The Sante Fe Collection
December 7-8, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #136 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, three different, last two without gum, well centered, 5c with slight crease, fine, *(*) Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $2,150 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #137 CHINA 1878 1c green, nice color, unused without gum, few light inclusions, fine, signed Holcombe, (*) Catalog #1 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #138 CHINA 1883 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c yellow, three different used, various pmks, fine, O Catalog #7-9 Catalog Value $1,525 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #139 CHINA 1883 1c dark green, used, well centered, usual rough perfs, fine, signed Heinze, BPP, O Catalog #7a Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #140 CHINA 1897 1c on 1c red, two different, one part original gum with some adhesions, other h.r., v.f., * Catalog #78,78b Catalog Value $925 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #141 CHINA 1897 1c and 2c on 3c, used, two of last, fine-v.f., O* Catalog #78,80 Catalog Value $975 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #142 CHINA 1897 2c and 4c on 3c red, two different, first one without gum, surface flaws, other h.r., small thin, v.f. appearance, (*)* Catalog #80,82 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #143 CHINA 1923 surcharged in red on first Peking printing 2 Cts on 3c blue-green, surcharge inverted error, deep bright color, characteristic centering to bottom, position 19 (of the setting of to), fresh with full original customary partially dried and streaky gum, h.r., with handstamped guarantee mark, signed Holcombe, with his 1996 certificate ("a very rare variety of which under 20 copies are recorded to date.") (Chan 280a) (YT 179a, cat. Euro 175,000), (SG 361a). According to contemporary reports (Theodore Sidall), only 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 * Catalog #247a Catalog Value $172,500 | Price Realized $130,000.00 |
 | Lot #144 CHINA 1941 Dr. Sun Yat-sen, New York print $2 black and blue, center inverted, deep rich colors post office fresh, characteristic centering frame to bottom, never hinged, v.f. (Chan No. 508) (SG No.595a). Only one sheet of fifty is believed to have been printed with this error. A comparable (but poorer quality) example realized HK$1,725,000 ($220,000+) plus buyer's premium at a recent auction, ** Catalog #461a Catalog Value $120,000 | Price Realized $210,000.00 |
 | Lot #145 CHINA 1962 Emperors, set of four, n.h., $4 with light gum crease, otherwise fine-v.f., ** Catalog #1355-1358 Catalog Value $5,150 | Price Realized $400.00 |
