (YT 179a, cat. Euro 175,000), (SG 361a). It is believed that there are less than twenty examples known of this error. According to contemporary reports (Theodore Sidall), on thirteen of these stamps exist and were acquired at Wanhsien, a small port about half way between Chungking and Ichang, in July, 1924, by Dr. A. Germain, the medical officer on the French gunboat "Balny." He applied two of the stamps to separate covers which he mailed to himself locally and sold ten mint examples to the French dealer Theodore Champion. Champion than sold a block of four and a single to M.D. Chow, two singles to Bush and one each to Hinds and Hawkins. One of the "Four Treasures of the Republic" (latest auction realization HK$1,200,000) * Catalog #247a | Price Realized $150,000.00 |
 | Lot #2037 CHINA 1925 surcharged in red on second Peking printing 3 Cts on 4c slate-gray, surcharge inverted error, used, well centered for this, fine, with cert. (Chan 281a) (YT 208a, cat. Euro 160,000). One of the greatest rarities of 20th Century Chinese philately, certainly the top of the "Four Treasures of the Republic". Only ten examples of this error were originally reported discovered in 1925, seven unused and three used (two in Shanghai, one in Peking); it appears that no further examples have survived. A unique opportunity to acquire what might be the only available used error on the market (latest auction realization for a defective unused copy HK$1,800,000, plus buyer's premium) O Catalog #274a | Price Realized $240,000.00 |
 | Lot #2038 CHINA 1941 Dr. Sun Yat-sen New York Print $2 black and blue, variety center inverted, deep rich colors and post office fresh, characteristic centering frame to foot, l.h, v.f., signed Holcombe and Roger Calves, with cert. (Chan 508) Only one sheet of fifty is believed to have been printed with this error (last auction realization HK$900,000) * | Price Realized $105,000.00 |
