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LotNo. Symbol Lot Description
3048 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 6ca brown, vertical pair imperforate between (Chan 27c. Scott 21a), warm color, well centered with characteristic large margin at foot, unused with large part original gum (paper adherence at lower right), pulled perforation and top right corner perforation added, Fine to Very Fine appearance.

Only five unused pairs are recorded with this variety.

Provenance
Dr. Warren G. Kauder, Robson Lowe (London), 10.11.1971, lot 227. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$30,000-40,000
Selling for...HK$15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3049 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 6ca brown, horizontal pair imperforate between (Chan 27d. Scott 21b), bright color, well centered, a few irregular perforations. at foot, unused with large part original gum, Fine to Very Fine.

Less than ten pairs are recorded with this variety, of which one is used. See Kelleher & Rogers, Sale 40, for the complete listing.

Provenance
Sir Percival David, Robson Lowe (London), 9.11.1965, lot 67.
Dolores Hertz, Robert A. Siegel (New York), 16.7.1970, lot 1127.
Dr. Warren G. Kauder, Robson Lowe (London), 10.11.1971, lot 228. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$50,000-60,000
Selling for...HK$26,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3050 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 6ca brown (Chan 27. Scott 21), canceled by Tientsin seal in blue on 1895 (15 Apr.) envelope to Danvers, Massachusetts (28.5) via Yokohama (1.5), matching "Customs/Tientsin" origin and blue "Customs/Shanghai" transit (21.4) double-ring datestamps on reverse, in combination with France "Chine" 25c., canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (24.4), Fine to Very Fine wartime usage through the French Post Office during the closure of the Japanese Post Office in Shanghai at the 6ca rate to the U.S.A. by a special accord between the French and Japanese Post Offices, Fine.

Expertization
B.P.A. certificate (2010).

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. 96. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Est. HK$12,000-16,000
Selling for...HK$6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3051 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 6ca brown (Chan 27. Scott 21), vertical pair and single, canceled by Peking seal in blue on 1896 (6 Mar.) envelope to Cologne, Germany (26.4), matching "I.G. of Customs/Peking" origin and black "Customs/Shanghai" transit (14.3) double-ring datestamps on reverse, in combination with France "Chine" 25c. pair, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (20.3), Fine to Very Fine double rate franking.

Expertization
B.P.A. certificate (2009).

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. 245. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Est. HK$20,000-24,000
Selling for...HK$10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3052 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 6ca brown (Chan 27. Scott 21), incoming and redirected use (Chan 27. Scott 21), 1896 (16 Mar.) "Department of Justice. Office of the U.S. Attorney for Oregon" penalty envelope to Peking via Tacoma (17.3), bearing U.S. 10¢ green Webster, canceled by "Portland, Ore" duplex, showing "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai/Recd." c.d.s. (18.4) and "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring datestamp (23.4) in red denoting domestic postage due for mail to northern China, and later redirected to Bangkok (19.10) after a considerable delay, with Dowager 6ca brown, canceled by Tientsin seal in blue paying the domestic postage, and also tied by British Post Office "Shanghai/C" thimble type datestamp (23.9), with "Customs/Tientsin" (16.9) and "Customs/Shanghai" (19.9) double-ring datestamps in blue adjacent, Very Fine and exceedingly rare usage, being the only incoming cover from the U.S.A. franked with the Dowager issue. Of the highest exhibition caliber.

Expertization
Peter Holcombe certificate (2009).

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. 248. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$150,000-200,000
Selling for...HK$75,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3053 ogbl image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9a dull green (Chan 28, g, j. Scott 22, e, i), complete sheet of twenty-five, Pane 5, with small interpane margins at top and right, position 21, the lower left stamp is the inverted cliché (tête-bêche), color ranging from deep to light green due to irregular inking, unused with large part original gum, a few light brown areas or age spots on gum, hinge remnants, Fine to Very Fine.

\Provenance
Stanley Kruger, John Bull (Hong Kong), 8.4.2005, lot 344. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$50,000-60,000
Selling for...HK$26,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3054 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair, from Pane 1, bright color, well centered, unused with part to large part original gum, top stamp has a few age spots on reverse just showing through to front, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$5,000-6,000
Selling for...HK$2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
3055 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair, from Pane 2, deep color, centered to foot with top stamp showing portion of adjacent stamp, unused with large part original gum, top stamp has a few paper adherences on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$6,000-8,000
Selling for...HK$3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3056 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair, from Pane 3, strong color, unused with large part original gum, gum aged and light creasing, Fine appearance. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$5,000-6,000
Selling for...HK$2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
3057 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca dull green, tête-bêche (Chan 28j. Scott 22i), horizontal pair, from Pane 4, excellent color, particularly well centered, unused with large part original gum, small age spot in margin between stamps, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$5,000-6,000
Selling for...HK$2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
3058 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca dull green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair, from Pane 5, light color, well centered, unused with large part original gum, light uniform gum toning, otherwise Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$5,000-6,000
Selling for...HK$2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
3059 og image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca dull green, tête-bêche (Chan 28g. Scott 22e), vertical pair, from Pane 6, good color, excellent centering, unused with large part original gum, small paper adherence on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. HK$6,000-8,000
Selling for...HK$3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3060 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca dull green (Chan 28. Scott 22), canceled by Tientsin seal in blue on reverse of 1896 (3 Feb.) envelope to Hamburg (20.3), matching "Customs/Tientsin" origin and blue "Customs/Shanghai" transit (14.2) double-ring datestamp for carriage by the Winter Overland Service, in combination with Germany Eagle 10pf (2) and 20pf applied on front and canceled by "Shanghai" c.d.s. (14.2), two of the German stamps have faults with some heavy gum staining around perforations, otherwise Fine and an enigmatic franking as far as the rate.

According to the accompanying Holcombe certificate, "It is unclear whether the sender prepaid the triple internal postage of 9 cand. and underfranked the German postage or whether the 9 cand. prepaid the entire single rate and it was found to be underpaid and the German P.O. added a further 20Pf. postage".

Expertization
Peter Holcombe certificate (1993).

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. 234. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Est. HK$20,000-26,000
Selling for...HK$10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3061 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca dull green (Chan 28. Scott 22), canceled by distinctive Newchwang seal on 1896 (29 Aug.) envelope to Frederica, Denmark (11.10), matching "Customs/Newchwang" origin and "Customs/Shanghai" transit (2.9) double-ring datestamps on reverse, in combination with France "China" 25c, canceled by "Shanghai/Chine" c.d.s. (4.9), the cover has overall age spotting, Fine and scarce use from Newchwang to an equally scarce destination.

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. 352. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$26,000-30,000
Selling for...HK$13,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3062 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 9ca dull green (Chan 28. Scott 22), two singles, cancelled by Peking seal in blue on 1896 (22 Nov.) envelope ("Gesandschaft des Deutschen Reiches/Peking) white on red embossed seal on flap) to the Imperial German Consulate in Hong Kong, matching "I.G. of Customs/Peking" origin and "Customs/Shanghai" transit (27.11) double-ring datestamps on reverse, in combination with Hong Kong 5c blue horizontal strip of three, canceled by "Shanghai/C" c.d.s. (27.11), the Dowager 9ca stamps have aged perforations. and one stamp also has trimmed margin at right, the cover reduced at sides and foot, Fine.

Provenance
Milo D. Rowell, Christie's Swire (Hong Kong), 30.9.1992, lot 1645.

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. 401. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Est. HK$16,000-20,000
Selling for...HK$8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3063 ogbl image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 12ca brown orange (Chan 29, c. Scott 23), a splendid complete sheet of twenty-five, Pane 3, with sheet margin at left showing guide line cross and interpane margin at top, position 2 is the retouched corner and position 13 stop after "China", deep bright color, fresh from the front, unused with practically full original gum, slight brownish gum buildups and age spots, hinge remnants in margin, Fine to Very Fine.

Among the rarest of the Dowager Empress complete sheets.

Provenance
Quintin Tan Kok Tin, Spink (Hong Kong), 21.3.2007, lot 58. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$200,000-250,000
Selling for...HK$100,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3064 O image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 12ca brown orange, imperforate right margin (Chan 29e. Scott 23 var.), a stunning example with 22mm. sheet margin, centrally canceled by practically complete "Customs/Chinkiang" double-ring datestamp of "Nov 30 94", the first year, pulled perforation at foot, still Extremely Fine and of the utmost appeal.

Auction Record
Sotheby's and Corinphila (Hong Kong), 13.5.1999, lot 249. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$30,000-40,000
Selling for...HK$15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3065 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 12ca brown orange (Chan 29. Scott 23), canceled by Tientsin seal in blue on 1896 (9 Apr.) registered cover front from Ottawa to Shanghai, redirected to Peking, bearing Canada Small Queens 2c green and 3c bright vermilion, canceled by Ottawa flag duplex and additionally tied by "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring datestamp, showing "T/25" in circle and "Tientsin/R/No. 945" type 3 handstamp in red adjacent, the cover front has light overall toning, Fine to Very Fine, the only recorded incoming Dowager usage from Canada.

Expertization
B.P.A. certificate (2015).

Provenance
Quintin Tan Kok Tin, Spink (Hong Kong), 21.3.2007, lot 81.

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. 267. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Est. HK$40,000-50,000
Selling for...HK$20,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3066 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 12ca brown orange and 6ca brown (Chan 27, 29. Scott 21, 23), canceled by Tientsin seal in blue on reverse of 1896 (16 May) envelope to London, matching ""Customs/Tientsin" origin and blue "Customs/Shanghai" transit (20.5) double-ring datestamps adjacent, in combination with France 25c (2) on front, cancelled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (21.5), showing "Ligne N/Paq. Fr. No. 10" c.d.s. (25.5) on reverse, opened out for display, a few lightly aged perforations, Fine to Very Fine double rate.

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. 288. (Image1)

Est. HK$20,000-24,000
Selling for...HK$10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3067 cover image1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st printing, 12ca brown orange and 6ca brown (Chan 27, 29. Scott 21, 23), canceled by "Customs/Chinkiang" double-ring datestamp and additionally tied by "Customs/Shanghai" dater (31.12) on reverse of 1896 (30 Dec.) envelope to Bremen, Germany (4.2.97), in combination with France "Chine" 25c pair on front, canceled by "Shang-hai/Chine" c.d.s. (31.12), one French adhesive has blunt corner, Fine double rate franking and a late use.

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. 425. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. HK$30,000-40,000
Selling for...HK$15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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