Local Posts, Diverse selection of ten covers, lovely and clean, comprising two nice Chungking red band Postage Due-franked covers, a nice Ichang wrapper usage, a neat Foochow red band cover, two lovely Nanking red band covers to Shanghai with oval Nanking violet datestamps and red Shanghai Local Post receivers, three nice Amoy items (including a 20cash Shanghai postal card used at Amoy to Diercking), a Chefoo red band cover, etc., generally Very Fine, a clean group; examine.
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000. Est. HK$3,000-4,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$3,000-4,000

Shanghai, Premium-quality Large Dragon selection, 1865-66, six items, all lovely and clean, comprising Scott #21 (Chan printing 58), 24 (2, printing 60), 25 (2, printing 62) and 38a (printing 74); all fresh and sound with good margins, Very Fine, a pretty group, four with 1959 RPSL photo certificates accompanying.
Estimate HK$ 5,000 - 6,000. Est. HK$5,000-6,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$5,000-6,000

Shanghai, Specialized Shield with Dragons definitive issues collection, 1890-92 (Scott 129-131, 132-134, 135-136, 137-141), lovely, keenly assembled, nearly all mint collection on old-time pages; includes Scott #129-134 with multiple sets plus blocks, an excellent showing of transfer types; Scott #137-141 including pane of 2c green plus varieties and multiples, a set of blocks of 4, etc.; we also note 2c brown (Scott #135) three panes of 50 (one on buff paper) and more. Fresh, mostly Very Fine, a lovely study well worth inspection.
Estimate HK$ 4,000 - 6,000. Est. HK$4,000-6,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$4,000-6,000

Shanghai, Postal Stationery, substantial old-time selection, useful group of approximately 45 items, all used or CTO, including three nice wrapper usages, about ten embossed postage-paid 1-cent envelopes, four used 1-cent brown Barkley & Fry envelopes, about ten CTO lettercards with 2-cent Mercury stamps affixed, etc., mostly Very Fine, sizable, vintage-era horde; examine.
Estimate HK$ 4,000 - 6,000. Est. HK$4,000-6,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$4,000-6,000

Shanghai, Lovely old-time postal history selection, nice assembly of approximately 26 items, including five locally used postal cards with Local Post cancels, nine nice covers plus one wrapper franked with the 1893 Coat-of-Arms series issue, one item being a front, including examples addressed to Fletcher and Diercking, with Local Post or dumb cancels; a Jubilee issue cover; two Postage Due-franked covers, six CTO covers or wrappers, a 6c Provisional cover, etc., bulk Very Fine, useful mix; examine.
Estimate HK$ 6,000 - 8,000. Est. HK$6,000-8,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$6,000-8,000

Shanghai, Old-time postal history mix, useful group of nearly 40 items, including approximately 30 franked with 2-cent Mercury issues, most to Gunzburg, with Local Post c.d.s.'s; we also note three nice Postage Due covers, two 1922 "Local Postage Paid" covers, etc., mostly Very Fine, examine.
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000. Est. HK$3,000-4,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$3,000-4,000