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Hong Kong

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1393

1877, Queen Victoria, 16¢ yellow (Scott 16. Yang 22), Crown CC watermark, vibrant color, particularly well-centered, unused, regummed, Very Fine appearance for this difficult stamp. Yang HK$2,000. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$2,500-3,000
SOLD for HK$1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

1394

1863, Queen Victoria, 30c vermilion (Scott 19. SG 15. Yang 15), Crown CC watermark, misperforated horizontally so that value tablet appears at top, canceled "B62", a few clipped perforations at top right, otherwise Fine to Very Fine and a striking variety. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$1,200-1,600
SOLD for HK$2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1395

1877, Queen Victoria, 16¢ on 18c lilac (Scott 29. SG 20), with wing margin at right, lovely color, fresh unused without gum; light horizontal crease at top, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. SG £2,250 (HK$ 22,870). (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$3,000-4,000
SOLD for HK$5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1396

1898, Queen Victoria, $1 on 96c gray black, without Chinese surcharge, overprinted "Specimen" (Scott 70a var. SG 53as), deep fresh color on bright white paper, mint, o.g., lightly hinged, Fine to Very Fine. SG £600 (HK$ 6,100). (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$1,500-2,000
SOLD for HK$2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1397

1903, King Edward VII, $2 slate & scarlet (Scott 82. Yang 72), Crown CA watermark, from the left of the pane, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$1,000-1,200
SOLD for HK$1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1398

1935, 5¢ King George V Silver Jubilee (Scott 148. Yang PM.2), three examples, each canceled by "From Steamer Box/Canton" bilingual c.d.s., Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$1,500-2,000
CLOSED
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1399

1941, Centenary of British Occupation complete (Scott 168-173. SG 163-168), two sets, on different 1941 (Feb. 26) cacheted first day covers, both canceled by "Registered/G.P.O. Hong-Komg" c.d.s., Fine to Very Fine overall. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Est. HK$1,500-2,000
SOLD for HK$2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1400

1870 (July 29) envelope from Amoy to Brooklyn, New York, "Via Marseilles" bearing watermarked Crown CC 18c lilac pair (Scott 17. SG 13), canceled "B62" and additionally just tied by "London/Paid/A" c.d.s. in red, showing crisply struck "Amoy/A" origin and "Hong Kong/C" transit (7.31) c.d.s. on reverse, and on front "New York Paid All" c.d.s. in red with matching handstruck "2 cents", manuscript rating "1" (Colonial charge) and "1/5", Very Fine, and an exceptional usage of the rare watermarked Crown CC 18c in a mutiple on cover paying the 36-cent rate from a Treaty Port to the US via Marseille, from the famous Culbertson correspondence, ex Frankilin Delano Roosevelt, Admiral George C. Dyer, and Richard C.K. Chan,

The letter was carried on the P&O Steamer "Columbian" from Hong Kong (8.4) to Galle (8.21), then by the "Mongolia" between Galle (8.23) and Suez (9.9), where transferred to the "Ceylon" at Alexandria (9.10) for Marseille (9.16), then from France to England, with the last leg of the voyage being on Cunard Steamer "Batavia" (9.20) from Liverpool to New York (10.1). (Image1) (Image2)

Est. HK$10,000-12,000
SOLD for HK$20,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1401

1855 (Aug.) letter sheet from the U.S. to Canton, showing "Boston/Am Pkt" c.d.s. (Aug. 21) on reverse, "Paid" unframed handstamp and London "Paid" c.d.s. (Sept. 3) both in red on front, with "Hong Kong" double-arc datestamp (Oct. 26) on reverse, rated "43" in pencil and overwritten "22" in red crayon, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

Est. HK$1,200-1,500
SOLD for HK$1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

1402

1868 (Aug. 5) folded letter from Yokohama to France, showing "Forwarded by/James C. Fraser & Co./Yokohama/Japan" sender's cachet in red and "Yokohama/A" despatch c.d.s. (on reverse), franked with Hong Kong 2c brown, 8c bright orange and 30c vermilion (#8, 13a, 19), canceled by "B62" barred obliterator, matching "Hong Kong/C" c.d.s. (Aug. 5, on reverse), with "Pos. An. V. Suez/P. An. A Mars." French entry c.d.s. (Sept. 19) in red adjacent and "Lyon" arrival c.d.s. of the same date on reverse; a few minor perf faults, Fine to Very Fine tricolor franking paying the 40 cents rate. (Image1) (Image2)

Est. HK$20,000-25,000
SOLD for HK$13,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1403

1945, surcharged 5y on 5s claret, variety surcharge misplaced (SG J3 var. Yang J23a), canceled by c.d.s. on 1945 (July 28) 1.50y local postal stationery card; also a used set (Scott 1-J3. Yang J21-J23), Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Est. HK$1,500-2,000
SOLD for HK$3,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1404

1869 (Sept. 10), Cover sent to U.S.S. Monocacy in Hong Kong, 1869 cover addressed to "1st Asst. Engineer, E.J. Whitaker U.S.N., U. S. Steamer Monocacy, Care of Thos. Hunt & Co., Hong Kong, China", franked with a cork-canceled 10¢ green F. grill (Scott US #96) and postmarked with a light Sep 10 Sackets Harbor, N.Y. c.d.s. and a red "San Francisco, Paid All, Oct 3" exchange office c.d.s.; reduced slightly at the left, Fine to Very Fine. This cover would have been carried from San Francisco on the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's China, departing Oct. 4, 1869, and arriving at Hong Kong on Nov. 8.,

Monocacy served in the Asiatic Squadron from 1867 until 1903. During her time with the squadron she surveyed the Inland Sea between Nagasaki and Osaka to locate appropriate sites for lighthouses; she patrolled off the coast of Japan; she charted the Yangtze River and was part of a five-ship survey expedition of the Salee River in Korea. In 1900 she became involved in the Boxer Rebellion and captured seven small craft off Tongku, China. She was sold to Japan in 1903. (Image1) (Image2)

Est. HK$8,000-12,000
SOLD for HK$10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1405

Hong Kong, Fantastic and Vast Miniature Sheet Holding, 1970s-early 2000s, a clean and extensive, well-assembled and identified (by Scott number) holding of thousands of souvenir sheets, many in the original Post Office packaging, with the majority in quantities of 50-200 of each; just a very small sampling shows Scott #298a (5), 308a (2), 379a (100), 502ce (2), 502df (2), 687a (2), 879 (200), 889a (200), 897a (50), 917 (60), 997a (50), 1141a (100), 1142 (100), with dozens more issues represented in a like fashion; also included is a mint never hinged collection in a pristine Yang album of commemorative issues from the last King George VI issues to 1976 Queen Elizabeth II, with Omnibus issues, etc., o.g., never hinged, routinely Very Fine, a super lot. (PDF for this Lot) (Image1)

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Est. HK$20,000-25,000
SOLD for HK$20,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1406

Hong Kong, Extensive and Clean Hong Kong Sheet Accumulation, ca. 1970s-2000s, a wonderful, occuasionally duplicated holding of hundreds of sheets spanning an approximately 40-plus year period; a sampling of items shows Scott #273-274, 349-350, 354-357, 358-360 (5 sets), 361-363, 365-368, 369-372, 373-375 (2), 376-379, 380-383, 793-798 (3), plus extensive late-1990s to early 2000s, etc., routinely Very Fine, a beautiful assembly. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Est. HK$9,000-11,000
CLOSED
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1407

Representative Collection, 1862-2001, housed in an International Stamp album, with many issues complete, including #1-6, 8-20, 22-23, 29-30, 31-35, 50, 51-55 and 85 (Registered c.d.s. plus blue crayon) used, and #127, 129 and 213-217, unused, o.g., later commemorative issues mostly mint never hinged; with souvenir sheets and booklets; faults among early used issues, o.g., some never hinged / some hinged, generally Fine to Very Fine. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Image1)

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Est. HK$7,000-9,000
SOLD for HK$17,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1408

Hong Kong, Excellent Mint Accumulation, 1960s-2000s, a wonderful, clean and valuable mint horde, well-assembled by issue, including singles, sets, blocks of four (strong), several blocks of six, prestige booklets and Post Office Packs (e.g., #923 (3)), etc.; we note singles such as Scott #203-217 along with good Omnibus issues; blocks of four like #225-228, 239-244, 262-264, 268-269, 273-274, 296-298, 306-308 (5), 309-311 (2); blocks of six for #273-274, 299-301; an extensive section of the 1997 Views of Hong Kong definitive series, and much, much more, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, lovely holding, inspection invited. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Est. HK$5,000-6,000
CLOSED
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