Booklets of the World; U.S. and Worldwide; Russia
April 6-7, 2011 and April 11-12, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1161 CHINA 1898 2c "red revenue", used in combination with 2c Imperial Chinese Post on cover headed "E.L. Mondon" (little reduced at top), sent in 1899 from Shanghai (31 July) to Ningpo, with August 2 arrival cds on back, fine and scarce combination  | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1162 CHINA 1901 (Feb 6) cover franked with 10c and 2x2c C.I.P. Coiling Dragon, tied by oval "Peking" bilingual departure pmks, sent via the Japanese Post Office in Shanghai, where 10sen (Japanese Offices in China) adhesive was added for further transmission to USA, with additional Shanghai (22 Feb), Seattle transit and Cleveland arrival pmks, cover wear and tear, otherwise fine | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1163 CHINA 1912 $1 red and flesh, "Chung Hwa Min Kuo" inverted overprint, clear cancellation Kuang-Tong, Kuan-Chow (Canton), June 17, 1st year (1912), fine and beautiful example of one of the great rarities of the early Republic, signed Livingston, ex-Pedersen. Mr. Brun Pedersen (from Copenhagen), a famous collector of Chinese stamps, purchased this inverted overprint from Gebruder Senf (Leipzig). It was included in his London 1960 exhibit, which was subsequently auctioned by Stanley Gibbons in February 1980. This is the fourth copy referenced by Henry Nyi ("The Inverted Overprint Chung Hwa Min Kuo", "The China Clipper", Vol. 56, No. 6, pages 196-199). There are less than 10 fully documented examples known. A comparable copy of this error was last sold in January 2010 in Hong Kong for KH$207,000 ($26,500US) O Catalog #158a | Price Realized $16,000.00 |
 | Lot #1164 CHINA 1914-19 Hall of Classics, First Peking Print, $2 black & blue, center inverted, unused with large part original gum (hinge marks), fine example of this popular rarity, pencil signature on back, with 2009 Experts & Consultants Ltd. 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 Republic" (latest auction realization HK$850,000 plus buyer's premium) * Catalog #237a | Price Realized $110,000.00 |
