U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
September 11-12, 2013
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #170 CHINA 1878 Large Dragon 1c, 3c, 5c set of three, unused with original gum, h.r., the latter with additional gum adhesions, good perforations, fine * Catalog #1-3 Catalog Value $2,350 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #171 CHINA 1885 3c lilac, large margins, usual irregular perforations, neat blue chops, fine O Catalog #11 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #172 CHINA 1896 surcharges 1/2c-30c on Dowager Issue, complete set of 10, 10c on 12c unused without gum, others h.t., mostly fine, * Catalog #28-37 Catalog Value $1,827 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #173 CHINA 1897 1c (error) on 3c, unused, some toning and minor flaws, signed Holcombe, O Catalog #28a Catalog Value $350 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #174 CHINA 1897 30c on 24c carmine, h.r., toned spot on gum, otherwise fine, * Catalog #37 Catalog Value $575 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #175 CHINA 1897 surcharges 1c, 2c and 5c set of three, unused, usual perforations, fine, * Catalog #75-77 Catalog Value $1,850 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #176 CHINA 1896 unsurcharged Red Revenue stamp, 3c red, perforated 14, never hinged, few gum skips, post office fresh, v.f. and beautiful copy, with 2007 Experts and Consultants Ltd certificate. 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 Sir Robert Hart, the Inspector General of the Imperial Maritime Customs to James Campbell, the Customs Commissioner in London. The stamps were perforated 12 to 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, although there remained 761 stamps without surcharge stored at the General Post Office. During ** Catalog #Chan R1 | Price Realized $130,000.00 |
 | Lot #177 CHINA 1897 surcharges on red revenues, 2c unused without gum, minor faults, also 4c with original gum, h.r., usual perforations, fine, (*)* Catalog #79,82 Catalog Value $2,450 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #178 CHINA 1897 surcharged on red revenues, 4c unused with original gum, perfectly centered with wide margins all around, h.r., small thin, v.f. appearance, * Catalog #82 Catalog Value $1,650 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #179 CHINA 1903 surcharged 1c on half of 2c scarlet, Foochow provisional, addressed locally, without arrival pmk, also piece of cover with diagonal half of 2c, cancelled at Chungking, fine,  Catalog #123 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #180 CHINA 1904 (28 Sep) cover, with four-page letter headed "H.M.S. Fearless" (interesting contents regarding Russo-Japanese War and other disturbances in the area), posted from Hankow, via Shanghai to Chemulpo, Korea, franked with 4c C.I.P. tied by Hankow cds, bearing transit pmks of the I.J.P.O. Shanghai, arriving Chemulpo (17 Oct), fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #181 CHINA 1912 Issues of the Republic, $1 red and pale rose and $5 deep green and salmon, overprinted in black, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #158,160 Catalog Value $975 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #182 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). Only one sheet of 50 of this variety was sold at the Hankow post office. One of the "Four Treasures of the Republic," ex-Denison collection (China Stamp Society Specialized Catalogue 277a, $275,000) * Catalog #237a Catalog Value $172,500 | Price Realized $160,000.00 |
 | Lot #183 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 well centered, very fine and fresh with original customary flat and streaky, h.r., signed Holcombe, Champion, with certificate (Chan 280a). 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," ex-H.G. Fletcher, S.Beckeman collections (China Stamp Soci * Catalog #247a Catalog Value $200,000 | Price Realized $160,000.00 |
 | Lot #184 CHINA 1923 $20 plum and blue, unused, nicely centered, v.f., (*) Catalog #269 Catalog Value $1,300 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #185 CHINA 1950 3c-$5, set of 13, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), 80c creased and $5 toned, otherwise fine-v.f. ** Catalog #1012-1024 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #186 CHINA 1950 20c on $$1,000,000, surcharge inverted, also $5 red without overprint, both unused without gum as issued (n.h.), v.f., (*) Catalog #1034a Catalog Value $275 | Unsold |
 | Lot #187 CHINA 1951 Flying Geese $5-$50 surcharges, set of four, unused without gum as issued ($10 l.h. with pencil notation, balance n.h.), fine-v.f. */** Catalog #1042-1044 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #188 CHINA 1952 Land Reduction Tax, set of six, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), fine-v.f. ** Catalog #1046-1051 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #189 CHINA 1953 Chiang Kai-shek, redrawn, imperf. set of six, unused without gum as issued (n.h.), fine-v.f. ** Catalog #1064-1069 | Price Realized $375.00 |
