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G.B. 8d ORANGE WITH "B62" CANCELLATION - A UNIQUE (?) TYPE: 1876 Great Britain 8d orange FG (marginal) with a very fine almost complete "B62" cancellation. RPSL Cert (1958) which states "that the stamp is genuine and the Committee believe the obliteration to be genuine also. No other examples of this type have however been recorded contemporary with this 8d stamp and the use cannot be explained. PHOTO - see page 24. £300
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MISCELLANEOUS CANCELLATIONS: c1880-1960 The selection of adhesives with an interesting variety of cancellations inc "B62" & "62B" (2) numerals, boxed "PORT EDWARD" d.s cancelling 1904-06 4c block of four. Lau KUNG Tau c.d.s. on KEVII low values. Tientsin c.d.s., Hong Kong c.d.s. and Kowloon c.d.s. Varied condition. (100+) £200
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HONG KONG 2c USED IN BANGKOK: 1880 2c rose-lake with part "(BAN)GKOK" c.d.s. A sound example of this rarity. PHOTO - see page 24. £120
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HONG KONG 5c USED ON BANGKOK: 1880 5c blue with part "BAN(GKOK)" c.d.s. plus m/s line cancellation. Scarce. PHOTO - see page 24. £120
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HONG KONG 10c USED IN BANGKOK: 1880 10c mauve with two part "BANG(KOK)" c.d.s. plus a very smudged part numeral cancellation. Scarce. PHOTO - see page 24. £120
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AMOY/CANTON/NINGPO/SWATOW C.D.S. CANCELLATIONS ETC.: 1882-1915 adhesives (31) with various "AMOY" c.d.s. inc. 1882-96 2c, 5c, 10c (4). 1891 14c on 30c and 20c on 30c. Adhesives (32) with "CANTON" c.d.s. with 1910-04 values to 50c Mostly clear part strikes. Ningpo (12) inc. 10c mauve with "N1" cancellation and later values (10) with c.d.s. types. Also Swatow adhesives (23) inc. 1863-71 8c & 12c with blue "S2" cancellations and later c.d.s. Some faults but cancellations mostly clear. £260
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UPRATED POSTAL STATIONERY CARD TO G.B. WITH BOTH "B62" NUMERAL & C.D.S. CANCEL; Unusual 29 June 1889 commercial usage of the Hong Kong 3c Brown PC (vertical crease clear of stamps & marks; light toning) from "Mt. Kellett" to G.B. cancelled by a very fine "HONG KONG/A" c.d.s. uprated with QV 10c Green tied by a fine "B62" Numeral. Unusual combination of cancellations on one item. PHOTO - see page 23. £100
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QV 1c P. STATIONERY PCs USED FROM & TO G.B. OR WITH GERMAN SEA P.O. CANCEL; Remarkable 18 July 1900 usage of the Hong Kong 1c PC (corner fault barely detracts) from G.B. to Hong Kong uprated with a G.B. Jubilee 1/2d tied and cancelled by "HALWELL" village c.d.s.'s and addressed to "The Controller, G.P.O., Hong Kong" with mainly v. fine "SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG" transit c.d.s., asking for the card to be forwarded back to Reginald Bray (the 'Autograph King'!); so forwarded back to London with Hong Kong QV 4c tied by a v. fine "HONG KONG" c.d.s. but also having a very fine rare large purple double-oval "POSTMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE/AUG 17 1900/HONGKONG." d.s. on the reverse! Plus 17 May 1900 usage of the same 1c Green PC (filing holes at top clear of stamps & marks) uprated with two HK QV 2c Reds (all uncancelled) with v. fine "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST-/ASIATISCHE/LINE/c" c.d.s. on the front, and 1901 env. (P&O flap; some stains) to G.B. with G.B. lilac tied by v. fine "HONG KONG" c.d.s. (Paquebot usage?). Unusual trio. (2 cards + 1 cover) PHOTO - see page 23. £200
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KEVII G-SIZE REGISTERED ENVELOPE USAGE WITH 20c TO THE PHILIPPINES; Very fine 22 Apr. 1907 commercial usage of the KEVII 10c Violet G-size regd. env. to Manila cancelled by a partly fine 2-ring HK c.d.s. with a very fine boxed "R/HONG-KONG/NO." datestamp alongside uprated by a KEVII 20c tied by the same (mainly fine) 2-ring "REGISTERED/HONG KONG" c.d.s., having a fine purple Manila backstamp. Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see page 23. £120
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KEVII FRANKING 34c-RATE COVER TO U.S. WITH RARE PURPLE "TENYO-MARU/SEA POST" C.D.S. CANCEL; 2 Sept. 1912 long commercial env. (printed "SHING SHUN & Co." address; some wrinkling and slightly reduced at left but attractive) to San Francisco with Hong Kong KEVII 10c+20c+2c Pair (one of the Pair creased) tied by a single superb central purple 2-ring "TENYO-MARU/SEA POST" Japanese ship's c.d.s. (ties between perfs); endorsed to go by Japanese ship "Chiyo Maru" but presumably diverted. Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see page 23. £150
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"HONG KONG UNIVERSITY/POST OFFICE" C.D.S. COVER + LATE USE "CHINA/11/2c." O.P. KGV PC; 14 Mar. 1912 env. (slight toning from flaps gum) to a "Local" address with KEVII 2c Green tied by a very fine "HONG KONG UNIVERSITY/POST OFFICE" c.d.s.; this mark was only in use for 6 days from 11 to 16 March during the inauguration of this new University. Plus 12 May 1927 philatelic use of the HK 1c Brown PC with "CHINA/11/2." o.p. to Germany up[rated with KGV 4c Red tied by v. fine 2-ring c.d.s. (2 items) PHOTO - see page 23. £100
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EARLY LETTER TO SPAIN VIA GIBRALTAR WITH H.K. CROWNED CIRCLE & "LYALL STILL & Co." F.A.C.; Fine 10 Nov. 1857 EL from "Emuy" (Spanish for Amoy) to Jose Martin in Cadiz via the Forwarding Agent "M. Power Esq., Gibraltar" (with "Via Marseilles" understandably deleted) prepaid "7/4" (red crayon rate) with a mainly very fine small red "PAID/AT/HONG-KONG" Crowned Circle on the front along with a "GIBRALTAR" arrival c.d.s. (1 Jan. 1858); there is also a mainly very fine large rare oval-framed "FORWARDED BY/LYALL STILL & Co./HONG KONG" and a 14 Nov. fine "HONG KONG" c.d.s. on the top flap. There is a tiny manuscript "LS&C/3066" at top right of the address; presumably Lyall & Co.'s ledger number. Rare and attractive cover that displays to show all marks, address and internal "Emuy" heading together. Exhibition Quality. [The similar 1855 cover from the same correspondence but with the slightly commoner FAC of M. Robinet in Cavendish's 18 Mar. 2010 auction, lot 1248, realised £1,035.] PHOTO - see page 23. £750
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1863-96 CANCELLATION GROUP: 1863--71 4c, 12c & 30c, 1880 5c & 10c, 1882-96 4c & 10c all with "A1" cancellations. 1863-71 12c (thinned) & 1880 10c with fine "D.27." cancellations. 1882-96 10c green and 1885 20c on 30c with small "AMOY" c.d.s. mostly fine. (11) £160
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1863-71 8c orange with small central red "AMOY/A/DE 13/65/PAID" c.d.s. overstruck with a very fine almost complete "B62" cancellation. Fine PHOTO - see page 24. £120
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RARE "D27" NUMERAL ON 8c ORANGE ON COVER FRONT TO U.S.A. (ILLUSTRATED IN WEBB); 17 Dec. 1877 front to "Sabot Island, Goochland, Virginia" with 8c Orange tied by a lovely strike of the small; "D27" Amoy Numeral with a mainly very fine small matching "AMOY/A" c.d.s. alongside. One of very few known D27 covers/fronts recorded; this example illustrated in Webb, plate 33. [Ex Wilde.] PHOTO - see page 6. £650
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RARE AMOY USAGE OF THE 3c BROWN POSTAL STATIONERY CARD TO U.S.A.; 8 Dec. 1893 commercial usage of the 3c Brown PC (toned & slightly trimmed) to Illinois "Via San Francisco" cancelled by a very fine curved "AMOY/A" c.d.s. with part SF transit c.d.s. on the front. Seldom seen from Amoy. PHOTO - see page 23. £100
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VERY RARE "ANPING/A" DATESTAMP ON HONG KONG 1882-91 5c BLUE; 13 Aug. 1892 usage of the 1882-91 Hong Kong QV 5c Blue (rounded corner at bottom right) with 90% complete central "ANPING/A/AU13/92" c.d.s. cancel as well as a faded part strike of the purple oval "MONCRIEFF WRIGHT/AMOY AND TAIWANFOO" firm's cancel [the same as the mark on the 'ex Percival David' Norman Bennett example in Cavendish's 23 Sept. 2004 auction, lot 559]. SG Z121. Very rare; only three examples are known on covers. PHOTO - see page 32. £300
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VERY RARE "ANPING/A" DATESTAMP ON HONG KONG 1882-91 5c BLUE; 29 July 1892 usage of the 1882-91 Hong Kong QV 5c Blue (cut perfs. at top) with 80% complete central "ANPING/A/JY29/92" c.d.s. cancel as well as a faded part strike of the purple oval "MONCRIEFF WRIGHT/AMOY AND TAIWANFOO" firm's cancel [the same as the mark on the 'ex Percival David' Norman Bennett example in Cavendish's 23 Sept. 2004 auction, lot 559]. SG Z121. Very rare; only three examples are known on covers. PHOTO - see page 32. £240
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"C1" CANCELLATIONS ETC.:1863-71 4c, 10c, 24c & 48c. 1876-77 28c on 30c. 1882-96 2c (2) & 10c mauve. All with "C1" cancellation. 1863-71 30c mauve and 1882-96 10c pair with "CANTON" c.d.s. Some stamp faults but generally clear strikes. (10). £120
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VERY FINE "C1" NUMERAL (LATEST RECORDED DATE) ON 10c-RATE COVER TO U.S.A.; 23rd Oct. 1883 env. (flap lost) to "Arkansas, U.S. of America" endorsed "Via Yokohama and San Francisco", franked by a single 1882-3 10c dull mauve (faded and with perf. faults) tied by a very fine (rare thus) "C1" numeral, with a fine "A/CANTON" c.d.s. (Type B) alongside. Webb only recorded 20 "C1" covers/cards (and Pearson only recorded 10 more by 1990), of which this is the latest recorded date. Rare and attractive. [1990 RPS Cert.] [Ex Ishikawa, 1980, lot 484, £900; ex Chan, Cavendish, Oct. 2003, lot 271; realised £1,265.] PHOTO - see page 25. £850
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EARLY CANTON C.D.S. USAGE ON 3c BROWN POSTAL STATIONERY CARD TO U.S.A.; 12 Oct. 1883 commercial usage of the 3c Brown PC to Massachusetts via San Francisco (fine red c.d.s. on the front) cancelled by a very fine straight name "A/CANTON" c.d.s. having Hong Kong & Chelsea (Mass.) backstamps. Good contents ref. recent unrest; the card apparently written from "Shamun" [Shamian Island off Canton] and noting that the writer "Cannot go to Canton [city], although there has been no serious trouble since 10 Sept. There are 7 Men-of-War here now and several at Hong Kong. Affairs unsettled in Tonquin." Rare reference to the unrest in Canton caused by the French takeover of Tonkin; the Battle of Palan had taken place on 1 Sept. and the troubles between France and China over the future of Vietnam continued into 1885. PHOTO - see page 25. £120
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OUTWARD REPLY 4c RED P. STATIONERY CARDS INC. 'TEST' STRIKES + QV 2c TIED BY 2-RING C.D.S.'s; Unusual 29 June 1903 usage of the outward portion of the Hong Kong QV 4c Red P. Stationery PC uprated with a HK 2c both cancelled/tied by very fine strikes of the 2-ring "CHEFOO/BRITISH P.O." c.d.s., but oddly having the message written on the address side ("Al Caro papa, E. Bhuler, il figlio."; i.e. To dear father from the son) and mostly obscured by four virtually undated strikes of the same 2-ring Chefoo P.O. mark. Maybe the address was written on the message side of the reply card (no longer attached)? Plus 1 nov. 1904 usage of the 4c+4c Red QV P. Stat. PC (both halves cancelled by very fine 2-ring "CHEFOO/BRITISH P.O." c.d.s.'s, but addressed outward to "TSANGKOU" (German c.d.s.) with no other marks. (2 items) PHOTO - see page 25. £150
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"F1" AND C.D.S. CANCELLATIONS: 1863-1915 The selection of various Foochow cancellations inc. 1863-71 2c, 4c & 8c (3). 1880 10c & 10c on 12c. All with "F1" cancellations. 1882-96 2c (3), 5c, 10c green, 10c purple/red (3) & 30c. 1885 20c on 30c & 1891 20c on 30c (2) with small "FOOCHOW FOO" c.d.s. and a small range of later types. (41) £180
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RARE "F1" (LATE USAGE) COVER WITH 10c GREEN ON COVER TO G.B. VIA HONG KONG; 10 Dec. 1884 env. to Devon with Hong Kong QV 10c Green (a couple stained perfs.) tied by a light but fine tall "F1" Numeral with a mainly very fine small matching "FOOCHOWFOO/A" c.d.s. alongside. Webb stated that the "F1" cancel was "peculiarly rare" on cover; he only recorded 9 covers & PCs; since then about another 20 covers/cards have been recorded (per Pearson) but G.B. is still a rare destination for covers with this mark, as most of the newly discovered covers are to Australia. This may be the latest recorded date for an "F1" cancel (Webb recorded it 1873-82 only). Exhibition Item. [RPS 2003 cert.] PHOTO - see page 6. £500
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"FOOCHOWFOO" C.D.S. AS CANCEL ON QV 20c-RATE COVER TO CANADA; Attractive 21 July 1899 env. (minor corner crease) to Canada with Hong Kong Purple on Red 10c (2) tied by a single very fine small "FOOCHOWFOO/A" thimble c.d.s., having a faint arrival c.d.s. alongside and backstamps of HK, SF & London/Ontario. Rare destination for a QV franking from Foochow. PHOTO - see page 25. £160
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"D29" AND C.D.S. CANCELLATIONS: 1863-71 2c, 12c and 1880 12c (damaged corner), all with "D.29" cancellations. 1882-1915 values to 50c with various" HANKOW" c.d.s. Some stamp faults but cancellations mostly fine. (24) PHOTO - see page 24. £180
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RARE 20c-RATE COVER TO ITALY WITH 4x5c BLUE TIED BY HANKOW C.D.S.'s & BY "LIGNE N/PAQ/FR/No.2" OCTAGON; Unusual 2 Nov. 1896 env. to Milan with QV 5c Blue Vertical Strip of Four tied by partial (as often for Hankow) brownish-black "HANKOW" c.d.s.'s but one stamp also tied by a mainly very fine octagonal French Maritime "LIGNE N/PAQ.FR.No.3" d.s. with a second very fine strike alongside; clearly the French ship's postmaster thought the stamps were inadequately cancelled. There are backstamps of "SHANGHAE" (5 Nov.), HK (10 Nov.) & Milan (9 Dec.?). Rare Hankow franking/destination with unique (?) double-cancellation. Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see page 25. £200
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10c-RATE COVER TO ITALY WITH QV 10c PURPLE ON RED & "LIGNE N/PAQ.FR.No.10" OCTAGON; Attractive 23 June 1900 env. (small fault at top left does not detract) to Como with Hong Kong QV 10c Purple on Red tied by a light but legible "HANKOW/A" c.d.s. but also tied by a part of the frame of a mainly very fine octagonal French ship "LIGNE N/PAQ.FR.No.10" d.s. (2 July); there is a 1 July HK backstamp. PHOTO - see page 25. £120
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SCARCE BOXED "R/HANKOW B.P.O." MARK ON 14c-RATE COVER TO G.B. VIA RUSSIA; 26 Sept. 1910 commercial env. (Cigarette Co. flap) "Registered" to London "Via Transiberia" with KEVII 4c Red (3) + 2c Green all tied by very fine "HANKOW/C" c.d.s.'s with a matching very fine (though struck over an endorsement) boxed "R/HANKOW B.P.O./No. [129]" alongside. Attractive and fine. PHOTO - see page 25. £140
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KIUNGCHOW (HOIHOW) - EARLY C.D.S. CANCELLATION ON 5c. SURCHARGE: 1880 5c on 18c mauve with a virtually complete "KIUNG-CHOW/A/MR 7/81" c.d.s. A little stained on reverse and a few trimmed perfs. at top. Very scarce. SG Z556 £950 RPSL Cert (1991) PHOTO - see page 12. £400
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KIUNGCHOW (HOIHOW) - THE RARE "D.28." CANCELLATION: 1880 10c mauve with almost complete central "D.28." cancellation. Very rare. SG Z562 £900 PHOTO - see page 24. £300
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KIUNGCHOW (HOIHOW) - C.D.S. CANCELLATIONS: 1882-96 4c & 10c purple. 1885 20c on 30c. 1904 10c, 12c (2) & 20c. 1907-11 4c & 6c. All with clear part "HOIHOW" c.d.s. (9) £60
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RARE "HOIHOW" C.D.S. CANCEL ON QV 10c BLUE COVER TO U.S.A.; Fine 1 Dec. 1902 env. to New Jersey with QV 10c Blue tied by a superb "HOIHOW/C" c.d.s. perfectly placed on the stamp Exhibition Quality and seldom seen. PHOTO - see page 23. £200
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A FINE OVAL "LIU KUNG TAU" C.D.S.1882-96 2c carmine block of six (3 x 2) tied to small piece by violet "LIU KUNG TAU/18 JAN 1900/POST OFFICE" oval d.s. plus "HONG KONG" c.d.s. Some faults but scarce. PHOTO - see page 24. £120
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SCARCE 1st-TYPE C.D.S. CANCEL ON KEVII 4C ON PPC TO G.B.; Fine 2 Sept. 1902 PPC (Yokohama view) to Nottingham with KEVII 4c Purple on Red tied by a superb small "LIU.KUNG.TAU/A" c.d.s. with Shanghai & Nottingham c.d.s.'s alongside. Attractive. PHOTO - see page 25. £65
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MACAO - UNPAID COVER VIA "HONG KONG" & "GIBRALTAR" (H.S. "1/-") TO SPAIN; Fine 12 June 1863 unpaid EL (folds to show Macao heading beside address) from "Macao" to "Jose Matia, Cadiz" with a mainly fine "HONG KONG" c.d.s. (12 June) on the top flap addressed to Matia "Care of Michael Power Esq., Gibraltar" (so presumably forwarded under cover to Cadiz) with a very fine rare Gibraltar Handstruck "1/-" charge-mark and matching small "GIBRALTAR/A" c.d.s. on the front. Rare destination from Macao and most attractive. PHOTO - see page 25. £400
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HONG KONG CROWNED CIRCLE COVER FROM "MACAO" TO SPAIN VIA GIBRALTAR Fine 22 Sept. 1857 EL from "Macao" to Jose Matia (of Cadiz) via the Forwarding Agent "M. Dower Esq., Gibraltar" prepaid "1/10" (red crayon rate) with a very fine small single-ring "PAID/AT/HONG-KONG" Crowned Circle nicely placed on the front, slightly overlapped by the "GIBRALTAR" arrival c.d.s. (1 Dec.); unusually there are mainly very fine "HONG-KONG" c.d.s.'s on the reverse for two different rates; 24 Sept. & 5 Oct. Exhibition Quality and a rare destination from Macao. PHOTO - see page 25. £300
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PORTUGUESE MACAU 30r GREEN POSTCARD USED TO GERMANY; 6th Dec. 1889 usage of the 30r green on buff PC to Dresden (arrival c.d.s. on the front) cancelled to one side by a very fine Crown-removed 2-ring "MACAO" c.d.s. Scarce and attractive and very fine. [Ex Cavendish Chan auction, Mar. 2003, lot 321; realised £460.] PHOTO - see page 25. £300
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PAIR OF QV OUTWARD 3c BROWN O.P. "4 CENTS" (RED OR BLACK) CARDS TO GERMANY; 27 July 1901 & 17 Dec. 1903 usages of the Hong Kong o.p. "4 CENTS" on 3c Brown Postal Stationery outward PCs (former with slight faults at left) to the same German address and each cancelled by a very fine "NINGPO/C" c.d.s. with curved name; both with messages in German and the latter with a Shanghai backstamp. Scarce pair. (2 cards) PHOTO - see page 25. £150
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THE SCARCE "SUNBURST" PLUS "B62" CANCELLATION: 1862 no watermark 8c yellow with almost complete central "sunburst" cancellation and almost complete "B62" cancellation. Fine PHOTO - see page 24. £100
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"S1" CANCELLATIONS: 1863-71 4c (8, inc. two pairs), 6c, 8c (4), 24c (4), 30c mauve (4) & 96c. All with blue "S1" cancellations. 1863-71 2c (3), 4c, 8c (5, inc. a pair), 10c, 12c (4), & 48c.1880 2c & 10c (2) and 10c on 12c all with black"S1" cancellations. Mostly fine part strikes a few stamp faults. (39) £160
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THE SCARCE "SUNBURST" CANCELLATION: 1863--71 2c brown with part blue "sunburst" cancellation. Fine. PHOTO - see page 24. £120
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THE SCARCE "SUNBURST" CANCELLATION: 1863-71 4c grey cancelled with two part strikes of the blue "Sunburst" cancellation. Adhesive with perfs a little trimmed at lower left, cancellation clear. PHOTO - see page 24. £120
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RARE "H.M.S. RACEHORSE, SHANGHAI" 1d CONCESSION RATE COVER WITH "A81" NUMERAL ON G.B. 1d RED; 25 Oct. 1864 env. (few repaired/closed opening tears along top and one at foot; all clear of stamp and marks - most of flap lost) to Kent headed & countersigned by "W. Farquar[son]" for "Alfr. Forrester, H.M.S. Racehorse, Shanghai, 25 October 1864" with a G.B. 1d Red 'Stars' tied by two mainly fine rare "A81" Numerals (used on the P&O S.S. Delhi en route from Egypt to Southampton), but also having a mainly fine blue "HONG KONG/C" c.d.s. (31 Oct.) on the flap slightly overlapped by a "SEVEN OAKS" arrival c.d.s. (22 Dec.). Sadly, the writer of this letter, and Lieut. Farquar[son] who countersigned it were among the 99 men who lost their lives in the wreck of the H.M.S. Leopard off Chefoo just 10 days after it was written, on 4 Nov. 1864. Important and rare Shanghai/Hong Kong Mailboat Concession Rate cover. [BPA 1974 cert.] PHOTO - see p. 6. £1,500
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SPECTACULAR 3-COLOUR FRANKING 24c-RATE BLUE "S1" COVER TO AUSTRALIA VIA CEYLON; 20 Sept. 1873 env. (some edge dusting/wear) to Melbourne "Via Galle" with Hong Kong 4c Grey + 12c Blue (rounded corner perf.) + 8c Orange all tied (to each other and to the cover) by two very fine bright blue tall "S1" Numerals with red "1/-" Accountancy marking alongside; there are very fine backstamps c.d.s.'s of "SHANGHAE" (blue), "HONG KONG" (24 Sept.) and "MELBOURNE" (17 Nov.). Stunning Exhibition Item. [Ex Cavendish Chan auction, Oct. 2003, lot 369, realised £690; also ex Sothebys auction, 1982.] PHOTO - see page 7. £500
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VERY FINE BLUE "S1" NUMERAL ON 30c-RATE CINGLE-FRANKING COVER TO G.B. "VIA BRINDISI"; 14 June 1873 env. to London "Via Brindisi" with Hong Kong 30c Lilac tied by a superb tall blue "S1" Numeral matching the very fine blue "SHANGHAE/A" c.d.s. on the side-flap, with HK c.d.s. (20 June) alongside. Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see page 26. £300
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A SELECTION OF C.D.S.'s:1882-1915 The interesting group of mainly lower values with various Shanghai c.d.s. inc. 1882-96 2c (3), 5c (2) & 10c. 1885 20c on 30c. 1891 7c on 10c, 50c on 48c & $1 on 96c. 1891 Jubilee 2c. Also G.B. 1902-10 1/2d pair with central c.d.s. Some stamp faults but some clear cancellations. (41) £120
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"SHANGHAE" C.D.S. CANCELLED 3c BROWN POSTCARD USED TO INDIA; 13 July 1889 usage of the Hong Kong 3c Brown Postal Stationery PC (minor wear) from "S.S. Pekin, Wharf, Shanghai" (commercial message ref. voyage from HK and currently "unloading opium etc.") to Calcutta cancelled by a very fine small "SHANGHAE/C" c.d.s. with Indian transit c.d.s.'s on the front and a Hong Kong backstamp (16 July). Unusual destination for an early Postal Stationery card. PHOTO - see page 25. £100
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SHANGHAI DEFENCE FORCE - "FIELD POST OFFICE/1" C.D.S's ON CIVIL MAIL COVERS TO G.B./HONG KONG; Rare pair of 26 Mar. 1927 envs. to Hong Kong (Insurance Co. flap, vertical fold; small oval Chinese postman's mark on the front) or to G.B. franked by G.B. KGV 11/2d+1d or single 21/2d all tied by mainly very fine 2-ring "FIELD POST OFFICE/1" c.d.s.'s of the Shanghai Defence Force, used during the 2-day strike at the Chinese P.O. when civil letters were accepted by this British Military P.O. Rare pair. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 26. £200
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SWATOW? - RARE"C79" MAILBOAT NUMERAL ON 6d MAUVE "OFFICER'S LETTER" COVER TO G.B.; [Feb.?] 1867 env. (some edge wear; with pencil "Swatow" on the front) sent by J. Procter of HMS Drake which was apparently at Swatow on at least 10/12 Feb. 1867; with G.B. 6d Mauve (pl.6) tied (clearly in our opinion, though the RPS cert. says "despite lack of tying it is genuine") by a very rare tall "C79" Numeral used on the Mediterranean Mailboat the P&O S.S. Nyanza en route from Egypt to Southampton, having a mainly fine Kingsbridge arrival c.d.s. of 1 June 1867. Exceptional Mailboat Numeral usage; one of only a handful of recorded "C79" covers from the Far East. PHOTO - see page 6. £750
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