1932-33 Airmail 15c deep blue, vert pair tied to piece by Tihwa (Urumtsi) cds for 28.11.32, also by Tientsin arrival cancel for 3.12.21 (1932), piece also bears 3c blue-green (1st Peking ptg) tied by differing Tihwa cds for same day and transit cds (Hopei province) for 3.12.21, some creasing but good commercial usage of this rare stamp. SG 85 (Image)
Opening GBP 190.00
Sold...GBP 210.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 262
Symbol:
BOXER REBELLION: 1901 German Hospital Ship, SMS Wittkind en route to China, Singapore card franked with Ceylon stamp cancelled with green handstamp reading "OSTAS. BESATZUNGS-BRIGADE ABLÖS.KMDO. 2. TRANSP. BATL", addressed to Germany, scarce usage (Image)
Opening GBP 80.00
Sold...GBP 100.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 263
Symbol:
Cat No: 1b/3a
1878 1ca deep green, 3ca vermilion and 5ca yellow, 2½mm spacing on thin paper, odd shortish or lightly toned perf, first two used by light seal cancels, 5ca by part Customs cds. (Image)
Opening GBP 420.00
Sold...GBP 420.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 266
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Cat No: 16/24
1894 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress (1st printing), set of 9 to 24ca rose-carmine, 9ca a few tones, part to large part o.g. (cat £2250) (Image)
Opening GBP 560.00
Sold...GBP 850.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 267
Symbol:
Cat No: 35, 34
1897 New Currency Surcharges, Small figures 2c on 3ca mauve, horizontal pair, fresh large part og. Also 1c on 1ca dull green neatly cancelled with part 'Customs/Shanghae/FEB 19/1897' double-ring ds. Fine. SG 35, 34 (Image)
Opening GBP 250.00
Sold...GBP 260.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 268
Symbol:
Cat No: 37/46
1897 (Jan) Small figure surch on Dowager Empress, set of 10 to 30c on 24ca rose-carmine, most a little toned, 30c on 24ca small corner bend, large part o.g. (cat £4500) (Image)
Opening GBP 500.00
Sold...GBP 800.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 269
Symbol:
Cat No: 37/42, 46, 59, 63a
1897 New Currency Surcharges, Small figures (T13) all in vertical used pairs comprising ½c on 3ca, 1c on 1ca vermilion, 2c on 2ca green, 4c on ca, 5c on 5ca, 8c on 6ca, 30c on 24c, mostly good to fine with fresh appearance; also Large Surcharges (T14) 2c on 2ca dull yellow-green, 10c on 9ca emerald (thinned), good. SG 37/42, 46, 59, 63a (16) (Image)
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 700.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 270
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Cat No: 56
1897 (Mar) Large figure surcharge, spaced 2½mm, on Dowager Empress first printing, 30c on 24ca rose-carmine, fine o.g., very scarce (Image)
Opening GBP 550.00
Sold...GBP 850.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 271
Symbol:
Cat No: 57/65
1897 (Mar) large figure surcharge, spaced 2½mm on Dowager Empress (2nd printing) set of 9 to 30c on 24ca deep rose-red, fresh part to large part o.g. (Image)
Opening GBP 550.00
Sold...GBP 1,100.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 272
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Cat No: 66/8
1897 (May) large figure surcharge, spaced 1½mm on "Small Dragons", set of 3 to 5c on 5ca olive-yellow, 1c on 1ca rather heavily hinged, others a little toned, part to large part o.g. (cat £5100) (Image)
Opening GBP 350.00
Sold...GBP 800.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 273
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Cat No: 71
1897 (May) large figure surcharge, spaced 1½mm on Dowager original printing, 2c on 2ca green 'Emerald Lady', good used by part Shanghai dollar chop in brown, rare even in used condition, with 2009 CSS cert (Image)
Opening GBP 1,600.00
Sold...GBP 1,900.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 274
Symbol:
Cat No: 88
1897 Revenue Surcharge, Large Figures, 1c on 3c, fresh large part og (hinge remainder). Fine. SG 88 (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 180.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 275
Symbol:
Cat No: 89
1897 (Jan) 2c on 3c deep red, large surcharge type 19, large part o.g. (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 276
Symbol:
Cat No: 89, 90, 93
1897 Revenue Surcharge, Large Figures, 2c on 3c, 4c on 3c and Small Figures 2c on 3c (centred to foot); all cancelled with 'Customs/Shanghae' double-ring ds. Generally fine. (3). SG 89, 90, 93 (Image)
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 350.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 350
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 277
Symbol:
Cat No: 91
1897 Revenue Surcharge, Large Figures, $1 on 3c, vertical pair, lightly cancelled with 'Customs/Ningpo' double-ring ds. Fine. SG 91 (Image)
Opening GBP 2,100.00
Sold...GBP 2,900.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 2900
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 278
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Cat No: 133
1900-06 'Chinese Imperial Post', no wmk $5 myrtle and salmon, a couple of shortish perfs at upper left, used by neat part Chungking bilingual cds (cat £500) (Image)
Opening GBP 80.00
Sold...GBP 160.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 279
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Cat No: 187
1912 (Mar) 'Provisional Neutrality/Republic of China' 16c olive-green, fresh part o.g., rare as only 200 were issued (cat £4500) (Image)
Opening GBP 1,000.00
Sold...GBP 1,100.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 280
Symbol:
Cat No: 254/65
1912 Commemorating the Republic (Yuan Shih-kai) set of 12 to $5 slate, large part o.g. (Image)
Opening GBP 400.00
Sold...GBP 750.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 283
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
1890-1950 mixed lot of album pages, includes presentation booklet with the 1936 40th Anniversary of Chinese Postal Service, study of the 1938-41 issues, many pages with regional overprints etc., a good hunting ground for varieties (Image)
Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 450.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 450
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 284
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
1886-1913 mixed mint and used selection arranged on old printed album leaves including 1885-88 Small Dragon 1ca, 3ca, 5ca used, 1904 Postage Due overprints set to 10c in horizontal pairs used, and mainly mint local issues with Chefoo, Chungking, Foochow used, Hankow with used, Kewkiang with postage dues and Wuhu. Generally good to fine with many having very fresh appearance. (hundreds) (Image)
Opening GBP 2,800.00
Sold...GBP 700.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 285
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
1928-1936 Mint commemorative issues hinged on album pages, many sets in blocks of 4, 1928 Assumption of Title set in imprint marginal blocks of four (1c with perf separation), 1929 Unification set to $1 with imprint blocks of the 1c (10) and 4c (4), 1932 Scientific Expedition set in blocks of four, 1933 Tan Yen-Kai set in blocks of four, 1936 New Life Movement set in blocks of 4, hinged on album pages, condition generally fine, inspection recommended (Image)
Opening GBP 700.00
Sold...GBP 1,200.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 286
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Cat No: EC69/71
East China; Shandong 1946 (Nov) Mao Tse-tung set of 3 to $2 blue, inscribed "Shandong Postal Service", fine unused as issued (Image)
Opening GBP 80.00
Sold...GBP 150.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 287
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Cat No: NCP373/76
North China: 1949 (4 April) Parcel Post, Tianjin surch set of 4 to $5000 on $10,000,000 sage-green, fine used, one of the scarcest of the PRC regional parcel post issues (Image)
Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 600.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 288
Symbol:
Cat No: P84
1948 (Oct) Parcels Post $500,000 on $5,000,000 grey-lilac, fine unused (Image)
Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 380.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 289
Symbol:
Cat No: NW97a
North West China: 1949 (Oct) Mao $200 rose-carmine error of colour, in a block of 4 se-tenant with three $50 rose-carmine, fine unused as issued (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 200.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 290
Symbol:
Cat No: (1597/1600
1953 (Feb) 35th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, set of 4 bearing the erroneous inscription 'Soviet Union', these were ordered to be withdrawn when the error was noticed, however they were sold at a few remote post offices in western Hunan province for about a month, similar stamps without this inscription and in changed colours were issued in October 1953, $800 blue with a tiny natural inclusion which is mentioned for accuracy, fine unused and very rare thus as most were commercially used (Image)
Opening GBP 18,000.00
Sold...GBP 18,000.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 18000
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 291
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
1941 collection of fourteen unused picture postcards 2f green domestic rate (10) and 10f red foreign mail rate (4), various scenes depicted from architecture, people and agriculture, lot also includes a letter in French from Director General of Posts of Minister of Communications Manchukuo, fine a scarce group. (14) (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 110
CHINA - TAIWAN
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 292
Symbol:
Cat No: .
1888 5ca olive-yellow 'Small Dragon', unwatermarked perf 11½-12 essay, upper marginal interpanneau horizontal pair, left stamp opt FORMOSA, right stamp opt 'TAIWAN POSTAGE STAMP' in Chinese (Chan F14a), light even gum toning as usual, large part o.g., very rare (Image)
Opening GBP 1,400.00
Sold...GBP 2,300.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 2300
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 293
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Cat No: 100/04
1950 (1 Jan) Whistling Swans (Flying Geese) set of 5 to $20 on (-) blue green, unused as issued, a scarce and popular set (Image)
Opening GBP 1,800.00
Sold...GBP 2,800.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 2800
I.F.S. COCHIN
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 565
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Cat No: 73b
1939 ANCHAL (large overprint) on 1a brown-orange, perf 13 x 13½, fine used, not cleaned. A couple of slightly short perfs. SG 73b, £500 (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 350.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 350
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 566
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Cat No: 82
1942-4 ANCHAL NINE PIES (Type 22) surcharge on 1a perf 11, o.g. with hinge remainder. SG 82, £300 (Image)
Opening GBP 80.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 567
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Cat No: 85b
1943 4a green with watermark Umbrella, CDS-used, fine save for rounded lower left corner; very scarce. SG 85b, £900 (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 130.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 570
Symbol:
Cat No: 127-8
1949 6p on 1a and 9p on 1a, fine unused without gum, as issued. The 9p fills a difficult space in the KG VI printed album (the 6p is unrepresented). SG 127-8, £400 (Image)
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 210.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 571
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
1892-1948 collection on leaves (291 stamps) with a good run-through, mixed mint and used with some better items (a few removed for separate offering). Includes SG 33 mint, 75 used (rounded corner), 81a used, 83 used, 90 used (cleaned fiscal), 101d used (toned, as usual), and a solid range of Officials with O65 used (missing perf), 66 used (ink mark at base), 67 mint, 99 unused (Image)
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 220.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 220
JAPAN
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 623
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
FORGERIES: An impressive specialised collection of forged stamps, postmarks and overprints neatly annotated on exhibition pages for display. The largest section being a study of Wada forgeries (150+ sheets), but also with substantial showings from Spiro Brothers (with full sheets), Hirose, "Showa", "Mihon", Ramsden, offered with associated reference books and spares in stockbooks, a rare opportunity to benefit from the tireless work of a dedicated collector
Opening GBP 650.00
Sold...GBP 2,900.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 2900
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 624
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
REVENUES: an interesting collection housed in ½ carton, with album containing written up pages featuring revenues related to Silk Egg Exports, Silk Fabric , Documentary, Tobacco, Earthquake Provisionals etc. A large stack of loose written up pages with a diverse selection: Plywood, Postal Savings Account, Seals (Boy Scouts, National Conservation, etc.) Also a stock with duplicates and blocks and sheets of TB seals. Good lot for the specialist (Image)
Opening GBP 280.00
Sold...GBP 700.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 700
SINGAPORE
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 726
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POSTAL HISTORY: CRASH MAIL: 1953 B.O.A.C. Comet plane crash envelope (280x187), registered, to England franked with Singapore 1948-52, perf 17½x18, 20c (3), 50c (4), $1 (4), $2 (5), cancelled by Singapore double-ring registered ds for '1 MAY 53', the front with unboxed 'SALVAGED MAIL./"Comet" Crash, Near Galcutta/ 2nd MAY 1953' cachet in violet showing spelling error in Calcutta 'G' for 'C' (Nierinck 530502b); 1954 B.O.A.C. Comet plane crash envelope, registered, most stamps washed off with one remaining 1948-52, perf 17½x18, $1, indistinct postmark due to the immersion in water, the front bearing double-lined 'DAMAGED 1N COMET/AIRCRAFT CRASH' cachet in purple (Nierinck540110c). A most interesting pair. (2) (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 1,100.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 727
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Cat No: 37/1979
1953-2009 comprehensive mint collection, neatly presented in three red hingeless Lighthouse albums, including 1955, 1962 to $5 and 30c yellow (flowers) omitted, 1968 to $10, 1969 Founding set and miniature sheet (crease in top margin), 1985-89 to $5, 1994 Reef Life to $10 (both), commemoratives, miniature sheets, definitives, booklets etc. Lovely fresh lot, condition fine unmounted o.g. (hundreds) SG 37/1979 STC £3,700 (Image)
Opening GBP 520.00
Sold...GBP 950.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 950
TAIWAN
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 294
Symbol:
Cat No: 125B/28B
1951 (20 Mar) Division of Country into Self-governing Districts 40c to $2, set of four in imperforate blocks of four, unused without gum as issued. Fine. SG 125B/8B, £1,500 (Image)
Opening GBP 480.00
Sold...GBP 580.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 580
THAILAND
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 816
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
1883-1939 Collection in Imperial Album with some better, 1883 1 Salong in both shades (part og toned), 1899 (Sept) values to 64a (both mint and used, mixed condition), 1912 set with values to 20b (20b o.g.), 1925 Air set with both perf types used etc, a useful collection, mixed condition, viewing recommended (Image)
Opening GBP 400.00
Sold...GBP 450.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 450
TIBET
Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 817
Symbol:
India used in Tibet; KE VII 2r carmine and yellow-brown, with neat telegraphic CHUMBI G.T.O. cancel of 26 AP 08. The sole recorded of ANY Indian Telegraph issue in Tibet. (Image)
