Used selection including 1913-33 'REPUBLIC/OF CHINA' set to $20 blue & plum, 1929 Second Airs set & 1933 Tan Yen-kai set, and 2002 Charles Billich album (mounts falling apart); also mint Manchukuo 1932 set (hinge remainders), & a few unused Philippines. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Jun-27-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 252
Lot No: 620
Symbol: **
Cat No: 3534 x5
1988 Literature 'Outlaws of the Marsh' 3f Birthday Gift M/S SG 3534 x5, unmounted, Cat £250.
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1909 (Oct 14) usage of Large Dragon 1c Postal Card (handpainted on reverse) uprated with Large Dragon 1c & 2c tied by two different bilingual Shanghai cds, to Canada with 'SHANGHAI/ OC15/09/BPO' transit & 'CALGARY' rubber arrival (year omitted) on the face, minor blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1934 Karl Lewis cover with hand-painted Mount Fuji, to USA with stamps tied by two very fine strikes of 'Buddha' pictorial cds in red, very fine & attractive.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1934 Karl Lewis cover with hand-painted Miyajima Arch, to USA with stamps tied by two very fine strikes of 'Inland Sea' pictorial cds in red, small mark (paint?) at lower-right not affecting illustration.
JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1936 Karl Lewis cover with hand-painted To Ei, to USA with stamps tied by two strikes of 'Fishing' pictorial cds in red, very fine and attractive.
SOUTH KOREA: 1951-52 Participation in the Korean War Flags SG 158A & B to 179A & B complete except for Italy without the Crown SG 169A & B, large-part o.g., Cat £720+.
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1941 (Jan) commercial airmail cover endorsed on the flap "Siamese Tin Synd Ltd/Ngow, Renong [sic]/W Thailand", to Victoria with Palace 15stg x2 & Garuda 25stg tied by two superb strikes of the bilingual '.../Ranong' cds, '2'-in-circle indicating not opened by the Thai censor, Melbourne censor label & boxed cachet. [Ranong, on the Kra Isthmus, is Thailand's least-populous province. Tin-dredging occurred on the Ngao River]
1943 (May & Sep) two Japanese Prisoner of War postal cards from Private Eric Palmer-Gowing at "No 1 POW Camp Thailand" to his mother or wife in Suffolk, both with Japanese censor Suzuki's chop in red & British '[crown]/PASSED/P.W.3689' (?) OR '6551' both in rosine, minor rounded corners; also Oct 1945 Eastern Telegraph Co Telegram to Palmer-Gowing on SS 'Orbita' at Egypt. Ex David Tett: both cards illustrated in Volume Three at page 74. (3 items)
Sale No: 252
Lot No: 813
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
1944 (June 10) Japanese Prisoner of War postal card from Private Raymond Maddocks at 'No ("4") POW Camp/Thailand' at Tamuang, to his mother in Wales, Japanese censor Hatori's superb chop in red & British '[crown]/PASSED/P.W.6316' in rosine, minor blemishes; 7.2.1945 British 3d POW postal card to Maddocks at No 4 Camp with Return to Sender markings; telegrams of 26.9.1945 & 6.10.1945 from him at Colombo; and 4.10.1945 British 1½d Forces aerogramme to him to undercover address for returning POWs "PO Box 164/London EC1" & endorsed SS 'Chitral'. Ex David Tett: the first is illustrated in Volume Three at page 93. Excellent group.
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 480.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00
Closed..Jun-27-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 480
Vietnam
Sale No: 252
Lot No: 818
Symbol: **
Cat No: NO50-56
NORTH VIETNAM: Selection comprising 1956-57 Officials Cu Chinh Lan Commemoration set SG NO50-56 (a few with 'fluffy' perfs as usual), 1960 Hung Vuong Temple (2) and 1961 Artists Congress M/S, all unmounted, Cat £400.
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