U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
April 25-26, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #477 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three, unused with original gum, h.r., well centered and fresh, fine-v.f., * Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $2,150 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #478 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three, unused with original gum, h.r., rough perforations, handstamped guarantee markings, fine, * Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $2,150 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #479 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, black postmarks, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #480 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, each with a blue chop, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #481 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, different postmarks (3c and 5c with blue chops), usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #482 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, each with a blue chop, usual perforations, well centered, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #483 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, different postmarks, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #484 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, last two, each with a blue chop, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #485 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, different postmarks, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #486 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, last with a blue chop, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #487 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, different postmarks, last with part manuscript, usual perforations, fine, O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #488 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, different postmarks, last one with blue chop, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #489 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, different postmarks, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #490 CHINA 1878 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c orange, set of three used, different postmarks (1c red chop), usual perforations, 3c thin, others fine-v.f., O Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #491 CHINA 1878 3c brown red, neatly cancelled "Customs Chinkiang April 9 80," well centered, beautiful color, v.f. O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #492 CHINA 1878 3c brown red, neatly cancelled "Customs Chefoo Sep 23 80," perfectly centered, v.f. O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #493 CHINA 1878 3c brown red, oval Chefoo strike, fine O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #494 CHINA 1878 3c brown red, five copies, each with a different postmark, slight shade variations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #2 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #495 CHINA 1878 5c orange, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh and v.f., * Catalog #3 Catalog Value $825 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #496 CHINA 1878 5c orange, unused with full original gum, never hinged, perfectly centered, with slight gum skips, tiny red handstamp on back, v.f., ** Catalog #3 | Unsold |
 | Lot #497 CHINA 1878 5c orange, five used examples, different postmarks, paper and shade variations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #498 CHINA 1878 5c orange, horizontal sheet margin pair, used, well centered, fine-v.f. O Catalog #3 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #499 CHINA 1878 5c orange, four used examples, different postmarks and shade variations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,600 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #500 CHINA 1883 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c yellow, set of three used, different postmarks (last one blue), usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #7-9 Catalog Value $1,525 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #501 CHINA 1883 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c yellow, set of three used, each with a blue postmarks, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #7-9 Catalog Value $1,525 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #502 CHINA 1883 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c yellow, set of three used, different postmarks, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #7-9 Catalog Value $1,525 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #503 CHINA 1883 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c yellow, set of three used, different postmarks, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #7-9 Catalog Value $1,525 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #504 CHINA 1883 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c yellow, set of three used, different postmarks, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #7-9 Catalog Value $1,525 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #505 CHINA 1883 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c yellow, set of three used, different postmarks, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #7-9 Catalog Value $1,525 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #506 CHINA 1883 1c green, 3c brown red, 5c yellow, set of three used, each with a blue postmark, usual perforations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #7-9 Catalog Value $1,525 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #507 CHINA 1885-88 Small Dragon, three different, fine-v.f., * Catalog #11,13,15 Catalog Value $940 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #508 CHINA 1894 Dowager, 1c-24c complete, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., * Catalog #16-24 Catalog Value $2,602 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #509 CHINA 1894 Dowager, 1c-24c complete, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., * Catalog #16-24 Catalog Value $2,602 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #510 CHINA 1894 Dowager, 1c-24c complete, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., * Catalog #16-24 Catalog Value $2,602 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #511 CHINA 1894 Dowager, 1c-24c complete, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., * Catalog #16-24 Catalog Value $2,602 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #512 CHINA 1894 2c green, 3c orange, 9c green, horizontal or vertical (last one) pairs, also block of four and six of 3c and vertical block of six of 6c, all with Peking chops, fine-v.f. and attractive group  Catalog #17/22 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #513 CHINA 1894 12c orange, perfectly struck "Customs Hankow May 18 1896" cds, rare O Catalog #23 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #514 CHINA 1894 24c carmine, l.h., well centered, fine, * Catalog #24 Catalog Value $800 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #515 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 $25,000.00 |
 | Lot #516 CHINA 1897 Dowager surcharges, 1/2c-30c complete, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., * Catalog #28-37 Catalog Value $1,637 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #517 CHINA 1897 $1 on 3r red, nearly perfect centering, fresh original white gum, h.r., v.f., seldom encountered this nice, * Catalog #84 Catalog Value $6,750 | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #518 CHINA 1897 $1 on 3r red, used, light postmark, well centered, fresh and fine, O Catalog #84 Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #519 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, signed Holcombe | Price Realized $25,000.00 |
 | Lot #520 CHINA 1900 (8 Dec) 1c Coiling Dragon, cancelled by Tientsin postmark on US stationery card, sent via the Russian Post Office, where 2c "Kitai" was added and tied by red postmark; also another card, this one franked with 1/2c brown, tied by blue Tientsin pmk, sent via the Japanese Post Office where 2x1c brown were cancelled by the I.J.P.O. cancels, each card endorsed "Feldpost" and addressed to Germany, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #521 CHINA 1912 Foochow Neutrality, $1 red and pale rose, $2 brown red and yellow, $5 deep green and salmon, three different, incredibly fresh and well centered, each with a paper hinge remnant, $1 with tiny perf. toning, v.f., only 96 issued, with 2012 Steven Frumkin certificates for each (Chan 141-143) * Catalog #135-137 Catalog Value $13,050 | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #522 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 #523 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 #524 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 #525 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 #526 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 #527 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 #528 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 #529 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 #530 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 $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #531 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 #532 CHINA 1950 Flying Geese, $1-$20 surcharges set of five, plus additional setting of the $2, unused without gum as issued, slight adhesion toning (these originated in presentation albums), fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #1007-1011 | Price Realized $11,000.00 |
 | Lot #533 CHINA 1950 3c-$5, complete set, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), few low values with light wrinkles, fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #1012-1024 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #534 CHINA 1950 Surcharges, complete set, without gum as issued (n.h.), some faint toning, still fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #1025-1036 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #535 CHINA 1951 Allegory of Election, imperf. souvenir sheet, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), v.f. (*) Catalog #1041 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #536 CHINA 1951 Flying Geese $5-$50 surcharges, set of four, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #1042-1045 | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #537 CHINA 1952 Tax Reduction, perf. and imperf. sets, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), one low perf. value with light adhesion, fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #1046-1051 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #538 CHINA 1952 2nd Anniversary of Chiang Kai-shek's Presidency, perf. and imperf. sets, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #1052-1056 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #539 CHINA 1952 Flying Geese $10-$50 surcharges, set of three, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), $10 with irregular perf., fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #1061-1063 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #540 CHINA 1953 Chiang Kai-shek's Return to the Presidency, perf. and imperf. sets, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), fine-v.f (*) Catalog #1064-1069 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #541 CHINA 1953 67th Birthday of Chiang Kai-shek, complete set, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #1077-1091 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #542 CHINA 1953 Chiang Kai-shek, 10c-$20 souvenir sheets in a special folder, usual cover wrinkles, otherwise v.f.  Catalog #1091a | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #543 CHINA 1954 Silo Highway Bridge, set of four, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #1092-1095 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #544 CHINA 1954 Silo Bridge souvenir sheet folder, n.h., few natural inclusions, v.f. Catalog #1095a | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #545 CHINA 1955 Chiang Kai-shek, two different souvenir sheets, each with tab at right, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), v.f. (*) Catalog #1114a,1126a | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #546 CHINA 1955 Armed Forces Day souvenir sheet without tab, without gum as issued (n.h.), v.f. (*) Catalog #1117a | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #547 CHINA 1962 Emperors, set of four, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1355-1358 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #548 CHINA 1962 Emperors, set of four, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1355-1358 | Price Realized $375.00 |
