1917 CANADA to USA & PHILIPPINES, Admiral #104(×3) pays the 2¢ US letter rate + 1¢ war tax on cover from NEW-WESTMINSTER-BC on FEB13'1917 and addressed to CHAPEL-HILL-NC, forwarded at no additional charge to the Philippines (a US Dependency) with MANILA receiver h/s on APR 3rd, then redirected to TACLOBAN + LAOANG + CAIYOG and finally located the addressee at BURAUEN on JUN 15th, a total of 15 different transit h/s plus many manuscript directives during the 120 days in transit, incredible diligence by the Philippine postal workers, a great redirected cover and F-VF ($200 US) (Image)

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6 FRANCE SOLDIERS LETTERS 1886–1906, all from Indo China and addressed to France, includes 3 stampless FREE franks 1886–1896, 3 stamped rates 1904–1906 noting a scarce 45c triple rate, lots of good military markings, retails over $600, mostly F-VF ($75 US) (Image)

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11 JAPAN SOLDIERS POSTCARDS 1942–1945, all are signed artist cards noting 8 used by Japanese occupation forces in China, 3 are docketed as found in a Japanese foxhole at KISKA ISLAND SEP'1943 after the Japanese abandoned their Aleutian Island campaign, scarce cards and F-VF ($150 US) (Image)

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1956 CHINESE SOLDIERS LETTER from NORTH-KOREA, FREE frank from FPO No.89333 on JUL28'1856 and addressed to HE-WAN province in China, scarce Korean Army blue “star” h/s, stains and edge wear, a rare Korean War item and fine ($75 US) (Image)

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4 JAPAN RPO CANCELS 1896–1945, all are clear cancels with routes translated, includes 1896 TOKYO-HACHIOJI (UP), 1907 TOKYO-NAGOYA (UP), 1917 TOKYO to KOBE (UP Train-3), 1945 HAKODATE-ASAHIKAWA (DOWN Train-2), F-VF ($35 US) (Image)

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25 JAPAN RPO CANCELS 1954–1966, all on postcards with train cachets and translated routes, 4 with 1953 cachets (scarce) and 21 with 1964–1966 cachets on good pre-1920 cards (worth the estimate alone), retail value over $300, VF ($50 US) (Image)

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29 JAPAN RPOs 1953–1955 (one later), on postal cards + covers + a few facing slips, all are VF clean cancels with all routes translated, the majority are addressed c/o the Purser on the “MV SWORD-KNOT”, retails over $350, VF ($50 US) (Image)

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118 USA SHIP COVERS 1940–1981, most with ship cancels and cachets, note two Victory in Japan day cachet covers on SEP2'1945, Operation High Jump cachets, ship commission date cachets, keel laying dates, launch dates, a few US sailors WWII letters ++, retails over $1000, mostly F-VF ($100 US) (Image)

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(#716-730) CHINA 4f-30f MOUNTAIN ISSUE (×15), used set missing the 50f high value, Scott cat $192, VF est ($50 US) (Image)

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(#1526–1531) CHINA (REPUBLIC) $1–$8 BIRD SET (6), MNH all with border selvage, Scott cat $45, VF est ($25 US) (Image)

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22 CHINA (PEOPLES REP) COVERS 1969–2004, includes 13 early 1969–1974 covers with good frankings noting #1002, 1004, 1009, 1045-1047, 1073-1074, 1106, 1154 ++, also 8 large 2004 airmail covers to CANADA (7 are registered) with good souvenir sheet frankings #2775, 2989, also many frankings of #2774c, lot includes 2 mint Christmas Aerogrammes, a few faults, scarce material retailing over $600 and F-VF ($150 US) (Image)

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(#217/3112) CHINA USED COLLECTION 1954–2001, 530 stamps on 17 stock sheets sorted by Scott, most in sets with some early partial sets, a few duplicate sets, includes better #684–693, souvenir sheets #2411 and 3051, a few high-value singles from souvenir sheets, some Republic of China, great topical value for birds, bees, sports, mountains, insects, fish, owls ++, Scott cat over $440, mostly VF est ($75 US)

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(#60/736) CHINA USED 1950–1963, 39 stamps in sets and part sets, mixed original and reprint issues, note better #60–64 ($62 reprint), 105–110 ($110 reprint), 645–646, 657–660 ++, Scott cat over $315, mostly VF est ($50 US) (Image)

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(#99/2992) CHINA MINT & USED 1898–1990s, 583 mostly different stamps in a small stockbook and 8 half stock sheets, some better PEOPLES REPUBLIC, unchecked NORTH-EAST CHINA, NORTH CHINA, NORTHWEST CHINA, EAST CHINA, CENTRAL CHINA, SOUTHWEST CHINA, also REPUBLIC OF CHINA plus a few INDO CHINA and HONG KONG, minimum Scott cat $350, F-VF est ($75 US) (Image)

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20 JAPAN COVERS 1891–1899, all are domestic rates with good town cancels translated with dates, includes KANAZANA 1893, MINAMI to TAISHA 1897, KYOTO to GOJYO 1898, OAME 1899, OGAKI 1894, OSAKA to KORAIBASHI 1895, FUCHI 1891, TOMIKURU 1896, retails over $250, F-VF ($50 US) (Image)

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10 JAPAN COVERS 1901–1941, includes 1918 Japan used in China and addressed to GIFU, YAMASHIRO to KYOTO 1901, YAN-TAI to DALIAN 1916, SOUTH-MANCHO to CHANGTU 1923, SOUTH-MANCHO to TIELING 1925, SOUTH-MANCHO to LILO-YANG 1928, SASAJIMA 1932, OMARI 1941, retails over $335, F-VF ($50 US) (Image)

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23 JAPAN COVERS 1904–1919, all are domestic rates with good town cancels translated with dates, includes VEDA 1917, JAKAENA 1906, KOMAGOME 1909, KUMAMOTO 1908, MARUNOCHI 1909, YOTSUYA 1908, KOISHKAWA 1918, OSAKA to MAIKATA 1919, TOYOHASHI 1904, NAGASAKI to HONHAKATA 1907 ++, retails over $200, F-VF ($50 US) (Image)

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22 JAPAN COVERS 1934–1943 (one later), all are domestic rates with good town cancels, all are translated with dates, includes KOMAGOME 1934, KISHAWADA 1940, ASAHIKAWA 1954, MATSUMOTO 1943, OKOFU 1939, YAMANASHI 1940, YOKOSUKA 1940, AICHI to NISHIO 1940, NAGOYA 1940, KISHIWADA 1941, SHIZUOKA to MIZUKUBO 1940, NIHONBASHI 1941, OSAKA to NAKA 1941, AICHI to NISHIO 1940 ++, retails over $150, F-VF ($35 US) (Image)

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31 JAPAN FIRST-DAY COVERS 1951–1961, all are cachet covers including scarce #C14, C15, C18 frankings on 3 covers (Sakura cat $145 each), also FDCs for #542–548, 552–553, 569–572, 581–582 (perf and imperf), 587–588, 590a, 603a, 615a, 672, 738 ++, cat over $1100, note 4 noncachet covers not counted, VF ($150 US) (Image)

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(#73/3296) JAPAN ACCUMULATION 1883–2010, 915 stamps on 12 stock sheets with up to 15 of each stamp, minimum Scott cat $300, F-VF est ($50 US)

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(#115.381) JAPAN USED COLLECTION 1913–1949, 88 stamps (a few mint) mtd in a good 1969 Minkus Specialized album, the majority of stamps are definitive issues plus a few foreign offices and Allied occupation stamps, priced for the album alone, F-VF est ($35 US)

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(#1466a/1924a) KOREA (NORTH DPR) MINT SHEETS 1976–1980, 34 MNH mini sheets and souvenir sheets, all different $5–$20 items with great topical value for Olympics, soccer, birds, trains, seashells, Zeppelins, bees ++, quite scarce with Scott cat over $300, VF est ($75 US) (Image)

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(#1467/2084a) KOREA (NORTH DPR) MINT SHEETS 1976–1981, 26 MNH mini sheets and souvenir sheets, all different $5–$20 items with great topical value for Olympics, soccer, stamp shows, animals, chess, stamps-on-stamps, birds ++, a companion to lot 2370 with different issues, quite scarce with Scott cat over $256, VF est ($50 US) (Image)

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1940 JAPAN “KARL LEWIS” FDC, beautiful handpainted cover with #300,302 franking commemorating the 2600th anniversary of Emperor Jin-Mu’s accession to the throne (legendary founding of Japan), one of the rare ones with cat over $500, VF ($250 US) (Image)

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1949 KOREA FDC #107, unaddressed cover with commemorative cancel dated SEP18'1949, rare with cat €250 ($389 CDN), one of the great railroad topicals and VF ($75 US) (Image)

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