The Carl Kilgas Collection of China
Part Three
November 29, 2023
Part III of the Carl A. Kilgas collection of China, with 385 lots will be sold on November 29th, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. on CherrystoneLIVE, at our Teaneck, New Jersey Galleries. Please note this is an online sale only - there is no printed catalog.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2244 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1943 souvenir sheet of six with blue marginal overprints, Shanghai cancels, v.f.,  Catalog #471var Catalog Value $800 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2245 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1942 Registration labels (green) (Chan SR1), cover (opened for display), used from Hunan to Kweiyang (April 12, 1943), re-used April 29th back to Hunan, with stamps added 50c and $1 Central Trust Issue, fine and scarce  | Unsold |
 | Lot #2246 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1942 Express Delivery label (red & yellow) (Chan SE1), large cover from Chankiang, Kansu Province to Chongtu, Western Szechuan (Feb 3, 1943), label charged at 50c domestic mail, used in combination with 50c adhesive for additional Air Mail charge, cover folded in places, rare | Unsold |
 | Lot #2247 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1942 Express Delivery (red & yellow) (Chan SE1) label, used in combination with regular franking and two Par Avion labels on cover (opened for display) from Chungking to Shanghai (Jan 16, 1943), fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2248 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1942 Express Delivery label (red & yellow) (Chan SE1) on cover sent Feb 16,1943 in Kweichow Province, backstamped at Kweiyang, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2249 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1942 Express Delivery and Registration labels (Chan SE1, SR1), used in combination with additional stamps and other labels on two "Par Avion" covers with Minghsien and Chungking pmks, some cover wear, otherwise fine, rare | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #2250 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1942 Registration label (green) (Chan SR1), cover used Feb 3, 1943 from Chenning, Kansu Province to Chengtu, Western Szechuan, with arrival pmk, fine | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2251 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1942 Registration label (green) (Chan SR1), cover used March 17, 1943 in Kweichow Province, showing Kweiyang backstamp | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2252 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1943 (Kiangsi) 20c on 16c Chung Hwa SYS in right-margin block of four, top-right stamp with double "tso" and bottom-right stamp with double "gai" errors (Chan 713a,b), h.r. at top, bottom stamps n.h., fine-v.f. *Catalog #541e,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2253 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1943 Kweichow Province Surcharges, 50c provisional, block of four, used Dec 25, 1943 in combination with vertical pair of $1 green, on Express Delivery cover from Hua His to Shanghai | Unsold |
 | Lot #2254 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1943 (Kansu) 20c on 17c HK Martyr, left margin block of eight including "((20" for "(20)" surcharge variety (Chan 707b), n.h., v.f. **Catalog #540d,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2255 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1943 Eastern Szechuan District Surcharges, 50c on 16c, used with additional franking on registered cover (opened for display) sent March 13, 1943 by Dwight Edwards, United China Relief in Chunking to Temporary Chinese Military Post Office in India, with 24 March arrival pmk on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #2256 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1943 Kwangsi Province, cover sent December 1943 from Weilin to Shanghai, franked with pair of 50c Surcharges, paying $1 rate, passed through the Japanese lines, censored, with label, received in Shanghai Jan 24, 1944, corner clipped, fine and rare usage | Unsold |
 | Lot #2257 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1943 Kwantung Province, mid-1943 flown cover to USA, franked with single 50c re-surcharged adhesive, used in combination with five additional stamps paying $11.60 (International rate $2 plus Air Mail $9.60), opened by censor and resealed with label, fine usage via "Route 8" (Chungking through Miami) to Spokane, Washington | Unsold |
 | Lot #2258 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1943 Kwantung Province (19 Sep) registered cover (opened for display), flown from Hsin Chang (near Canton) to USA, franked with single 50c re-surcharged adhesive, used in combination with three additional stamps paying $14.50, opened by censor and resealed with label, fine usage via "Route 8" (through Miami 30 Nov) to Sacramento, with 2 Dec, 1943 arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #2259 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1942 Headquarters of the Generalissimo China cover from Calcutta to USA, franked with India 8a, 9ps (2) and 1r, tied by departure pmks, violet "Passed Censor" cachet, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2260 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1943 illustrated "Roosevelt with the Chinese Royal Family" cover, signed by Eleanor Roosevelt, franked with US 5c block of four canceled Oct.11, 1963 (First Day of Issue), minor surface abrasions, fine autographed cover | Unsold |
 | Lot #2261 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1944 Postal Savings Picture Issue, $50 yellow green (Chan 822var), horizontal pair, top part of printing missing, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (*)Catalog #575var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2262 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1945 (4 Nov) registered cover to USA, with handstamped return address of Kwantung, Chick Hok Hoy District, corresponding hand endorsed Registry label, franked on back with 6x$5 carmine, tied by Chickhom cancels, Canton transit alongside, New York and Fresno arrival (Dec.19), fine $30 franking | Unsold |
 | Lot #2263 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1945 (9 Oct) registered cover flown from Shanghai to Chicago, franked on back with unsurcharged Pai Ch'eng (10x$10) and surcharged CNC $16, paying $116 via Miami (30 Oct), with Chicago (11 Nov) arrival, minor cover faults, 33 days in transit | Unsold |
 | Lot #2264 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1945 (25 Oct) registered cover (opened for display) from Chungking to Portland, Oregon, franked on back with $320 (2x$10 and single $300), flown via Miami (27 Nov), with 29 November arrival, 35 days in transit, minor toning, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2265 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1946 two covers to Seattle and Portland, one registered and paying $260, the other from Hankow, with $70 franking, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #2266 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1946 (3 Apr) cover (opened for display), registered from Townshan to Prince Rupert, Canada, postage $170 paid with $100 "Allegory of Savings" and $20 and $50 surcharges, Canton and Vancouver transits, also unusual National Revenue Postal Branch, Montreal and arrival pmks, fine cover, transit time 18 days Catalog #576.655,657 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2267 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1946 (5 Dec) flown cover from Shanghai to Oregon, franked on back with 5x$500 surcharges, fine Catalog #688 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2268 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1946 $2,000 on $5 carmine, block of four, variety imperf. at bottom, unused without gum as issued, errors n.h., fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #696var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2269 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1946 $2,000 on $5 green, basic stamp printed on both sides, fine (*) Catalog #697var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2270 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1946 Chungking Central Surcharges, $20 on 8c orange, watermarked paper (Chan 955), v.f., * Catalog #698 Catalog Value $250 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2271 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1946 Chungking Central Surcharges, $20 on 5c green, unwatermarked (Chan 953), n.h., v.f. A rarity, only 50 copies surcharged, ** Catalog #700A Catalog Value $900 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2272 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1946 Chungking Central Surcharges, $20 on 8c green, unwatermarked, double surcharge one inverted (Chan 951var), h.r., v.f., signed L.Y.Woo * Catalog #703var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2273 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1946 $30 on 4c Hong Kong Martyr, vertical strip of three, top stamp without surcharge, also varieties inverted, plus one printed on both sides, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #721var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2274 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1947 (22 Sep) flown cover franked with $100(2) and $3,000, paying $4,200 from Takianghu to Portland, Oregon, cover with clipped lower right corner, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2275 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1947 two covers, one to Vancouver, Washington, the other to Portland, the former paying $18,000, the latter $4,900 (registered from Shanghai), minor cover mending, otherwise fine-v.f., scarce | Unsold |
 | Lot #2276 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1947 $2,000 vermilion, variety imperf. at bottom, unused without gum as issued, fine (Chan 1032c) (*) Catalog #749var | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #2277 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1948 (11 Nov) cover with Chinese National Currency postage of $4,060,000, sent from Shanghai to Nebraska; also 26 November, 1948 cover with newly authorized Gold Currency postage, paying $1.50 from Nanking to Chicago, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #2278 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1948 $10,000 on $20 carmine, vertical pair imperf. between, also varieties imperf. at right and imperf. at top, unused without gum as issued, h.r., fine-v.f. (Chan 1066var) (*) Catalog #810var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2279 CHINA 1942-1948 Issues 1948 $15,000 on 50c olive green, horizontal pair imperf. between, also varieties shifted surcharge and perf. 11 1/2, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (Chan 1076ai,aiv) (*) Catalog #817var | Unsold |
