Other countries continued... China PRC Cultural Revolution continued... Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 471 ** 1967-68: Poems of Mao Tse-tung, 4 f. to 10 f. set of fourteen, unmounted o.g., some with traces of black ink offsets on gum, fresh colours, a scarce set, very fine. Gi = £3'500 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 2372/2385] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 472 ** 1968 (July 20): Directives of Mao Tse-tung, unused horizontal strip of five from the lower right corner of sheet, fresh unmounted o.g., very fine and rare. Gi = £5'500 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 2397a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM China PRC N, J & T Series Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 473 ** 1979 (October 3): Science from Childhood, 2 y. miniature sheet, unmounted o.g., fresh colour, very fine. Gi = £1'200 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China MS2900] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 474 ** 1980: Year of the Monkey, 8 f., unmounted o.g., with slight black ink marks on gum as commonly found, else fresh and very fine. Gi = £1'500 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 2968] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM China PRC Northeast China Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 476 bof/(*) North East China, 1950/51: Gate of Heavenly Palace, group of 5 complete sheets, unused without gum as issued, including the scarce $ 5000 red-orange on unwatermarked paper (Mi.-Nr. 186), the other four sheets on watermarked paper. Overall in good condition (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (All Images) Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM China Province Kwangsi Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 454 (*) 1949: Kwangsi, Silver Yuan surcharges, 5c on $20,000 on 10c. green through 21 c. on $100,000 sage-green, the set of twelve of both overprint types, unused, without gum as issued, fresh colour, usual irregular perforations in places, fine. Gi = £625 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 1314/1325] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM China Province Sinkiang Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 464 o/pair/pencancel China Sinkiang (Second East Turkestan Republic) 1949: Group of ten revenue stamps including $5 carmine, $10 blue (two corner marginal copies), $20 red (2), $50 blue (1), $100 (1) and $1000 horizontal pair. Except $5 and $10, all with pen- or crayon stroke. A very scarce group. Ex John Newall (Image 1) Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM China Republic of China Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 453 cover 1939 (Jan): Airmail cover from the Honan mission in Yencheng / Yancheng in Henan province under Japanese occupation, directed to the Seventh-day Adventist missionary Theodore Wangerin in Seoul, Chozen, Korea under Japanese rule, bearing unoverprinted Sun Yat-sen 5 c. green in a block of three and Liao Chung-kai 30 c. brown violet in a vertical strip of three, tied by datestamp and later, presumably in Seoul with pen strokes, the addressee searched for, not found and the cover posted again in Seoul directed to Shanghai, franked with Japanese Showa adhesives 3 s. red pair and marginal 30 s. orange & green, tied by Showa "14 1 11" cds (equal to 14 Jan 1939), reverse with transit and arrival cds's of KUNMING (Mingo 12.1.28 = 12 Jan 1939) and SHANGHAI. Cover opened up for display, an interesting two-country franking (Image 1) Get Market Data for [China 398+413 + Japan 238+298] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 6220 cover Sven Hedin 1927: Hedin Scientific Expedition, three postcards all addressed to Fru Abalia Hummel in Stockholm, Sweden written from Mongolia and mailed in China from Manchouli, all three franked by Russian adhesives which have all been marked as unaccepted, all three cards bearing very large "T" marking (33 mm. in height) struck in black alongside "MANCHOULI" cds's in black. Sold together with a b&w postcard of Hedin, an unusual and scarce group (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 180.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 6221 cover Sven Hedin 1932 (June 3): North West Scientific Expedition set of four values complete in pairs, all used on 1933 registered cover from Sven Hedin in Peking to Sweden tied by PEIPING cds's in black, with reverse (signed by Sven Hedin) showing Martyrs issue 10 c. purple and 15 c. deep blue-green similarly tied. Shanghai transit cds (Feb 14) and Stockholm arrival cds (March 23). Slight staining from the glue used for the registration label but multiples of this issue on letter are rare (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 406/409] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 6222 **/*/bof Sven Hedin 1932 (June 3): North West Scientific Expedition set of four values complete, all in unused blocks of four, fresh and very fine but slightly weak folds across central perfs., superb og. with lower pairs unmounted og. Scarce - these were initially sold in single sets only Scott 307/310 = $ 720+ / Gi = £ 1'400 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 406/409] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 6223 **/bof Sven Hedin 1932 (June 3): North West Scientific Expedition set of four values complete, all in unused sheet marginal imprint blocks of six from top of sheet, fresh and very fine but slight gum wrinkle on 4 c. multiple, superb unmounted og. Scarce - these were initially sold in single sets only Scott 307/310 = $ 1'080+ / Gi = £ 2'100. Note: Just 25'000 sets were printed and 20'500 were for sale at $5 to fund the Expedition (although many were eventually sold in bulk to the collector and friend of Hedin, Karl Lagerloef). Originally these sets were to be sold in single sets only, multiples are relatively scarce (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 406/409] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 6224 **/cover Sven Hedin 1932 (June 3): North West Scientific Expedition, the set of four values complete with unused and used sets, the unused set with full unmounted og., together with a registered 1933 cover from Peking, signed on reverse by Sven Hedin alongside Martyr issue 30 c. purple, and addressed to his daughter Alma Hedin in Sweden - this last with some aging around the adhesives. A scarce group Scott 307/310 = $ 900+ / Gi = £ 1'000+ (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China 406/409] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 350.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM China Shanghai Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 445 * Shanghai Local Post 1865 (Dec): Two fine unused values, incl. 1 ca. dull blue imperforate on wove paper, part of the imprint missing, with good margins and of fine colour. Also 12 ca. red-brown imperforate on wove paper with large margins all round and of fresh colour Gi = £ 850 / Scott 11,24 = $ 825 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [China (Locals) 11,21] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM Colombia Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 378 cover Airmail 1919: 2c carmine rose, overprinted "1er Servicio Postal Aereo 6-18-19", sound well centered single without the usual toning often associated with this issue, on flown cover from Barranquilla to Puerto Colombia, the adhesive tied by three strikes of despatch and arrival cds's, all dated "18 JUN 1919". One of the finer on cover examples, very rare with only 160 covers flown Scott = $ 1'500 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Colombia C1] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 380 cover 1895/1905: Interesting group six covers and three stationery postal cards; the 1903/05 covers sent registered from Baranquilla, Cartagena, and Bogota, directed to Budapest, Smyrna and Beyrouth in the Ottoman Empire, the Smyrna cover returned, to Baroda in British India and retour, to Porto in Portugal, re-directed to Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Mexico City, different frankings incl. an uprated stationery envelope and bisected frankings included, different registration labels, a large variety of frankings in general and the plethora of transit and arrival datestamps resulting from this complex routing; also three international 2 centavos postcards sent in 1895 to Ceylon and Mauritius, the third one, although not taxed was was sent in 1900 to Rostock, Germany, and on its way uprated in Hamburg with an additional Germania 5 pf. stamp and cancelled there (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Colombia Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 381 **/* 1917/26: Lot hundreds of definitive stamps unused, incl. imperforated Proofs with a part sheet of 20 examples showing the violet handstamp of the Colombian consulate in London (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) (All Images) Currently...CHF 100.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM Colombia Departamentos Tolima Letter of insurance Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 379 * Tolima, Insured Letter Stamps, 1883/96: Specialised Collection of unused stamps incl. the 1883 redrawn type , dated '188.' , 18 examples from 5 c. to 50 c., collected for varieties in shades, positional varieties with 10 c. vertical strip of three with all three varieties; 1888 issue, all three denominations (8); 1888 issue (4), 1890 issue (5); and 1896 issue from 30 c. green to 1 p. black (7). In total 42 examples (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 [Colombia Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM Confederate States Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 63 cover Cunard Contract Mail, US-UK Postal Treaty 1849-1867; American Civil War, Outgoing Blockade Runner 1864 (docketed Feb 5): Folded cover from Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate States to London, carried from Wilmington, North Carolina 1 April with the blockade-runner "Coquett" to Nassau, Bahamas 5 April, further with Cunard's "Corsica" from Nassau 11 April to New York 15 April, and finally with Cunard's "Persia" from New York 20 April to Queenstown 30 April. "NASSAU - NEW PROVIDENCE" transit (April 8) and LONDON arrival (May 2) backstamps. Handstruck '2/-' shilling due, including 1/- packet plus 1/- penalty fee, blue crayon '1/5 + 7 = 2s.' accounting with 1 d. plus half of penalty retained by Bahamas post office. Filing fold with some spots, nevertheless a most interesting unpaid cover from the Chieves & Osborne company in Petersburg to the Rothschild Brothers in London, making its journey via Wilmington and with a blockade-runner to Nassau where taken by the Cunard Line. Provenance: Collection Ludington, written up in London Philatelist, Mar.-Apr. 1963; Robert Siegel sale 692 (April 1988), lot 504; Collection Stephen C. Walske - 'Civil War Special Routes' sale, Robert Siegel sale 988 (May 2010), lot 352 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Currently...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 233 cover The American Civil War & Blockade Runners; 1863 (May 2/12): Small cover from the Burckmyer correspondence to Paris, enclosure datelined at Charleston S.C., carried by 'Britannia' from Charleston via Nassau in a closed bag, at London a 1 d red was affixed (stamp replaced) and tied by ´LONDON JY 10 63´ duplex, two-line ´INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID´ handstamp, Calais (July 11) entry cds and two manuscript due ratings; Tiny edge tear, nevertheless a scarce outbound blockade cover. Provenance: Collection Robert J. Karrer, Schuyler Rumsey sale 59 (December 2014), lot 4368 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 1,200.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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