Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our January 9-10 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. The sale contains 1,508 lots and will be offered in four sessions, beginning with United States and U.S. Possessions. Worldwide sections include France, Germany, Italian Area, with many individual rarities. British Commonwealth, with a further selection of G.R.I. errors and varieties. There are solid selections from rest of the world, with additional items from the Carl A. Kilgas and Martin Stempien estates, plus nearly 200 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings and featuring a comprehensive collection of British Commonwealth (estimated to realize $100,000), multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #271 CHINA 1878 3c brown red, neatly canceled "Customs Chinkiang April 9 80," well centered, beautiful color, v.f. O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #272 CHINA 1878 3c brown red, neatly canceled "Customs Chefoo Sep 23 80," perfectly centered, v.f. O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #273 CHINA 1878 5c orange, five used examples, different postmarks, paper and shade variations, fine-v.f., O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $3,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #274 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  | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #275 CHINA 1897 Dowager Surcharges, 2 1/2mm below Chinese Characters, 1/2c-30c complete set of nine, both 10c values used, others unused, part original gum, overall toning, 1/2c short perfs at bottom, good colors, 10c on 12c brown orange with closed tear at bottom, otherwise fine, extremely rare, *O Catalog #37-46 Catalog Value $12,225 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #276 CHINA 1897 Dowager Surcharges, 1 1/2mm below Chinese Characters, 1/2c, 1c, 4c, 5c, 8c, 10c on 9ca green and 10c on 12ca brown orange, seven different, unused with original gum, overall toning, 5c on 5ca and 10c on 9ca creased, 10c on 12ca small thin, otherwise fine and scarce group of Dowagers, * Catalog #56,57,59-63 Catalog Value $5,090 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #277 CHINA 1897 Surcharges on Shanghai Printing, 1 1/2mm below Chinese Characters, 1/2c-10c seven different, also Redrawn Designs 1/2c and 2c, unused, l.h. or h.r., occasional faint toning, mostly fresh, fine-v.f., * Catalog #65-71,73-74 Catalog Value $1,540 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #278 CHINA 1900s Official red band cover from Qing's Chinese Embassy in Berlin, addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, via Tianjin, with both Tianjin and Peking Wenbaoju branch handstamps on back, neatly displayed on exhibition page | Unsold |
 | Lot #279 CHINA 1903 Official Ministry of War, large Internal memo regarding dispatch of mail to Governor of Guizhou, regarding petitions to the Emperor by soldiers seeking reward for recapturing ethnic territory, written up on exhibition page | Unsold |
 | Lot #280 CHINA 1905 (6th day,10th month) Tientsin to Shanghai, large official cover with cachet "through Wenbaoju" and datestamp Baiyang wenbao Chu | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #281 CHINA 1906 (14 Aug) Official mail from Anhui Foreign Affairs Bureau director to the Bishop of Jiangnan. Anqing, Anhui, Xuijiahui, Shanghai, large cover dispatched by Wenbaoju, neatly written-up on exhibition page | Unsold |
 | Lot #282 CHINA 1915 (30 May) 4c carmine stationery card to Berlin, canceled by framed "Hui Zhow AO PI XU" in red, endorsed "via Waichow, East River, via Canton, China", with "Waichow" and Shanghai transits (8 June 15), lunar pmk (province Kwantung) below, fine and extremely rare example of the Huizhow pmk | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #283 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 #284 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 #285 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 #286 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. P | Unsold |
 | Lot #287 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. P | Unsold |
 | Lot #288 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 #289 CHINA 1949 Boy Scouts color print (325x167mm), fine-v.f., attractive | Unsold |
 | Lot #290 CHINA 1950 $1 green, block of four, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f.,  **Catalog #1007 Catalog Value $700 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #291 CHINA 1955 First Anniversary of Re-Election, two souvenir sheets of four, unused without gum as issued, one without selvage, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1114a | Price Realized $190.00 |
