U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #311
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #312
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #313
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #314
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #315
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #316
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #317
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #318
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #319
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #320
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #321
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #322
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 $1,425
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #323
CHINA
1878 3c brown red, neatly cancelled "Customs Chinkiang April 9 80," well centered, beautiful color, v.f.
O
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #324
CHINA
1878 3c brown red, neatly cancelled "Customs Chefoo Sep 23 80," perfectly centered, v.f.
O
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #325
CHINA
1878 3c brown red, oval Chefoo strike, fine
O
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #326
CHINA
1878 3c brown red, five copies, each with a different postmark, slight shade variations, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $2,250
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #327
CHINA
1878 5c orange, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh and v.f.,
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $900
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #328
CHINA
1878 5c orange, five used examples, different postmarks, paper and shade variations, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $2,250
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #329
CHINA
1878 5c orange, four used examples, different postmarks and shade variations, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $1,800
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #330
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 $1,700
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #331
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 $1,700
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #332
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 $1,700
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #333
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 $1,700
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #334
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 $1,700
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #335
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 $1,700
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #336
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 $1,700
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #337
CHINA
1894 (30 Nov) cover franked on reverse with horizontal strip of 3x3c purple (Small Dragon), tied by chops and blue Customs (Chunking) cds, with corresponding Customs Shanghai (Dec 4) pmk alongside, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai to Germany, French 25c type Sage added on front to pay external postage, faint toning, fine usage, with Gudenhagen arrival (8 Jan) on back
Envelope
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #338
CHINA
1894 Dowager, 1c-24c complete, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #16-24
Catalog Value $2,975
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #339
CHINA
1894 Dowager, 1c-24c complete, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #16-24
Catalog Value $2,975
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #340
CHINA
1894 Dowager, 1c-24c complete, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #16-24
Catalog Value $2,975
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #341
CHINA
1894 Dowager, 1c-24c complete, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #16-24
Catalog Value $2,975
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #342
CHINA
1897 Dowager surcharges, 1/2c-30c complete, unused with original gum, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #28-37
Catalog Value $1,902
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #343
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 $9,000
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #344
CHINA
1898 (Nov) Shanghai local 1c stationery entire envelope (tear at upper right, opened for display), cancelled Local Post Shanghai in red, franked with additional 1 Candareen. (cancelled by pen cross), sent via the United States Postal Agency Shanghai, where 1c, 2c and 15c (rounded perf. at upper right) U.S. franking was added to pay the required charges via San Francisco (24 Nov) and New York (30 Nov), endorsed "registered" and with corresponding label and handstamp alongside, sent to Teplitz (Bohemia), with arrival (11 Dec) pmk on back, usual cover wear, fine and extraordinary combination
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #345
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
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #346
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
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #347
CHINA
1915 Hall of Classics, $2 blue and black, First Peking Printing, perf. 14, center inverted, a striking example of this rarity which is particularly well centered and with strong colors on fresh paper, with guide line at top, disturbed gum, h.r., slightly shorter perf. at left, very fine gem with great eye appeal and one of the great rarities of Chinese Philately, with 2009 Pascal Scheller certificate. It is believed that only about 30 examples of this error are known today (China Stamp Society Specialized 2012 catalogue No.277a, catalogue value $275,000),
*
Catalog #237a
Catalog Value $172,500
Unsold
Lot #348
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 #349
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 #350
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 #351
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 #352
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 #353
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 #354
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 #355
CHINA
1949 unissued Silver Yuan 10c on $1,000 Lithographed "Transportation", left sheet margin block of four, unused without gum as issued, v.f.
Box (*)
Catalog #Chan S11d
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #356
CHINA
1950 Surcharges, complete set, without gum as issued (n.h.), some faint toning, still fine-v.f.
(*)
Catalog #1205-1236
Price Realized
$240.00

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