Sale No: 321
Lot No:788
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Lots & Collections 1903: Group of four postcards, each franked with a single Bird issue value, including one examples with 2 r. grey, one with 1 c. brown, one with 2 g. green and an example with a 4 c. red, mixed lot, scarce examples. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image)

Sale No: 321
Lot No:789
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1900/1905: Group of four postal stationery cards, comprising two 2 c. red, both used and two 4 c. brown, one used and one unused, destinations include Brussels, Berlin and one sent locally, condition is overall fine, scarce selection (4). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Sale No: 321
Lot No:790
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1884/1903: Group of unissued stamps, comprising three values; 25 m. orange (9), 50 m. blue green (8) and 100 m. blue and pink (8), unused, with original gum, fresh group (25). Comes with nine used examples from the the 1903 Bird issue, including 1 c. brown purple (1), 3 c. orange (4), 50 c. red and green (1), 1 w. violet (1) and 2 w. violet and orange (2), slightly mixed although presentable. (Image 1) (Image)

Sale No: 321
Lot No:5319
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1884 (Nov): 5 moon rose, perf. 11 large holes, an unused block of twenty (5 x 4), marginal from right of the sheet, two stamps with slightly blunted perfs. at left, of vibrant fresh colour, hinged for protection, large part or unmounted og. Rare - believed to be the largest perforated 11 multiple known Scott 1 = 1'050+/Gi = £ 1'000+.rnProvenance: Collection Ichiro Kondo, DF, Zurich, 2 Nov 1994, lot 50005. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Sale No: 321
Lot No:5320
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1884 (Nov): 10 moon blue, perf. 9 x 8½, an unused complete sheet of 80 subjects (10 x 8), full sheet margins with imprint at base, folded between fourth and fifth horizontal rows, of wonderful fresh colour, hinged for protection in places, large part or unmounted og. Rare Scott 2 = 1'050+/Gi = £ 600+.rnProvenance: Collection Ichiro Kondo, DF, Zurich, 2 Nov 1994, lot 50007. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Lots & Collections 1894/97: Small selection of used stamps incl. 1894 9 c. dark green, 1897 surcharged on 1894 with small and large Chinese characters, cancelled either by Pakua, Dollar chop, circular datestamp or MH, each stamp carefully described (Scott = $ 890 following the consignor). In addition 1916 Express Delivery, extremely rare full unused document with all parts A-D, 26 cm long, part A folded back (Chan E2), also three used express letter sender's receipts, and five official stamps (Scott ex O51/O58a). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image)

Sale No: 321
Lot No:745
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1898/1963: Accumulation of stamps, covers and cards, predominately China, with some Taiwan, Hong Kong and mail into China, including from Japan, mostly used with a select number of unused, good selection of early picture postcards with frankings to front, also an 1895 cover from Shanghai to Austria with French colonies 5 c. with 'CHINE' overprint, conditions is mixed in places but generally fine, an interesting group. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image)

Sale No: 321
Lot No:5290
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1878: Large Dragon 1 c. green, a sheet marginal example in a deep shade (cliche 21), in combination with 5 c. orange-yellow in a sheet marginal horizontal strip of three (cliches 8-9-10) also in a deep rich shade tied on 1879 double rate cover to Ferrybridge, Yorkshire by "Tientsin" seal handstamp in black and the strip also tied by "CUSTOMS / SHANGHAI" cds (Nov 28) in black. Obverse with France Type Sage 35 c. black on yellow for single rate (the Chinese ½ ounce equalled 14.2 grams, the French 15) with "SHANG-HAI / CHINE" cds adjacent (Nov 28) and Modane transit in red. Reverse with Normanton arrival cds (12 Jan 1880). Illustrated in "Comprehensive Illustration of Covers of Chinese Large Dragons" by James B. Whang on pages 113-114. Slight overall soiling due to journey, but a magnificent and extremely attractive first issue combination cover.rnProvenance: Collections M.D. Chow; Allen Gokson; J.R. Hughes; James B. Whang, Christies Swire, Hong Kong, 2 Nov 1994, lot 1795. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1878/83:  Large Dragon 1 ca. green, 3 ca. brown-red and 5 ca. yellow-ochre, wide setting, the used set of three values, all cancelled by part chops in blue of Peking, one or two minor imperfections but a scarce set Gi = £ 2'825. (Image 1) (Image)

1878/83: Large Dragon 1 ca. deep green, wide setting, a used example of rich colour, well centred, corner crease at upper left, very lightly cancelled by part "Customs" cds in black Gi = £ 850. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1878/83: Large Dragon 3 ca. brown-red, wide setting, a used example with slight aging, one blunt perf. at top, cancelled in black at Tientsin Gi = £ 325. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1878/83: Large Dragon 5 ca. yellow-ochre, wide setting, a used example of clear impression, cancelled by slightly smudged part chop in black. A scarce stamp Gi = £ 1'800. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1878/83: Large Dragon 1 ca. green on opaque thick paper, narrow setting, a used example with one or two typically slightly blunted perfs. cancelled by part chops in blue Gi = £ 650. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)