Spink Shreves Galleries Sale

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WORLDWIDE STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY continued...

CHINA TREATY PORTS continued...

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1601

1893 ½c and 2c-20c Postage due, plate proofs on watermarked stamp paper, the ½c a top left corner margin horizontal pair with full o.g., the 2c-20c ungummed bottom sheet-margin singles, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Est. $150-200

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

CHINA

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CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1602

1932 Presentation book with ms. inscription "Le Directeur General des Postes, Shanghai, Le 6 Avril 1932." stamps from the 1920s affixed (stuck down), includes the 1923 Second Peking definitive set (#248-69) and the Sinkiang overprints (#47-68), also the first definitive sets of Yunnan and Manchuria, others mostly 1923-29 commemorative sets including the provincial overprints, fine; the listed Scott catalog value is for the mint stamps. (Image)

$5,616.00

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1603

103 var.

#103 var., 1898 10c Coiling Dragon with Chungking postage due provisional handstamp across three singles tied to small piece, slightly soiled, otherwise fine and rare (See China Clipper vol. 7, page 65). (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

1604

J7/16S

#J7-10, 12-14, 15-16S, 1904 ½c-4c, 10c-30c and 1911 1c-2c London print postage dues, with "Specimen" handstamped overprint in sans-serif letters similar to other sets in the China National Postage Stamp Museum, the complete set less the 5c value, o.g. or part o.g., h.r., 10c with piece missing at top and several with toning, otherwise a fine and rare group; 1997 Holcombe certificate. (Image) (imagea)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

1605

J26

#J26, 1912 1c Brown postage due, single tied by bilingual 1912 (Nov. 7) Shanghai c.d.s. to a "Chinese Post Office/Taxed Mail Matter" experimental form for collecting postage due on items held at the post office, ms. serial number "93" at top, form with creases and a thin spot well away from adhesive, fine; a seldom found and incredibly scarce piece of Chinese postal history. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

1606

J26a, J30a

#J26a, J30a, 1912 1c and 5c Postage dues with inverted red Shanghai Republic overprints, fresh color, o.g., 1c h.r., fine and rare. (Image) (imagea)

$450.00

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

1607

J36a

#J36a, 1912 1c Postage due with inverted black London Republic overprint, well centered and fresh, o.g., l.h., very fine. (Image)

$350.00

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

1608

J51-58S

#J51-58S, 1915 ½c-30c Peking print postage dues, overprinted "Specimen" cplt., part o.g. or no gum, fine-very fine and scarce. (Image)

Est. $150-200

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

1609

J73-75, J77, J79 vars.

#J73-75, J77, J79 vars., 5c-20c, 50c and $2.00 Hong Kong print postage dues imperforate cplt., blocks of four, each with large margins all around, without gum, left pair of 20c with vertical crease and bottom pair of 50c with wrinkles, otherwise very fine; these are the only five values found imperforate, they are unfinished stamps leaked out from the printer during the Japanese occupation. (Image)

Est. $150-200

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

1610

1NJ1

#1NJ1, Japanese Occupation of Kwangtung, 1945 $100 on $2 Yellow orange postage due, handsome mint example of this very scarce stamp, beautifully centered, vivid rich color, o.g., l.h., extremely fine. (Image)

$825.00

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

CHINA (P.R.C.)

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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1611

456

#456, 1959 20f Mao Proclaiming Republic, without gum as issued, fresh and very fine. (Image)

$225.00

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

1612

661-80

#661-80, 1963 4f-50f Butterflies cplt., without gum as issued, top sheet-margin singles, fresh and very fine set. (Image)

$627.00

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1613

684-95 Footnote

#684-95 Footnote, 1963 4f-20f Children's Day imperforate cplt., without gum as issued, each with generous equal margins, very fine set. (Image)

$475.00

SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction

1614

798b

#798b, 1964 8f 15th Anniversary of PRC se-tenant strip of three, fresh with untarnished gold color, o.g., n.h., very fine. (Image)

$275.00

SOLD for $270.00
Will close during Public Auction

1615

842-49

#842-49, 1965 8f People's Liberation Army cplt., o.g., n.h., very fine set. (Image)

$475.00

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

1616

863-73

#863-73, 1965 4f-43f National Games cplt., o.g., n.h., very fine set. (Image)

$690.00

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

1617

967-80

#967-80, 1967-68 4f-10f Poems by Mao cplt., fresh mint set, o.g., n.h., except 8f with three rows of characters in bottom panel (#975) and 8f with three short vertical rows of characters to left of poem (#977) lightly hinged, very fine. (Image) (imagea) (imageb)

$4,995.00

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1618

982-90

#982-90, 1968 8f Literature and Art cplt., fresh mint set, o.g., n.h., 8f Red Lantern with slight gum disturbance, otherwise very fine. (Image)

$2,250.00

SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction

1619

1383a

#1383a, 1978 Science Conference souvenir sheet, without gum as issued, fresh and very fine. (Image)

$675.00

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction

1620

1399

#1399, 1978 Galloping Horses souvenir sheet, o.g., n.h., very fine. (Image)

$750.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction