1979 Foreign Exchange Certificate Specimen set 10 fen to 50 yuan Pick FS1s-FS6s, all with serial 'ZA 000000' traces of handling, aUnc/Unc.
(6) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Jun-26-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 650
CHINA
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3338
Symbol: **/*O
Accumulation in carton starting with well-presented collection of 1930s-40s issues including many overprints & surcharges on Sun Yat-sen & Martyrs issues Postage Dues, a few Communist issues, early People's Republic issues no doubt with reprints but also noted 1963 Hwangshan Landscapes & 1964 Peonies sets CTO and 1970s-80s issues ** somewhat disorganised but including 1979 Pilgrimage to the West & 1980 Qi Baishi Paintings sets and plenty more, plus a range of worldwide stamps, condition variable but those listed generally fine to very fine.
(many 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3339
Symbol: O
Accumulation in stockbook of used material from early 1900s with Junks and lots of Sun Yat-sen & Martyrs issues and overprints, a few Communist issues then early People's Republic no doubt including reprints up to 1960s plus some modern & Taiwan also, condition variable.
(few 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3340
Symbol: F
Cat No: 352-356
1921 Airmails with Striped Tail-Fin 15c to 90c set SG 352-356 (Chan A1-5), neat Shanghai cds cancels, a couple of minor blemishes, Cat £325 (US$170). (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3341
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 508a
1940-41 Martyrs 1c orange horizontal pair Imperforate Vertically and 2c blue vertical pair Imperforate Horizontally SG 508a & 509b (Chan 435a & 436a), a couple of slightly uneven perfs, lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, the lower 2c unit unmounted, Cat £400 (US$350). (2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3342
Symbol: CTO
Cat No: 605
1941 Thrift Movement M/S SG 605 with Russian Philatelic Society, Shanghai exhibition overprint, CTO with commemorative cancel, small aging mark at upper-right, Cat £250 in a footnote. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3343
Symbol: #
Cat No: 666-674
1942-45 Sun Yat-sen Paicheng Print (Engraved) Rough Perf 12-16 $4 blue to $100 brown set SG 666-674 (Chan 619-627), characteristic rough perfs, unused without gum as issued, Cat £350 (US$448).
(9) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3344
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: P814-817
1946 Parcel Post Truck $3000 orange to $20,000 red set SG P814-817 (Chan P7-10), the two lower values unmounted, the others very lightly mounted, Cat £475 (US$165) for unmounted. Unused Parcel Post were not sold to the public; these presumably originate from stock seized by the Communists.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 120.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3345
Symbol: #
Cat No: 1312-1313
1949 Silver Yuan Provincial Issues Hupeh Overprints on Revenues Train & Ship 1c in green on $20 red-brown & 10c in black on $20 red-brown SG 1312-1313 (Chan S64 & S66), characteristic rough perfs, unused without gum as issued, Cat £240 (US$220). (2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$120
Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 90.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3346
Symbol: #
Cat No: 1436-1449
1950 Surcharges on North-Eastern Provinces Sun Yat-sen Re-Engraved Character set SG 1436-1449, characteristic rough 'fluffy' perfs, unused without gum as issued, Cat £275.
(14) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3347
Symbol: #
Cat No: 1749a
1958 People's Heroes Monument 8f red M/S SG 1749a, very light bend, without gum as issued, Cat £250. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3348
Symbol: *
Cat No: 1947-1964
1960-61 Chrysanthemums complete set SG 1947-1964, small hinge remainders, Cat £525 for unmounted.
(18) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3349
Symbol: CTO
Cat No: 2044a
1962 Stage Art of Mei Lan-fang 3y M/S SG 2044a, original 108x147mm size, CTO with 'stage curtain' First Day of Issue cancel of '1962 9-15', full gum with two small hinge remainders, Cat £6,500. (Image1)
Estimate AU$4,000
Opening AU$ 3,000.00
Sold...AU$ 3,200.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 3200
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3350
Symbol: **
Cat No: 2251-2258
1965 Chingkiang Mountains complete set SG 2251-2258, a few with minor gum bends, unmounted, Cat £275.
(8) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 125.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 125
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3351
Symbol: V
Cat No: 2343
1967 Thoughts of Mao Tse-tung 8f Mao Tse-tung single and 8f se-tenant strips of 5 on red & on gold SG 2343, 2344a & 2349a, postally used small-part cds cancels, the left-hand units of both strips with rounded corners at lower-left and a few other minor blemishes, Cat £1140. Walter Haveman Certificate (2016) states "echt ... bedarfgestempelte Streifen dieser Ausgabe sind selterner als Gefalligkeitsgestempelte, und kaum fehlerfrei zu finden" [= genuine ... postally used examples of the strips are scarcer than per favor cancelled strips, and hardly able to be found without faults].
(11) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3352
Symbol: **
Cat No: 2397a
1968 Directives of Mao Tse-tung 8f se-tenant strip of 5 SG 2397a marginal from the right-hand side of the sheet, well-centred, unmounted, Cat £5500. InterAsia Auctions Certificate (2016). (Image1)
Estimate AU$3,000
Opening AU$ 2,300.00
Sold...AU$ 2,300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 2300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3353
Symbol: **
Cat No: 2442-2445
1971 Paris Commune complete set SG 2442-2445, unmounted, Cat £225.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3354
Symbol: **
Cat No: 2498-2503
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3355
Symbol: **
Cat No: 2593-2596
1974 Industrial Production complete set SG 2593-2596, a couple of minor marks on the gum, unmounted, Cat £275.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3356
Symbol: **/?
1977-83 issues including 1978 Galloping Horses (10) & 1980 Paintings of Qi Baishi (16); plus stockbook of grain tickets (180+), mainly fine to very fine.
(300+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 95.00
Sold...AU$ 105.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 105
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3357
Symbol: **
Cat No: 3158
1981-82 Twelve Beauties of Jinling 2y Baoyu & Daiyu M/S SG 3158, unmounted, Cat £120. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3358
Symbol: B
Cat No: SB5
BOOKLETS: 1923 black & purple/green covers containing Junk Series Second Peking Printing 1c yellow-orange pane of 6 (two stamps missing), 3c blue-green panes of 6 x3 (one complete; one with one stamp missing; one with 4 stamps missing), and 5c mauve panes of 6 x2 (one complete; the other with only one stamp remaining) with wax interleaving SG SB5 (Chan Booklet 11), a few minor aging marks on stamps & covers, Cat £12,000 (US$7000) for a complete booklet. Offered by a Hong Kong auction house in 2015 for HK$45,000 (A$9000). Extremely rare. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3359
Symbol: C
FOREIGN POST OFFICES - AUSTRIAN: 1906 (Aug 3) envelope to Vienna with Austria Franz Joseph Varnish Lines 5k green horizontal pair affixed on the reverse tied by two largely fine strikes of the 'K.u.K. GESANDSCHAFTS/WACHDETACHEMENT/PEKING' cds of the Austrian Legation Guards, a couple of very minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3360
Symbol: O
Cat No: 22-35a
FOREIGN POST OFFICES - GERMAN: 1901-04 'China' overprints on Germania & Pictorials inscribed 'REICHSPOST' 3pf to 5M set SG 22-35a (Michael 15-27), neat cds cancels including 'FELDPOSTATION/No4', Cat £750 (€600). Heinzgeorg Richter Certificate (1996).
(13) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3361
Symbol: O
Cat No: 36-45
FOREIGN POST OFFICES - GERMAN: 1905 Chinese Currency 'China' overprints on Germania & Pictorials inscribed 'DEUTSCHES REICH' 1c to 2½ Dollar set SG 36-45 (Michel 28-37), neat cds cancels, a few with minor blemishes, Cat £650 (€500).
(10) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3362
Symbol: C
FOREIGN POST OFFICES - JAPANESE: 1900 (Dec 19) cover to the Philippines with Overprints on Japanese 10s tied by very fine rubber 'CHEFOO/IJPO' cds with partial similar Shanghai transit alongside, the reverse with British POs 'SHANGHAI/DE24/00' & 'HONG-KONG/ E /DE28/00' transits & 'MANILA PI/JAN1/19/RECD' (apparently no '01' year slug available). (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3363
Symbol: PS
FOREIGN POST OFFICES - RUSSIAN: 1916 (Oct 28) WWI usage of Russian 3k Postal Card with 35mm Cyrillic POW cachet in violet, to a German engineer in Peking with 1k added, Cyrillic Peking cds of 3.11.16 and German 'PEKING/16.11/16/DEUTSCHE POST' cds, two filing holes at the base otherwise very fine. The message written in German from a POW who requests tobacco & old newspapers in German English or French & states papers from neutral territories (as was China) are permitted. Rare usage to China, enhanced by the Russian PO in Peking datestamp. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3364
Symbol: F*
Cat No: 1-122
MANCHUKUO: Printed booklet with 1932-37 Issues SG 1-122 apparently complete, mostly used, some toning from the poor quality booklet-paper & our recommendation would be to remove all the stamps and give them a good soak, Cat £1450+, plus two different red/white 'OFFICIALLY SEALED' labels.
(135) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3365
Symbol: #
Cat No: 31-43
MANCHURIA: 1947-48 North-Eastern Provinces Sun Yat-sen Re-Engraved Character set SG 31-43 (Chan NE53-65) plus extra shade of $100 value, characteristic rough 'fluffy' perfs, unused without gum as issued, Cat £180 (US$680).
(14) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3366
Symbol: *
Cat No: C6
TAIWAN: 1888 Horse & Dragon 20 cash carmine SG C6 from the base of the sheet Imperforate at Base, quite well-centred for this issue, small adhesions on the gum at the corners, Cat £1600. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3367
Symbol: #
Cat No: 105-110e
TAIWAN: 1950 Nationalist Republic Silver Yuan overprints on Sun Yat-sen Small Figure '5' on $200,000 and Large Figures set SG 105-110e, characteristic rough 'fluffy' perfs, unused without gum as issued, Cat £400.
(12) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3368
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: Box with PRC commercial internal mail and others to USA & France, etc, with an array of colourful frankings, a few 1950s items, illustrated propaganda envelopes, registered covers, etc, condition variable (150 approximately); and a bundle of modern unaddressed FDCs. High thematic content.
(200+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3369
Symbol: C
Cat No: 88;
POSTAL HISTORY: 1899 red & white illustrated envelope showing two gentlemen exchanging gifts, roneo'd "H Schweiger Esquire, HM Customs, Wuchow" address and 'PRINTING!' endorsement, Small Dragons 1ca green and Red Revenue 'one cent' overprint (SG 88; Cat £275 for used) tied by two very fine strikes of '.../CANTON/4 JUL/99' cds cancels, equally very fine '.../WUCHOW/5 JUL/99' arrival backstamps. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 1,800.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1800
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3370
Symbol: PS
POSTAL HISTORY: 1902 (April 15) usage of Postal Card 1c red with lengthy message in German headed "Puoly" and signed "R Pieper/Missionaer", to Germany with oval 'PEKING/APR. 22 1902' bilingual datestamp, Kiautschou Yacht 5pf affixed and tied by 'TSINGTAU/2 5/02' cds, 'CAMEN' arrival cds. A very similar item (also with 1c Coiling Dragon cancelled at Peking) carried in the same mail sold at our our auction of 2.3.2023 for $1500. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3371
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1905 (Dec 3) usage of 'Gruss aus China' PPC (illustrations on both sides) with message in German headed "Puoly via Tsingtau" and signed "R Pieper" (a German missionary), to Bavaria with 1c Coiling Dragon (just trimmed at top) tied by superb Chinese-characters cds & large 'chop' in red below, largely superb 'CHINAN' bilingual cds, Kiautschou 5pf affixed and tied by 'TSINGTAU/12 2/05' cds, very fine double-circle 'UNTERJOCH/16/JAN/06' arrival cds, light stain at the base & minor imperfections. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3372
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1913 registered to "Miss V M Freer at Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong" endorsed "to await arrival" with Republic Yuan Shih-kai 8c sepia & Revolution Sun Yat-sen 10c blue tied by light Canton cds cancels and very fine 'R/CANTON, SHAMEEN' handstamp alongside on the face, Hong Kong arrival backstamp where docketed from "M Molten c/o Commander of American Fleet, Philippine Is", a few edge faults & bumped corners not affecting stamps or markings. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Jun-25-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 3373
Symbol: CL
POSTAL HISTORY: 1950 (Oct) airmail to Australia from "E Watsford, China Inland Mission, Chungking" with North-Eastern Provinces Sun Yat-sen $100 surcharge, Flying Geese $200 surcharge pair and Mao $2000 tied by character cds cancels, instructional marking in red on the face, Chungking & Canton transit backstamps, a few minor blemishes. Scarce mail from this period. (Image1)
