Japan, 1876(c.) 5r. stationery card used from Osaka to Wakayama Prefecture, uprated with Cherry Blossom ½s. brown on hard wove paper, variety upper character in left label has the two diagonal top strokes missing (Ki-Hansen variety), cancelled by oval chop and native c.d.s., card lightly folded vertically before application of the stamp and couple small pinholes at foot, fine and rare. Clear Philatelic Museum Foundation certificate (2016). Scott 9a; JSCA 9v-4-23m, PC11.
Estimate 10,000 - 12,000 Est. HK$10,000-12,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$10,000-12,000

Japan, 1924 (20 Mar.) "Department of Communications" long envelope (with Ministry paper seal on reverse) from Tokyo to Philadelphia, U.S.A. bearing Earthquake issue values (5) to 10s. and Tazawa 1s., 5s. corner faults and vertical crease/bend through the three stamps at right, a very scarce issue on cover. Scott 179-181, 184, 186.
Estimate 600 - 800 Est. HK$600-800 (Image1)

Est. HK$600-800

Japan, 1934 Air Communications miniature sheet, mint (lightly hinged), light fold along the central horizontal perfs. at bottom of 18s. and 9½s. and top of 33s. and 16½s., fine. Scott C8.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000 Est. HK$3,000-4,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$3,000-4,000

Japan, 1939 (11 Sept.) airmail envelope from Nagoya to Johannesburg, South Africa via Hong Kong (22.9) bearing on reverse Tazawa 1y. (2) and 5s., Mount Fuji 20s. and Itsukushima Shrine 30s., light vertical fold (away from the stamps), a fine and interesting usage in the first two weeks of World War II to an unusual destination, not censored in Hong Kong at this early date.
Estimate 800 - 1,000

See lot 3384 in the separate Hong Kong catalogue for a small selection of 1940 covers from Japan censored in Hong Kong. Est. HK$800-1,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$800-1,000

Japan, Cover Selections : 1874(c.)-1940 of stationery and airmail flight usages, as well as a few unused stationery cards, including 1929 Zeppelin Tokyo-Los Angeles flight envelope and card and 1930 Seoul-Tokyo first flight (10 cards + 3 envelopes).
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000 Est. HK$1,500-2,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$1,500-2,000

Japan, 1874-1980 assembly of envelopes (including usages from Dairen), unused and used postal stationery, along with Revenue and other stamps (with large multiples of the former).
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500 Est. HK$2,000-2,500 (Image1)

Est. HK$2,000-2,500

Korea, Japanese Administration : 1934 (2 Apr.) "Karl Lewis" hand-painted envelope to Baltimore, U.S.A. bearing Airmail 9½s. and Tazawa 1s. tied by "To Ei" decorative cancellation in red, very fine.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500 Est. HK$1,200-1,500 (Image1)

Est. HK$1,200-1,500

Korea (North), 1946-55 Diamond Mountains 50ch (small "50") scarlet horizontal strip of three, very fine unused without gum as issued. Scott 3 cat. US$8400.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000 Est. HK$4,000-5,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$4,000-5,000

Korea (North), 1946 (22 Apr.) unaddressed envelopes (2) bearing Hibiscus 20ch. red and 50ch. apple green, both on white paper, cancelled by "Pyongyang" c.d.s. (2.4.22 Liberation calendar date), fine. Scott 1, 2.
Estimate 800 - 1,000 Est. HK$800-1,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$800-1,000

Korea (North), 1947-55 Land Reform 1w. dark blue on buff paper block of 18 unused without gum as issued, light customary creasing and bends, small mark in extreme right middle stamp, fine and scarce large multiple; also included are unused blocks of four (2) on buff paper and imperf. on white paper. Scott 9, 10.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000 Est. HK$3,000-4,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$3,000-4,000

Korea (North), 1948 3rd Anniv. of Liberation 50ch. rose-red on wove paper, unused without gum as issued, well centred, good colour, fine appearance, an extremely rare and major North Korean stamp unused. Scott 12 cat. US$4000 (italics).
Estimate 6,000 - 8,000

The catalogues lists this stamp as perf. 11 although perforating at this point was sometimes irregular and imperfect. The stamp's perforations could have been removed on separation, although the stamp has rather wide margins. Alternatively this example may have been produced from a sheet that was poorly perforated or not perforated. Est. HK$6,000-8,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$6,000-8,000

Korea (North), 1949 Kim Il Sung University 1w. violet die proof on thin wove paper (115 x 56mm.) showing two examples, toning and tiny pinhole at upper right corner, fine and rare. Scott 17P.
Estimate 8,000 - 10,000 Est. HK$8,000-10,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$8,000-10,000

Korea (North), 1949 Kim Il Sung University 1w. blue die proof on thin wove paper (118 x 78mm.) showing two examples, light bends and faint creasing (mainly at right), fine and rare. Scott 18P.
Estimate 8,000 - 10,000 Est. HK$8,000-10,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$8,000-10,000

Korea (North), 1949 Kim Il Sung University 1w. blue block of 16, unused without gum as issued, fresh, small puncture in margin below [6] just affecting stamp below and surface fault at foot of [11], h.s. on reverse of extreme lower right stamp, otherwise very fine, very scarce large multiple. Scott 18 cat. US$19,200.
Estimate 10,000 - 12,000

The roulettes on this block interestingly are misplaced. This and the other large multiples of this value we had sold in Dr. Maeda's collection originally came from a complete sheet that Dr. Maeda had purchased many years ago, which he split up, discarding examples that were unsatisfactory from a condition point of view. Est. HK$10,000-12,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$10,000-12,000

Korea (North), 1949 4th Anniv. of Liberation (small die) 1w. 1w. red, green and turquoise die proof on thin wove paper (115 x 68mm.) in issued colours showing two examples, faint yellow ageing, still very fine with fresh colours. Scott 20P.
Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 Est. HK$6,000-8,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$6,000-8,000

Korea (North), 1949-50 domestic envelopes (3) bearing Flag 6w. (registered), Land Reform 1w. dark blue (small marginal tear) and Order of the National Flag 1w. yellow-green, the latter two used in September 1950, fine. Scott 10, 16, 21b.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200 Est. HK$1,000-1,200 (Image1)

Est. HK$1,000-1,200

Korea (North), 1951 Order of Ri Sun Sin 5w. on 6w. orange with smaller type 1 surcharge (10mm. diameter circle), very fine and fresh unused without gum as issued. Scott 43; S.G. N76 cat. US$1000.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200 Est. HK$1,000-1,200 (Image1)

Est. HK$1,000-1,200

Korea (North), 1955 perf. 10¼ issues of 1952 Labour Day 10w. and Labour Law 6th Anniv. 10w., well centred, fine to very fine and fresh unused without gum as issued. Scott 51a, 52a.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500

The perf. 10¼ issues of the 1952-53 commemoratives are generally very scarce and undercatalogued. Est. HK$1,200-1,500 (Image1)

Est. HK$1,200-1,500

Korea (North), 1955 perf. 10¼ issues of 1952 North Korean-Chinese Friendship 20w., 7th Anniv. of Liberation set, International Youth Day 10w. and 1953 Korean People's Army 5th Anniv. set, mint or unused without gum as issued, Youth Day and Anniv. of Liberation 10w. Soldier and Monument creases (common on these issues), fine to very fine, scarce group. Scott 54a-59a cat. US$877.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500 Est. HK$1,200-1,500 (Image1)

Est. HK$1,200-1,500

Korea (North), 1955 perf. 10¼ issues of 1953 Women's Day, May Day and Anti-U.S. Imperialism Day sets of two, unused without gum as issued or mint, fresh and well centred, Anti-Imperialism Day 10w. horizontal crease, very fine. Scott 60a-65a. cat. US$570.
Estimate 800 - 1,000 Est. HK$800-1,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$800-1,000

Korea (North), 1955 perf. 10¼ issues of 1953 Victory 10w. Youth and Students Festival set of two, DPRK Founding Anniv. 10w., Liberation Monument 10w., Reconstruction and Economic Development 10w., unmounted mint or unused without gum as issued, fresh, Festival set and Reconstruction 10w. some trivial faint ageing on reverse, fine to very fine (Victory very fine). Scott 66a-68a, 70a-72a cat. US$760.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200 Est. HK$1,000-1,200 (Image1)

Est. HK$1,000-1,200

Korea (North), 1955 perf. 10¼ issues of 1954 Labour Day 10w., Anti-U.S. Imperialism Day 10w., Young Activists Congress 10w., Liberation 9th Anniv. 10w., 1955 Women's Day 10w., Labour Day set of two, unmounted mint or mint, fresh, Activists Congress horizontal crease, otherwise fine to very fine. Scott 75a, 77a, 78a, 86a-86Ba.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000 Est. HK$1,500-2,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$1,500-2,000

Korea (North), 1954-55 envelopes (9, five airmail and three registered airmail) to Czechoslovakia, Switzerland and East Germany showing a range of frankings and issues, mainly from Czech and Swiss NNSC members (including two covers to K.F. Pesak, an early expert on North Korean philately), but also including a surface mail letter to an overseas Korean, an interesting assembly highlighting the foreign personnel in the country immediately after the Korean War.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000 Est. HK$2,500-3,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$2,500-3,000

Korea (North), 1953-56(c.) selection of presentation sheets, each containing horizontal pair of impressions in issued colour, for 1953 Liberation Monument 10w., 1954 Women's Day 10w., Liberation 9th Anniv. 10w., 1956 May Day 10w., all on gummed paper (except the last), very fine and fresh (4).
Estimate 800 - 1,000 Est. HK$800-1,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$800-1,000

Korea (North), 1946 (2 Aug.) Japan 3s. stationery card from Sinuiju to Tokyo, uprated by additional 2s. (grey-blue "fee collected" h.s. of Sinuiju post office below indicia) to reflect April 1945 postcard rate rise to 5s., with a second "fee collected" in violet below of Sinuiju's Tokiwa-cho post office probably applied on posting to make up the additional fee for overseas rate to Japan, showing different censor h.s. including purple Soviet "GOM 918", blue "Sinuiju People's Security Station" with red censor's chop and "U.S. Army" shield-type applied in Tokyo, light creasing, fine and rare usage of the Japanese card during the transitional period after the Liberation, showing both Russian and American censorship.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000 Est. HK$15,000-20,000 (Image1)

Est. HK$15,000-20,000