Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40539
Symbol: J,DCE
Cat No: Chan NE56, NE59 & NE
North East Provinces. 1947 $22, $65 and $109 in mint blocks of four, no gum as issued, very fine and scarce multiples of these difficult values from this issue. (Image)
Opening EUR 500.00
Sold...EUR 500.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 500
Yunnan
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40541
Symbol: C
Cat No: Chan Y29-Y35; S.G. 2
Yunnan. 1932 Yunnan overprint on Dr. Sun Yat-sen first London printing 1c to $5, mint lh, very fine and fresh. (Image)
Opening EUR 180.00
Sold...EUR 180.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 180
Chinese Empire (1878-1949) 1878-83 Large Dragon
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40522
Symbol: C
Cat No: Chan 2; S.G. 2
1878-83 Large Dragon. 1878 Large Dragon 3ca brown-red, 2 1/2mm spacing on thin paper, mint hr, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 600.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 600
1897 (Mar) Dowager Large Wide Surcharges
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40526
Symbol: CC,C,
Cat No: Chan 57
1897 Dowager Empress 1c on 1ca, second printing wide spacing, in mint left marginal block of 8, very fine multiple. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 300.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
1897 Dowager Small Surcharges
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40524
Symbol: CC,C
Cat No: Chan 42e
1897 Dowager Small Surcharges. 1897 Empress Dowager, first printing, small figure, 8c on 6ca brown in vertical strip of three with error IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY IN BETWEEN mint left marginal, very fine and scarce (Image)
Opening EUR 2,000.00
Sold...EUR 1,800.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1800
1897-1911 Imperial Post
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40527
Symbol: C
Cat No: Chan 92-103
1897-1911 Imperial Post. 1897 Tokyo printing 1/2c to $5 mint set of 12, some short perfs as usual and some a little heavily hinged, part to large part og, fine to very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 1,500.00
Sold...EUR 2,400.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 2400
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40529
Symbol: F
Cat No: 48, 49
1902 (Mar 8) CIP 1c postal stationery card from Canton to Brussels, showing Tombstone postmark at top centre, uprated with 1898-1909 1c pair and 2c, tied by Canton cds, in combination with Hong Kong 4c tied in transit and French Ligne N octagonal d.s., a scarce combination with Tombstone hs. (Image)
Opening EUR 250.00
Sold...EUR 260.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40531
Symbol: F
1906 (Aug) "Red band" envelope from Paoting to the New Modderfontein Gold Mine at Benoni, bearing China C.I.P. 10c, with French P.O. Shanghai, Shanghai bi-lingual, Colombo and Benoni arrival datestamps, envelope split open along seem, very scarce destination mail from China.
Note: Due to the 1899-1902 Anglo-Boer War, most of the gold mines were taken out of production. After the war, the highest economic priority for the new Transvaal Colonial government was to get the mines producing gold again. For this purpose Chinese labourers were imported. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 650.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 650
1948-49 Gold and Silver Yuan Issues
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40536
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan S113-S138; S.G.
1948-49 Gold and Silver Yuan Issues. 1949 Silver Yuan Domestic Unit stamps for West Szechwan, set of 26, unused without gum as issued, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 320.00
Sold...EUR 420.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 420
Chinese Republic
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40533
Symbol: C
Cat No: Chan 208-226; S.G. 2
Chinese Republic. 1913 London Printing 1/2c to $10 mint set of 19, mint lh or mint hr, the $2 with part gum, very fine and fresh. (Image)
Opening EUR 1,400.00
Sold...EUR 2,000.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 2000
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40534
Symbol: H
Cat No: Chan 343a
1932-34 Martyrs of the Revolution, Peking printing, 40c orange showing major re-entry with much of the design doubled, particularly visible in the 'sun' above Gen Hsing's head, Shanghai cds, fine and scarce (SG 420a £250). (Image)
Opening EUR 40.00
Sold...EUR 55.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 55
Foreign Post Offices British Post Offices
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40542
Symbol: F
Cat No: 33
British Post Offices. 1899 (Nov 20) Postcard to Dollnstein (Germany), franked by China 1898 1/2c (6) and 1c, tied by 'Pa-kua' hs, Shanghai Local post and Hong kong cds's at tight, additionally franked with Hong Kong 1884 2c carmine (2) tied by Br. Shanghai cds, arrival at base, some toned perforations but an interesting Local Post usage. (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
Sold...EUR 180.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 180
French Military Mail
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40586
Symbol: F
Cat No: 29
French Military Mail. 1871 (April 15) Cover to Bourg-sur-Gironde franked by 1863 20c, tied by "5118" lozenge with "CORR.D.ARMÉES/YOKOHAMA" cds in centre, a very fine cover rarely sent during the period of the "Commune" uprisings in Paris; ex Max J. Mayer. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 500.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40587
Symbol: F
Cat No: 53, 57, 59
1874 (Feb 13) Incoming envelope from Paris addressed to Captain Lebon (Chief Artillery Instructor of the Military Mission to Japan) in Yedo (the old name for Tokyo before the Meiji Restoration), and sent by his mother, bearing perf. 'Cérès' 5c, 15c (bistre) & 80c, tied on dispatch, struck in transit on reverse with "YOKOHAMA/BAU FRANÇAIS" cds, scarce; ex Max J. Mayer. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 440.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 440
French Post Office
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40588
Symbol: F
Cat No: 23
French Post Office. 1866 (Feb 1) Single rate envelope to Bordeaux, bearing 1862 40c vertical pair cancelled by "5118" dotted lozenge, showing "YOKOHAMA/BAU FRANÇAIS" and red French entry cds's alongside, two vertical creases clear away of the franking, a rare mail in the year of the Great Fire of Yokohama; cert. Roumet (2002), signed Calves; (Yv €700); ex Jun Ichi Matsumoto and Max J. Mayer. (Image)
Opening EUR 250.00
Sold...EUR 300.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40589
Symbol: F
Cat No: 24
1866 (Feb 28) Cover to Lyon, paying the single rate with 1862 80c, tied by "5118" dotted lozenge, with superb "YOKOHAMA/BAU FRANÇAIS" and red French entry cds alongside, bs on receipt, very fine, carried by the British mail with involvement of the "Cadiz", "Baroda", "Delhi" and the "Tanjore" ships, sent some months before the Great Fire of Yokohama; cert. Roumet (2002), signed Calves and Pothion; (Yv €1'000 for the franking); ex Jun Ichi Matsumoto and Max J. Mayer. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 280.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40590
Symbol: F
Cat No: 38
1878 (Feb 4) Envelope via Brindisi to Offranville carried at single GPU rate, bearing 'Siège' 40c, tied by "YOKOHAMA/BAU FRANÇAIS" cds, repeated alongside, red French entry cds, a couple of toned perfs., scarce; ex Max J. Mayer. (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
Sold...EUR 130.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 130
French Post Offices
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40543
Symbol: F
Cat No: 8
French Post Offices. 1895 (April 19) Cover to England franked by overprinted Sage 25c, tied by "SHANG-HAÏ/CHINE" cds, redirected from Dover to Canterbury with application of 1881 1d violet tied by Dover "258" duplex, with receiving cds on back, an unusual combination. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 320.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40544
Symbol: F
Cat No: 5
1899 (Nov 24) CIP 1c postal stationery card to Charlottenburg (Germany), uprated with China 1898 1c and 2c, tied by bilingual Hankow cds, transferred to the French mail with overprinted Sage 10c type II, tied by French Shanghai cds, German receiver at lower left and bilingual Shanghai cds on back, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 200.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 200
German Post Offices
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40545
Symbol: F
Cat No: V47
German Post Offices. 1898 (Jan 4) Envelope from Kiang Yin Forts to Bethel bei Bielefeld (Germany), showing Shanghai Large Dollar dater on reverse, franked on front by 1897 Empress Dowager redrawn design 1/2c on 3ca (Chan 82) in two vertical pairs, including one stamp with"2" of the "1/2" denomination almost completely missing, cancelled by "Pa-kua" hs of Shanghai, in mixed franking with 1894-98 10pf pair and two singles, tied by "SHANGHAI" cds's; a very rare combination franking with the sender only paying the single 2ca internal rate with Chinese stamps in order to make the cover more attractive for the addressee, who was a stamp collector (see "Markenfreund" in the address).
Provenance: 1. Merkur (Stanley Gibbons) auction in Frankfurt (May 1972, lot 569), and Max J. Mayer.
Expertise: Signed Mansfeld (active in the 1958-1970's) and Horst Pröschold (1922-1989). (Image)
Opening EUR 1,100.00
Sold...EUR 1,600.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40546
Symbol: F
Cat No: V47
1892 (March 22) Cover to Dresden with German "GESANDTSCHAFT DES DEUTSCHEN REICHES/PEKING" paper seal on reverse, where also the "I.G OF CUSTOMS/PEKING" (22.3), violet "CUSTOMS/TIENTSIN" (23.3, faint strike) and "CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI" (28.3) cds's where applied, with Chinese 3 candarin stamp missing besides the area where a blue barred oval hs is visible, with the franking on front incl. 1890-96 10pf in pair, tied by "KAISERLICH/DEUTSCHE POSTAGENTUR SHANGHAI" cds, three vertical folds not affecting the stamps, a rare combination franking; ex Max J. Mayer. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 550.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 550
German Post Offices » Kiautschou
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40549
Symbol: F
German Post Offices » Kiautschou. 1905 (March 6) 5c postal stationery card with rare printed illustration of the first international art exhibition in Tsingtau (25.2.05) on reverse, sent to Hamburg and cancelled by "DEUSTCHE SEEPOST/SHANGHAI-TIENTSIN/b" oval ds, arrival cds at left, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 320.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 320
Korea
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40591
Symbol: DCE
1956 Olympics 20h and 55h imperf mini sheets, faint handling bends, very fine and rare (Mi. €8'000) (Image)
Opening EUR 800.00
Sold...EUR 850.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 850
Local Post Shanghai
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40505
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS3
Shanghai. 1865 4ca yellow-bister, printing 57, a magnificent example with large balanced margins all around , extremely fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 320.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40506
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS3
1865 4ca yellow-bister, printing 57, very fresh with large margins on all sides, extremely fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 140.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40507
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS3
1865 4ca yellow-bister, printing 57, a largely margined and extremely fine example; signed Benzinger. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 170.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40508
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS3
1865 4ca deep yellow-bister, printing 57, wide even margins all around, very fresh and fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
Sold...EUR 140.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40509
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS4
1865 8ca olive-green, printing 59, oily impression barely displaying the details of the head of the dragon, and very good margins, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 180.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40510
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS4
1865 8ca olive-green, printing 59, quite clear impression and good margins, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 180.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40511
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS4
1865 8ca olive-green, printing 59, blurred impression hiding details of the design as in the head of the dragon, large margins all around, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 200.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40512
Symbol: DCE,W
Cat No: Chan LS8
1865-66 Shanghai Local Post - "Large Dragons" group of 21 unused stamps, all classified according to the Chan catalogue (over $10,000) and including the useful information of the printings, in very fine to extremely fine condition; ex Max J. Mayer. (Image)
Opening EUR 2,000.00
Sold...EUR 4,000.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 4000
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40513
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS8
1865 1ca deep blue on laid paper, printing 23, excellent impression, slightly touched in places, otherwise fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 240.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40514
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS17
1866 3ca reddish brown, printing 50, showing the variety "I.P.O." instead of "L.P.O.", well margined; in the Fortune Wang collection only three examples are found; extremely fine and displaying an outstandingly fresh impression; signed Pfenninger. (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
Sold...EUR 260.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40515
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS18
1866 6ca red-brown, printing 58, a large margined example, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 130.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40516
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS18
1866 6ca red-brown, printing 58, strong colour and impression, good to large margins, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 150.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40517
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS21
1866 12ca orange-brown, printing 61, detailed impression and wide even margins, very fresh and fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 130.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40518
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS22
1866 16ca orange-brown, printing 62, with interesting plate flaw featuring two dots in lower right square (no example included in the Fortune Wang collection), intense shade and wide balanced margins, extremely fine; signed Fulpius. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 180.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40519
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS31
1866 3ca dark red-brown, printing 53, featuring broken "L" in "L.P.O.", ample margins, very fresh and fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 100.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40520
Symbol: DCE
Cat No: Chan LS35
1866 4ca yellow, printing 72, mesh paper, very fresh showing clear impression and good margins, very fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 190.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40521
Symbol: F
Shanghai local post 1/2 cent postal stationery wrapper sent locally and then redirected to Bern, Switzerland with a franking of the German Post 5 Pfg Vorläufer cancelled "SHANGHAI 23.5.97" and Bern arrival backstamp (4.7.97). A very fine and attractive mixed franking, PROBABLY UNIQUE ON WRAPPER. (Image)
Opening EUR 2,000.00
Sold...EUR 1,600.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Mongolia
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40607
Symbol: F
Cat No: Collection
1912 (Apr 5) Envelope sent registered from Urga to Sweden with Arms 4k (5) and 10k (2) tied by Urga Cyrillic double circle ds, Cyrillic registration label adjacent, reverse with St. Petersburg and Stockholm arrival, very fine and very rare usage in Mongolia. (Image)
Opening EUR 2,000.00
Sold...EUR 1,700.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40608
Symbol: C,H,D
Cat No: Collection
1924 Sceptre of Indra, nice mint and used selection on 5 pages with range of all perforations incl. fine used 5c perforation 11 1/2 & used $1 perforation 10, imperforate and double print varieties. Perforated horizontally 1c, 2c, 10c, 20c, 50c & $1 perf. 13 1/2 with 50c perforated vertically, and perf.10 2c, 20c and $1 horizontally perforated 13 1/2 (Mi. 1/7, STC €1'500 as hinged without counting the varieties). (Image)
Opening EUR 500.00
Sold...EUR 500.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40610
Symbol: F
1926 Native cover to Kalgan franked on reverse 1m strip of 4 on top of 2m block of 10 cancelled boxed TSETSERLING ds's, a 1m stamp has fallen off, attractive commercial cover (Mi18, 19). (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 320.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40611
Symbol: F
Cat No: 12a
1926 Envelope sent registered from Altanbulak to Ulan Bator, correctly franked at internal double weight with vertical strip of three fiscal stamps with bilingual “POSTAGE” overprint in purple, all cancelled with boxed ALTANBULAK date stamp, alongside boxed provisional registration Altanbulak handstamp, arrival bs, fine (Mi. 12a). (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 900.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40612
Symbol: F
Cat No: 6, 11
1926 Envelope sent registered from Tseterlig to Ulan Bator, bearing on reverse a strip of three Sceptre 50c with violet boxed handstamp in combination with 10c green revenue hand stamped “Postage” in violet, all tied by boxed Tseterlig date handstamp, alongside Ulan Bator arrival, very fine (Mi. 6, 11) (Image)
Opening EUR 500.00
Sold...EUR 1,100.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40613
Symbol: F
1928-30 Pair of covers sent registered to COSTA RICA, franked with six and seven stamps respectively, from Ulan Bator via Vladivostok and New York to San Jose, Costa Rica, fine pair of covers to an unusual destination, with New York transit and San Jose arrival cds. (Image)
Opening EUR 700.00
Sold...EUR 700.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40614
Symbol: F
1931 Single rate red band cover sent registered to China (opened for display) franked on reverse with Provisional Fiscal overprint ”Postag” 1c, pair of 2c and two 10c all cancelled by Ulan Bator cds, taxed on arrival at Kalgan with Chinese postage due blue 20c & 30c both tied by bilingual Kalgan cds, very fine and very attractive combination (Mi. 35, 36, 38). (Image)
Opening EUR 500.00
Sold...EUR 900.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40615
Symbol: CC,C
1932 definitive issue, State Printing work Moscow, complete set mint (mostly hinged) with values in different shades, mostly fine to very fine (Mi. 46-58) (29)
Opening EUR 50.00
Sold...EUR 55.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 55
North Korea
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40593
Symbol: F
1953 (17.12) Illustrated propaganda enveloppe from a member of the Czech. DKNS delegation franked scarce 1951 5w on 6w surcharge issue + 70w Partisan issue + 1952 peace propaganda issue 20w bearing Kesong pmk, rare (Image)
Opening EUR 150.00
Sold...EUR 150.00
Closed..Dec-14-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 21DE
Lot No: 40594
Symbol: F
1953 (15.12) Picture postcard (female horserace) via airmail to Praha franked scarce 1951 5w on 6w surcharge issue + 40w small format in hoizontal pair bearing Kesong pmk, rare, Mi nos. 46b + 49B (Image)
