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Dowagers continued...

First Printing

Issued Stamps
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description
3008 og/ng image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca to 24ca (Chan 22-30, vars. Scott 16-24, vars.), complete set of nine without watermark, the 9ca is marginal, good colors, well centered, fresh, unused with large part original gum, the 2ca without gum, the 1ca and 12ca have uniform toning, and the 6ca has age spot on gum, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, and a rare assembly of which only a few sets are known. Chan 22e, 23 var., 24h, 25 var., 26 var., 27e, 28q, 29 var., 30 var. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

image image

Est. HK$22,000-28,000
Selling for...HK$11,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3009 O/cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca to 24ca complete, First Day-canceled (Chan 22-30. Scott 16-24), cancelled by "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamps of "Nov 19 1894" in blue, the day of issue, large part to complete strikes, a few tones on reverse, the 6ca has trimmed perforations at foot, Fine to Very Fine set of first day cancellations. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

image image

Est. HK$10,000-12,000
Selling for...HK$5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3010 ogbl image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca reddish orange (Chan 22. Scott 16), complete sheet of forty, Panes 3 and 4, with sheet margins at top and right, and interpane margin at left, Pane 3, position 17 has broken "H" in "China", bright color, unused with large part original gum, usual brownish gum build up at lower left, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$12,000-16,000
Selling for...HK$6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3011 ogbl image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca reddish orange (Chan 22. Scott 16), complete sheet of forty, Panes 5 and 6, with sheet margin at left and interpane margins at right and foot, showing central guide line cross in sheet margin, deep bright color, fresh, unused with much original gum, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$12,000-16,000
Selling for...HK$6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3012 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca reddish orange, imperforate interpane margin at foot (Chan 22d. Scott 16 var.), bright color, fresh, unused without gum, short perforation at right, otherwise Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$1,000-1,200
Selling for...HK$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
3013 O image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca reddish orange, vertical imperforate between pair (Chan 22a. Scott 16a), vertical pair, deep color, canceled by Shanghai seal in blue, top stamp has faint short horizontal crease, nevertheless Very Fine.

Provenance
Brum Pederson, Stanley Gibbons (London), 15.2.1980, lot 1159. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$16,000-20,000
Selling for...HK$8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3014 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca reddish orange, horizontal imperforate between pair (Chan 22c. Scott 16b), horizontal pair, deep rich color, usual centering to top, unused with large part original gum, Fine to Very Fine.

A rare variety, of which we record eleven pairs, all unused. See Kelleher & Rogers, Sale 40, for the complete listing.

Provenance
Godfrey Mellor, Robson Lowe (London), 15.5.1969, lot 2204.
Marcello Mochi, Christie's Swire (London), 26.10.1993, lot 1932.
Huang Ming-Fuang, Zurich Asia (Hong Kong), 21.6.2003, lot 89. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$40,000-50,000
Selling for...HK$20,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3015 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca reddish orange and 6ca brown (Chan 22, 27. Scott 16, 21), 1ca vertical pairs (2) with 6ca applied on arrival in China and canceled by "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp in blue of "Dec 18 1896" on 1895 (Nov.) printed "La Mode Pratique" wrapper from Paris to Peking (5.1.97) bearing Peace and Commerce 15c blue, canceled by c.d.s., showing "I.G. of Customs/Peking" double-ring arrival datestamp in blue adjacent, one 1ca is defective and crossed by blue crayon from apparent attempt at removal by receiving authority due to overfranking, the triple printed matter rate for mail carried on the Winter Overland Service being 9 candarins, Fine to Very Fine printed matter use, the only recorded Dowager franking on incoming printed matter.

Expertization
B.P.A. certificate (2012).

Provenance
"Ming" (Peter Holcombe), Corinphila (Zurich), 28.9. 1988, lot 4179.
Major Richard Pratt, Spink (Hong Kong), 20.1.1998, lot 695.

Reference
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 407. This is #17 of the 26 recorded incoming Dowager covers. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$50,000-60,000
Selling for...HK$26,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3016 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca reddish orange and 2ca green (Chan 22, 23. Scott 16, 17), horizontal pairs of both, canceled by Tientsin seal in blue on 1895 (25 Feb.) envelope to Fort Wayne, Indiana (15.4) via Yokohama (28.3), with matching "Customs/Tientsin" origin and "Customs/Shanghai" transit (16.3) double-ring datestamps on reverse, in combination with France "Chine" 25c, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (23.3) c.d.s., opened out for display, some splitting along join, Very Fine and interesting wartime use.

Since the Japanese Post Office in Shanghai was closed during the Sino-Japanese War, the French Post Office handled all the mails for the Japanese Post Office. Mail sent through the French Post Office destined for the United States was treated at the Japanese-American agreed rate of 6ca. per ½oz., the "preferential rate".

The addressee, Leslie W. Hills, was a coin and possibly stamp collector, who also had a noteworthy collection of North American Indian stone ornaments.

Provenance
"Ming" (Peter Holcombe), Corinphila (Zurich), 26.3.1987, lot 4830.
Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman, Sotheby's and Corinphila (Hong Kong), 13.5.1999, lot C42.

Reference
Prize Selections from Rocpex Taipei '81 (1982), p. 121.
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 71. (Image1)

Est. HK$20,000-26,000
Selling for...HK$10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3017 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca, 5ca, 9ca dull green, and 12ca brown orange (Chan 22, 26, 28, 29. Scott 16, 20, 22, 23), with two examples of 1ca and 12ca horizontal pair, canceled by Chefoo seal in blue on 1896 (30 June) registered envelope to Strasburg i/Els, Germany (9.8), matching "Customs/Chefoo" origin and black "Customs/Shanghai" transit (2.7) double-ring datestamps on reverse, in combination with France 1f, canceled by "Shanghai/Chine" c.d.s. (3.7), showing large oval "Registered" and framed "R" handstamps, both in red, and "Ligne N/Paq. Fr. No._" octagonal datestamp (4.7) adjacent, the 5ca and 9ca have some aged perforations, Fine to Very Fine registered three times rate usage from Chefoo.

Reference
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 309. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$50,000-60,000
Selling for...HK$26,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3018 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca to 5ca and 9ca dull green (Chan 22-26, 28. Scott 16-20, 22), canceled by Tientsin seal in blue on 1896 (22 July) registered envelope to Berlin, Germany (5.9), matching "Customs/Tientsin" origin and black "Customs/Shanghai" transit (31.7) double-ring datestamps on reverse, in combination with France 1f, canceled by "Shanghai/Chine" c.d.s. (31.7), showing Tientsin oval type 3 "R" and framed "R" handstamps, both in red, and "Ligne N/Paq. Fr. No. 7" octagonal datestamp (1.8) adjacent, a few lightly aged perforations. and a little roughly opened at foot on back, two stamps missing (3ca + 6ca or 4ca + 5ca) as the registered triple rate was 33 candarins, Fine to Very Fine appearance.

Expertization
Signed Roger Calves.

Reference
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 331. (Image1)

Est. HK$16,000-20,000
Selling for...HK$8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3019 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca reddish orange and 2ca green (Chan 22, 23. Scott 16, 17), canceled by Tientsin seal in blue on 1896 (19 Nov.) envelope (printed seal of the "Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes" on the flap) from Shanghai to Peking "Per first steamer", showing "Paid" framed handstamp in red, "Shanghai/Local Post" origin c.d.s. on reverse, sent by the sea route to Taku, where it was transferred to the Customs Post at Tientsin (24.11) and the Dowager stamps applied to pay the fee for domestic postage on non-Customs mail, with "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring datestamp and "I.G. of Customs/Peking" double-ring arrival datestamp (25.11), both in blue on reverse, opened out for display and a little reduced at foot on back, Very Fine.

To date, there are five or less combination usages known with the Shanghai Local Post "Paid" handstamp and Dowagers paying the postage for both postal systems, of which we record three such covers. The last three envelopes were addressed to the French Legation in Peking, and each has the printed seal of the Messageries Maritimes, so these possibly were carried on a ship operated by this shipping company.

Reference
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 399. (Image1)

Est. HK$50,000-60,000
Selling for...HK$26,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3020 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 1ca reddish orange and 12ca brown orange (Chan 22, 29. Scott 16, 23), 1ca vertical pair and single with 12ca, canceled by "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp in blue on 1896 (17 Dec.) "Consulat Général de France à Shanghai" corner card envelope to Peking, with "I.G. of Customs/Peking" double-ring arrival datestamp (4.1.97) in blue on reverse, one 1ca has defective corner and the cover with light age spotting, Fine and scarce domestic usage carried by the Winter Overland Service.

Provenance
"Renaissance", Michael Rogers (Winter Park), 20.3.1999, lot 69.

Reference
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 419. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$30,000-40,000
Selling for...HK$15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3021 ogbl image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 2ca green (Chan 23. Scott 17), complete sheet of forty, Panes 5 and 6, with sheet margin at left and interpane margins at top and right, showing central guide line cross in sheet margin, unused with large part original gum, small patches of gum missing at left, short vertical crease at right crossing two stamps, Very Fine.

Provenance
Quintin Tan Kok Tin, Spink (Hong Kong), 21.1.2007, lot 18. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$30,000-40,000
Selling for...HK$15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3022 ogbl image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 2ca green (Chan 23. Scott 17), complete sheet of forty, Panes 9 and 10, with sheet margin at left and interpane margins at top and right, fresh, unused with full original gum, Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$30,000-40,000
Selling for...HK$15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3023 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 2ca green (Chan 23. Scott 17), canceled by seal in blue on 1894 (31 Dec.) envelope from Tientsin to Peking, matching "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring datestamp of "Dec. 31 1894", and "I.G. of Customs/Peking" arrival dater in blue, both on reverse, Very Fine and rare first year use.

There are believed to be approximately sixteen covers used during the first year of issue. (Image1)

Est. HK$30,000-40,000
Selling for...HK$15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3024 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 2ca green (Chan 23. Scott 17), canceled by Tientsin seal in blue, matching "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring datestamp (21.3, on reverse), on 1895 (20 Apr.) printed wrapper to the German Legation in Peking (24.4), originating in the Shanghai Local Post, showing blue "Shanghai/Local Post" c.d.s. and red "Paid" handstamp, light strikes, with "Customs/Peking" double-ring arrival datestamp, the stamp has light peripheral ageing, Fine to Very Fine, and one of seven recorded Dowager printed matter uses on a wrapper paying the domestic printed matter rate.

Provenance
Quintin Tan Kok Tin, Spink (Hong Kong), 21.1.2007, lot 75.

Reference
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 97. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$20,000-24,000
Selling for...HK$10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3025 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 2ca green (Chan 23. Scott 17), canceled by Tientsin seal in blue, matching "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring datestamp (16.12, on reverse), on 1895 (30 Nov.) printed wrapper to the German Legation in Peking (6.12), originating in the Shanghai Local Post, showing blue "Shanghai/Local Post" c.d.s. and red "Paid" handstamp, light strikes, with "I.G. of Customs/Peking" double-ring arrival datestamp, Fine to Very Fine, and one of seven recorded Dowager printed matter uses on a wrapper.

Reference
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 192. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$20,000-24,000
Selling for...HK$10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3026 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 2ca green (Chan 23. Scott 17), canceled by Peking seal in blue, matching "I.G. of Customs/Peking" double-ring datestamp, on 1896 (10 Dec.) Germany 10pf. postal stationery card from Peking to Batavia, Java (1.1.97), with "Customs/Tientsin" (11.12, on reverse) and "Customs/Shanghai" (16.12) double-ring transit datestamps in blue, the indice cancelled by "Shanghai" German Post Office c.d.s. (11.12) which also ties the 2ca, showing "Ligne N./Paq. Fr. No. 5" octagonal datestamp (19.12) and "Weltevreden" squared circle arrival datestamp adjacent, Very Fine and rare postcard usage at the 2 candarins overseas postcard rate to this unusual destination of the Netherlands East Indies.

Reference
Customs Dater (1875-1913), Taipei: Philatelic Writer's Club, 2008, p. 161.
Tony To-Wah Kwan, ed., Covers and Cards of Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharged Issues. Volume One: First Printing Covers and Cards (Hong Kong, 2011), p. 413. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$50,000-60,000
Selling for...HK$26,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3027 ogbl image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 3ca orange yellow (Chan 24, f. Scott 18, var.), complete sheet of forty, Panes 7 and 8, with interpane margins at left, top and bottom, and sheet margin at right showing guide line cross, Pane 7, position 11 is the retouched "3", unused with practically full original gum. The lower left stamp detached and replaced, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.

Provenance
Quintin Tan Kok Tin, Spink (Hong Kong), 21.1.2007, lot 18. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$16,000-20,000
Selling for...HK$8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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