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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

2566

NOVA SCOTIA: 1851-60 3d blue SG 2-4 group, one in a distinctive steel-blue shade, all with full margins & one a very large stamp, each signed "Giulio Bolaffi", Cat £720 minimum. Two with photocopies of Giulio Bolaffi Certificates (1968 & 1976) as SG 2 & 3. (4)

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Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2567

NOVA SCOTIA: 1851-60 6c yellow-green SG 5, margins close to good, light bars cancel, Cat £750.

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Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

China

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

2568

Extensive collection in eighty-five+ binders with a rather basic selection from the early 1900s, Liberated Areas range including Henan 1949 Pictorials Overprints; People's Republic issues by issue type including 1950 Postal Conference, Sino-Soviet Treaty & Communist Party 30th Anniversary and 1954 Five Year Plan all no gum as issued plus CTO 1960 Goldfish & Chrysanthemums, 1963 Hwangshan Landscapes & 1964 Peonies (ex M/S); the Cultural Revolution issues are reproductions; then reasonably complete from mid-1970s up to 2022 with M/Ss, sheetlets, booklets, packs, souvenir folders, exhibition issues & overprints (including other countries' issues for Chinese events), FDCs, etc, noted 1976 Five Year Plan **, 1978 Science M/S used, 1978 Galloping Horses set & M/S on FDCs, 1978 Arts Flying Fairies M/S **, 1979 Camelias M/S Overprint on FDC, 1980 Paintings Qi Baishi & Lotus M/Ss **, etc, also postal stationery unused & used, PSEs, Postal Cards including New Year Lottery Cards, commercial covers with some postal history interest, etc, lots of thematic interest & plenty of modern face value, condition generally very fine, huge catalogue value. Weighs 217kg. (many 1000s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50) (Image51) (Image52) (Image53) (Image54) (Image55) (Image56) (Image57)

Estimate AU$6,000

Currently Opening at...AU$4,600.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2569

Album with Small Dragons, Junks, $1 & $2 Hall of Classics, etc, condition variable, plus Yearbooks for 2000, 2002-08, 2009 x2 and 2010. Weighs 8kg. (100+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$100

Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2570

1932 North-West China Expedition 1c to 10c SG 406-9, very fresh & lightly mounted, Cat £350. (4)

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Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2571

Range of 1930s-50s issues with some early PRC including reprints, Goldfish set CTO, also 1978 Galloping Horses set ** x2, 1980 Qi Bashi Paintings set **, etc, plus booklets 1980 Dolphin, 1981 Exhibition & 1982 Year of the Dog, a few mostly minor condition issues. (100+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2572

1950s-80s with better sets including 1962 Cranes, 1963 Monkeys, 1964 Chemical Industry, 1965 Chingkang Mountains, 1969 Red Lantern Opera & Chen Pao Tao, 1970 Tiger Mountain, 1971 Paris Commune, Party Anniversary with setenant strip & Albania Workers Party, 1972 Yenan Forum, Physical Fitness & Merchant Shipping, etc, no gum (as issued) or unmounted, Cat £2500+. (100+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17)

Estimate AU$1,000

Currently Opening at...AU$1,700.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2573

1960 Goldfish SG 1911-1922 set, a few with very minor marks on the gum, unmounted, Cat £500. (12)

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Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2574

1963 Butterflies SG 2069-2088 complete, characteristic rough perfs, no gum as issued & never hinged, Cat £375. The last set we offered sold at our auction of 21.9.2023 for $1260. (20)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$440.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2575

1963 Hwangshan Landscapes SG 2124-2139 set, a couple with small black ink transfer marks on the gum, unmounted, Cat £700. (16)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$850.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2576

1967-68 Cultural Revolution issues on commercial covers comprising single frankings of 1967 Labour Day 8f Mao, Talks on Literature & Art 8f Small Text, 1968 Revolutionary Literature & Art 8f Tiger Mountain, 8f On The Docks and 8f White-Haired Girl, 1968 Anti-American Declaration 8f Mao and 1968 Directives 8f Mao & Text, five of the envelopes with propaganda text & illustrations on the address side, each with some minor blemishes, condition well above-average for these scarce survivors from this period. (7)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$525.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2577

1970s and 1980s unmounted sets include 1978 Galloping Horses, 1980 Lotus Painting including M/S & Gardens, 1981 Palace Lanterns & Miniature Landscapes, 1982 Fan Paintings, plus a range of used including 1968 Mao Tse-tung and Procession SG 2387, etc. (100+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20)

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Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$320.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2578

1974-77 Issues largely complete (no M/Ss), generally very fine to superb, Cat £1150+.

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Estimate AU$600

Currently Opening at...AU$525.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2579

1978 Galloping Horses and 1980 Paintings of Qi Baishi, both unmounted in small album, Cat £135.

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Estimate AU$100

Currently Opening at...AU$90.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2580

1980 Year of the Monkey 8f Macaque SG 2968, exceptional centring, a couple of characteristic very small black marks on the gum otherwise superb, unmounted, Cat £1500.

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Estimate AU$1,000

Currently Opening at...AU$800.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2581

1980 Chinese New Year (Monkey) 8f Macaque SG 2968 tied to unaddressed Beijing Post Office 'Geng Shen Year (Year of the Monkey)' picture postcard by Beijing '1983.1.5' cds, Cat £650 as a used stamp.

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$400.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2582

1980 Chinese New Year (Monkey) 8f Macaque SG 2968 tied to unaddressed China Stamp Company First Day Cover by '1980.2.15' cds in red, Cat £650 as a used stamp.

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$625.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2583

PROVINCES: Sinkiang 1924-36 4c-$20 Junk & Hall of Classics Second Peking Printing 'SPECIMEN' overprints set (ex 4c olive-green), toning on 15cts, surface abrasion on the $10. (8) (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$360.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

2584

UNITED STATES POST OFFICE: United States of America 1919 'SHANGHAI/CHINA' overprints on Washington/ Franklin issues '2c' on 1c to $2' in Red on $1 Scott K1-K16 (SG 1-16) plus 1923 '2 Cts' & '4 Cts' overprints Scott K17-18 (SG 17-18), variable centring as usual, lightly mounted original gum, Cat US$2120 (£2550). [The illustration is above Lot 2583] (18)

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Estimate AU$800

Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM

Postal History

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

2585

PSE

1902 (April 15) usage of Postal Card 1c red with lengthy message in German headed "Puoly" and signed "R Pieper/Missionaer", to Germany with oval 'PEKING/APR. 22 1902' bilingual datestamp, Kiautschou Yacht 5pf affixed and tied by 'TSINGTAU/2 5/02' cds, 'CAMEN' arrival cds. A very similar item (also with 1c Coiling Dragon cancelled at Peking) carried in the same mail sold at our our auction of 2.3.2023 for $1500.

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Estimate AU$600

Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..May-22, 08:00 PM