U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 19-20, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #356 CHINA 1878 1c green, h.r., rounded upper left corner, fine appearance, * Catalog #1 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #357 CHINA 1883 Large Dragon, set of three, each neatly canceled by "Wuchow 9 Jul 00" cds on 1ca stationery card, registered via Hong Kong, where Queen Victoria 4c gray and 10c purple were added for further transmission to Germany (Lieutenant Maus correspondence), each with Wuchow "I.P.O" boxed hs and "Hong Kong" cds, back of the card showing a sampan, with six line message. The 3c and 5c showing faint traces of removed blue pencil, 5c with diagonal tear, otherwise a spectacular combination card  Catalog #7-9 | Price Realized $24,000.00 |
 | Lot #358 CHINA 1885 (21 Jan) cover (opened for display) to Bordeaux, France, with oval "L TALLIEU / PEKIN" sender's cachet on both sides, franked on the reverse by 3 Candareen pale red, canceled by central oval Peking seal in blue, backstamped IG OF CUSTOMS / PEKING (Jan 21) in blue, CUSTOMS / TIENTSIN (Jan 24) and CUSTOMS / SHANGHAI (Feb 4), and arrival datestamps of MARSEILLE A LYON / SPECIAL (Mar 13) and Bordeaux (Mar 14), franked on the front by France 1877-90 Peace & Commerce 25c bister tied by SHANGHAI / CHINE French Post Office cds (Feb 4) with a second strike on the front, fine, attractive and rare Large Dragon cover from a known correspondence, with 2017 BPA Certificate Catalog #8 | Price Realized $18,500.00 |
 | Lot #359 CHINA 1896 Red Revenue stamp without surcharge, 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. D ** Catalog #Chan R1 | Price Realized $95,000.00 |
 | Lot #360 CHINA 1901 Boxer Rebellion, East Asia Expedition, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1c China tied on picture postcard (of hand colored bird) by "K.D. Feld Poststation 13/4 No 7" cds, also boxed "S.B./Ostas. Exped./I.Bat. 4.Inf.-Rgmts." addressed to Germany, fine, with arrival pmks | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #361 CHINA 1955-60 souvenir sheets, selection including Scott's No. 1114a, 1117a, 1126a, 1135-36, 1257a (2) and B9a, unused without gum as issued, first three with selvage, mostly n.h., v.f., (*) Catalog #1114a/B9a Catalog Value $1,910 | Price Realized $700.00 |
