Other countries continued... China Post in Tibet continued... Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 6116 cover Chinese Post Offices 1911 (March): 2 a. on 7 c. crimson-lake, a single example, used on obverse of slightly soiled 1911 cover adddressed to Gyantse, tied by circular "SHIGATSE - TIBET" datestamp in black (Hellrigl C14) with further information strike alongside, with partial arrival on reverse. A very rare stamp on cover. Provenance: Collection Tony & Pat Wheeler, Robson Lowe, Basel, 23 March 1979, lot 2253 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China C4] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 750.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 6117 cover Chinese Post Offices 1911: 2½ a. on 10 c. dull blue and 3 a. on 16 c, olive-green, used on reverse of 1911 cover to Gyantse, tied by circular "LHASA TIBET" datestamp in black (Hellrigl C16) with information strike superbly struck at left, alongside framed LHASA registration handastamp and circular "AR" markings in black (Hellrigl C21+C33) and "GYANTSE - TIBET" arrival cds. An extremely rare cover. Signed Hellrigl, Dr. Orth. Provenance: Collection "Everest", Harmers, London, 20 Dec lot 199 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China C5+C6] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 6118 cover Chinese Post Offices 1911: 6 a. on 30 c. vermilion and 12 a. on 50 c. green used on 1911 registered Wilson cover to Birmingham tied by "YATUNG - TIBET" datestamps in black with framed "R / YATUNG" registration cachet and India 1902/11 2 a. mauve and 1906 1 a. carmine (Gi 125 + 150) tied by "YATUNG - TIBET / VIA SILIGURI" cds's (Oct 27) with handstamped registration label of same on reverse. London registered datestamp (Dec 15) in black. A fine and very scarce cover, sensibly opened for display (Image 1) Get Market Data for [China C8+C9] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 6243 cover Chinese Post Offices; 1910/11: Group five covers incl. two covers from Gyantse and Shigatse to Lhasa bearing unoverprinted Chinese adhesives paying the 3 c. local rate; oversized cover from Lhasa with surcharged 2½ a. on 10 c. and ½ a. on 2 c.; registered red band cover from LHASA to the British P.O. in SHANGHAI, bearing a four colour franking of the surcharged stamps, clear cancellations, but one stamp torn away; Cover from the Nepalese consul in LHASA via the British P.O. in YATUNG, directed to Nepal, stamps partially torn away; ingoing 1917 AR cover from Siningfu / Xining in Qinghai province; bearing Junk franking; in addition a group of forgeries marked as such (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (All Images) Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM China PRC Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 475 **/*/o Lots & Collections 1949/1999: Good collection mounted on blank pages, used and unused, with many better issues. Very advanced, including virtually all early first printings, mostly used. Souvenir sheets are often used. The collection includes the Mei Lan Fang set unused, the Chrysanthemums set unused, the Ping-Pong souvenir sheet unused, and many desirable Cultural Revolution issues, mostly used, including the unfolded strip. Also included is the Golden Monkey stamp used, together with numerous modern souvenir sheets, predominantly unmounted never hinged. The catalogue value is approximately Mi €36'500 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40) (Image 41) (Image 42) (Image 43) (Image 44) (Image 45) (Image 46) (Image 47) (Image 48) (Image 49) (Image 50) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 4,000.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 477 **/(*) 1950/2000s: An exceptionally comprehensive collection in four volumes, the principal 1950/1985 run neatly mounted on typed quadrille pages in two Lighthouse volumes, with few spaces unfilled; almost entirely mint, unused without gum where issued as such, while spot checks of gummed issues yielded only unmounted examples; replete with desirable sets and singles, a small selection of highlights include 1950 Foundation of the People’s Republic set of four, First Anniversary set of five and Gates of Heavenly Peace definitive set of seven; 1956 Scientists of Ancient China imperforate miniature sheet of four; 1958 Kuan Han-ching imperforate miniature sheet on white paper; 1960 Chrysanthemums set; 1961 40th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party and Pottery of the Tang Dynasty; 1963 Children’s Day, Giant Pandas and Golden-Haired Monkeys imperforate issues; 1964 Petroleum Industry and 15th Anniversary of the People’s Republic, the latter in a strip of three; 1965 Tsunyi Conference, Qingang Mountains, People’s Liberation Army, National Games and 20th Anniversary of Victory over Japan; 1966 Lu Hsun and Cultural Revolution Games; 1967 Heroic Oil-Well Firefighters, Third Five-Year Plan, Liu Ying-chen, Labour Day, 18th Anniversary of the People’s Republic and Thoughts of Chairman Mao strip of five, the gold stained on three stamps; and 1968 Revolutionary Literature and Art from People’s Operas, first and second issues, Thoughts of Mao Zedong second issue and Painting of Mao Zedong’s Youth, among many others, the second volume notably incuding the 1971 Centenary of the Paris Commune; 1978 National Science Conference, Galloping Horses, Arts and Crafts, Highway Arch Bridges and Great Wall miniature sheets, including the latter overprinted in gold for the 31st International Stamp Fair; 1979 Camellias miniature sheet and the example overprinted in gold for the People’s Republic stamp exhibition in Hong Kong; and the 1980s Selected Paintings of Qi Baishi miniature sheet; only a small number of items are absent for completion of the pages; an accompanying stockbook is replete with mint new issues from the 1970s into the 2000s, awaiting further organisation; exceptionally fresh and bright throughout, a collection of considerable scope and quality (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 3,500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 478 cover/bof 1959/69: Lot with 1969 (1. Oct.) Cultural revolution 10 Fen deep bronze green and red-orange in an unused mint block of four showing miss-print variety of left hand vert. pair in light green instead of bronze green (Gi. 2430var.), further four FDC's as 1959 (25. July) FDC 'Tenth Anniversary of World Peace Councel', 1960 (22. Apr.) Lenin's 90th Birthday, 1961 (20. June) Chan Tien-you Birth Centenary as well as 1961 'Rebirth of Tibetan People' (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 479 ** 1978/2010: Group of 19 booklets, including 1981 Gu Dong Fairy Tale (Scott-Nr. 1664a); 1983 Year of th Pig (Scott-Nr. 1832a); 1984 Year of the Rat (Scott-Nr. 1900a), and more (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images) Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 480 cover 1985/2003ca.: Holding of covers with colourful multiple and mixed frankings, mostly addressed to Switzerland; stamps of the years 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2010 housed in illustrated albums, together with several special albums devoted to particular themes and further folders, two of them without stamps but with stamp illustrations only. Also included are a few covers from Myanmar, some stamps from Vietnam and other miscellaneous material Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 481 cover 1949/2010ca.: Collection of covers from the People's Republic, beginning with a beautiful illustrated airmail envelope sent to Germany in 1957, followed by three illustrated and circulated envelopes (inland use) with various printed designs, including Mao portrait and other propaganda motifs. Also included are five unused Cultural Revolution propaganda envelopes depicting scenes from the revolutionary opera 'Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy'. The collection continues with philatelic mail mostly sent to Austria, featuring excellent frankings with complete sets and souvenir sheets, as well as an unused postal stationery envelope from North Korea and a small group of stamps from China or related areas (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 6231 cover China & Tibet Combination Cover 1954: PRC illustrated envelope bilingually addressed from Peking to Shigatse, Tibet franked by Heavenly Gate 1954 800 f. orange (Gi 1622) tied by Peking cds in black. The adhesive further overstruck by LHASA arrival cds (an eight day journey suggests this cover was an airmail cover - the Lhasa airport had been built by China and opened in 1954). Reverse with Tibet 1933/59 1 tr. scarlet-red and 2 tr. dull yellow-orange tied by circular bilngual SHIGATSE arrival in black. An extraordinary combination usage. Cert. Olsson (2016). Provenancce: Collection Olsson & Larsson, DF, Geneva, 5 Dec 2017, lot 20425 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 11B+12B] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 6259 cover Chinese reoccupation of Tibet 1950/1955c.: The splendid collection, well written up on leaves and loose (128 covers), with PRC issues used in Tibet with some useful stamps on letter incl. 1952 Liberation of Tibet set of four on cover ex Yatung and other covers with scarcer PRC issues, cancellations include Tibetan language usage from Pelti, bilingual datestamps (Chinese / Tibetan) either with dotted or solid circular datestamps of Gangtok, Gontok, Lhasa, Pharijong, Shigatse, Yatung etc. unusual routings including 1955 covers (2) from Lhasa to Kathmandu via Canton, 1955 cover with "Officially Resealed" labels applied at Yatung, covers with framed Chinese directional markings in red, destinations incl. Germany, incoming Mail from India, Iraq, Nepal with many of the covers ex the Waterfall and Wheeler collections (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40) (Image 41) (Image 42) (Image 43) (Image 44) (Image 45) (Image 46) (Image 47) (Image 48) (Image 49) (Image 50) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 2,000.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 6260 cover Chinese Post Offices in Tibet; 1954/84c: Lot 14 covers from the first years up to 1957; incl. among others 1954 stampless cover from Sinning to Zhushan, 1955 combination cover Tibet - PRC sent within Lhasa, 1955 cover from Phari to Kalimpong, bearing early 1952 Liberation issue $800 single, a rare usage in Tibet, another 1956 cover with 'Opening of the China - Tibet road' franking, 1955 registration receipt from Niemalu to the Royal Secretary in Kathmandu, 1957 cover bearing 'Views of Peking' set from Lhasa to Hongkong, in addition a group of 30 later PRC usages in Tibet or ingoing to Tibet (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (All Images) Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM China PRC C & S Series Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 463 (*) 1952: Gynmnastics by Radio, set of ten se-tenant blocks of four on thin paper, without gum as issued, the upper right stamp of the $400 pale blue block with small spot, else fresh and very fine. Gi = £1'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 1543/1552] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 465 ** 1960: Chinese Goldfish, 4f. to 8f. fresh set of twelve, unmounted o.g., bright colours, very fine. Gi = £500 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 1911/1922] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 466 ** 1962: Stage Art of Mei Lan-fang, set of eight, unmounted o.g., some values with typical light gum bends, else fresh and fine. Gi = £1'100 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 2037/2044] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 467 ** 1963 (October): Hwangshan Landscapes, unmounted mint set of sixteen, well-centred and of fresh colour, some with blank ink offsets on reverse as often found, the 8 f. Mount of Scissors with diagonal crease, else very fine. Gi = £700 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 2124/2139] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM China PRC Cultural Revolution Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 468 ** 1967: Thoughts of Mao Tse-tung, unfolded horizontal strip of five with red outer frames, fresh unmounted mint, free of the commonly-found surface abraisions, very fine. Gi = £1'500 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 2344a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 469 ** 1967 (May): Mao Tse-tung's "Talks on Literature and Art," unmounted mint set of three 8 f. values, fresh and very fine. Gi = £900 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 2359/2361] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 470 ** 1967 (September 20): "Our Great Teacher," set of three 8 f. to 10 f. values, unmounted o.g., fresh and very fine. Scarce. Gi = £650 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 2367/2369] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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