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1949 $25 stationery card with airplane design on reverse, c.t.o. with violet commeorative cancellation (20.11), very fine. $10 stationery card with junk design on reverse, bearing 4th Anniv. of Victory over Japan, cancelled by violet commemorative postmark (20.9), very fine. (2 cards.) Photo HK$10,000-12,000
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1949 Daming Print, Soldier and Workmen, $30 grey-green variety imperforate between vertical pair, two pairs in a top margin block of four, unused. Fresh and fine. Yang CC68A; S.G. CC75 var. Photo HK$1,000-1,500
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1950 Tien An Men (R4) $800 orange variety broken roof, third stamp in a block of four, unused without gum as issued. A scarce variety. Yang R25 var. Photo HK$2,000-2,500
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1952 Gymnastics by Radio (S4) nine complete original print sets of blocks of four with corner margins, some folding creases, otherwise fresh and fine. Yang S14-53 HK$40,000-50,000
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–– ten complete original print sets of blocks of four in left margin blocks cancelled by first day c.d.s. of Canton; folded between lower two rows, fresh and fine. Photo HK$30,000-40,000
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1953 Military Post (M1) 8f. Air Force stamp in purple, unused without gum as issued. Yang M2. Photo HK$12,000-15,000
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1954 (14 July) registered parcel front sent air mail Sample Post, to London and bears Tien An Men R2 $10,000, R4 $3000, $5000, R5 $30,000 (2) and $100,000, R6 $1600 and R7 $100 paying $179,700, tied by Shanghai c.d.s. with the Shanghai registration label alongside. A fine and important franking. Photo HK$18,000-20,000
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1954 Anshan Steel Works (S10) $400 and $800 set of two, (248 sets) in part sheets, without gum as issued, Yang S78-79 HK$2,000-2,500
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1955 Overhead Electricity (S12) $800 deep blue (100) in a part sheet, unused without gum as issued. Yang S82 HK$1,500-2,000
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1958 People's Heroes Monument (C47) 8f. enlarged artist's prints of the stamp design only (173x152mm) in different colours, each is hand-coloured and with the artist's signature and seal, one signed by the designer of the other part of the miniature sheet. Fine and scarce. Photo (4 designs) HK$10,000-15,000
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1959 Tenth Anniversary of People's Republic (C71) 20f. deep carmine, without gum as issued, unmounted. Yang C233. Photo HK$1,500-1,800
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1962 Mei Lan Fang (C94) 4f. to 50f. set of eight in top left corner pairs, lightly mounted or unmounted mint; some age marks and a few adherences on the reverse. Yang C307-314. Photo HK$15,000-18,000
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1962 Scientists (C92) 4f., 8f., 10f. and 20f. in enlarged artist's print in a proposed miniature sheet design, hand-coloured and with the artist's signature and seal at foot. Photo HK$5,000-8,000
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1963 Children (S54) set of twelve on three special registered first day covers from Peking; some light soiling or edge wear. Yang S267-278. Photo HK$3,000-3,500
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1964 Peonies (S61) enlarged artist's print of the miniature sheet (210x295mm) in near issued colours, with the artist's signature and seal at foot; some light ageing. A desirable example of this ever-popular sheet. Photo HK$10,000-15,000
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1964 Peonies (S61) $2 miniature sheet, unmounted; fine. Yang S61M. Photo HK$12,000-15,000
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1966 Lu Hsun (C122) 8f. set of three in corner blocks of four, unmounted; one block with minor bend in the corner. Fresh and fine. Yang C394-396. Photo HK$5,000-7,000
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1967 Liu Ying-Chun (C123) set of six enlarged artist's prints, hand-coloured with the artist's signature and seal at foot; some light tone spotting in places. A scarce set. Photo HK$15,000-20,000
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1967 Poems of Chairman Mao (W7) 4f. to 10f. set of fourteen, unmounted mint; a couple of small imperfections including 8f. "Beidahe" with small gum disturbance and 8f. "Capture of Nanking" with small tone spot. Yang W39-52. Photo HK$15,000-18,000
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1978 Arts and Crafts (T29) $3 miniature sheet (flying fairies), unmounted mint; a couple of minor internal bends. Yang T29M. Photo HK$1,200-1,500
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1979 Study Science (T41) $2 miniature sheet, unmounted mint. Fine. Yang T41M. Photo HK$9,000-12,000
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–– $2 miniature sheet, unmounted mint; horizontal wrinkle at foot. Fresh Yang T41M. Photo HK$7,000-9,000
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1980 Year of the Monkey (T46) 8f. unmounted mint; fresh and fine. Yang T234. Photo HK$12,000-15,000
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–– 8f. lightly mounted mint; fresh and fine. Yang T234. Photo HK$8,000-9,000
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–– 8f. used with central c.d.s.; some creasing in the corners. Yang T234. Photo HK$1,500-1,800
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A duplicated group of early sets with 1952 Glorious Mother Country first series unused (10) and with Canton first day c.d.s. (10), People's Liberation Army unused (10) and with special commemorative first day cancellation (10), Glorious Mother Country second series unused (10) and cancelled by special first day c.d.s. (10), Peace Conference (10) and with special first day c.d.s. (10), Chinese Volunteer Force in Korea with special first day cancellations (10), 1953 International Women (10) and used (10), short defin. values including $250 ultramarine (10), Labour Union (10) and a few others HK$1,000-1,500
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A group of miniature sheets with 1978 National Science Conference (light corner bend), Galloping Horses, Flying Fairies, 1979 Riccione International Stamp Fair, Stamp Exhibition, Hong Kong and Qi Bashi Paintings, unmounted; fresh and fine. (6 sheets). Photo HK$12,000-15,000
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An accumulation of sheets, part sheets and blocks in seven sheet albums which includes a selection of 1954-55 values unused; the used are from 1955 and includes 1955 Sino-Russian Treaty 8f. (72), 1958 Kuan Han-Ching 4f. and 8f. (80 each), International Students Union set (100), Pagodas (99 sets), Atomic Reactor set (80 sets), Trade Union Congress 8f. (100), Postal Administration Congress 8f. (100), Aviation Sports 4f. (250), 1959 Steel Production 4f. (100) and 8f. (190), Labour Day 4f. and 8f. (90), Tenth Anniversary of People's Republic, second issue 10f. (96), third issue with four values (100), Peking Airport 8f. (100), 1961 Chan Tien-yu 8f. (100), Tibetan People 4f. (100), 1963 Table Tennis 8f. grey-green (100), plus many others. A very useful stock. (thousands) HK$15,000-20,000
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A general collection in three albums, 1949-70, mint or used, which includes 1962 Mei Lan Fang set of eight used (2), 1963 Giant Pandas unused and used, 1964 Peonies miniature sheet fine unused, 1967 Thoughts of Mao set fine used with both strips of five plus the 8f. red strip of five unused, 1967 Mao's Talks on Literature and Art set used, 1967 Labour Day set of five used plus other Cultural Revolution including a cover.
Also Postage Stamps of the People's Republic of China with 1958 Heroes Monument miniature sheet fine used. Condition is a little mixed in places. A useful lot with high catalogue value HK$25,000-30,000
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1960s-70s an extensive collection of envelopes, fronts, postcards and other postal history items such as parcel receipts and aerogrammes commercially used during the Cultural Revolution period, each well described and assembled in three Lighthouse albums; most items with Chairman Mao Instructions pre-printed and many with original enclosures.
A fine collection of this popular material (380+ items) HK$30,000-40,000
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1897 First Issue Coiling Dragon | |
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1898 (July) card addressed to Germany uprated with C.I.P. 1c. cancelled by very fine strike of boxed Kiaochow handstamp, with German P.O. 5pf. green pair tied by Tsingtau c.d.s. (29.7) and with the arrival c.d.s. at left. A fine card with very unusual markings. Photo HK$8,000-10,000
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1899 (9 May) 1c. card to Hong Kong cancelled by Tientsin pa-kua in blue with the bilingual c.d.s. in lower left corner, with Shanghai bilingual c.d.s. (13.5) and Hong Kong arrival c.d.s. (17.5); good to fine. Photo HK$2,000-2,500
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1900 (29 Nov.) 1c. card to Berlin, marked field post and bearing a fine strike of
"marine-/schiffspost/no. 31" of SMS Brandenburg; hand-coloured illustration on the reverse, unveiling of the Ilitis monument. Photo HK$1,000-1,500
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1901 (13 Mar.) 1c. card used locally in Shanghai cancelled by a superb strike of Shanghai pa-kua with double-circle Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. alongside, a good strike of "A" in circle and small "22" in circle, with delivery characters. Unusual. Photo HK$2,000-2,500
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1901 (26 Mar.) 1c. card to Germany cancelled by Peking dated oval, with good strikes of "k.d.feld-poststation/no.2" and boxed "S.B./ostas exped./ii.bat.2 ine-regmts"; with hand-painted illustration on the reverse. Photo HK$1,000-1,200
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1901 (2 Apr.) 1c. card to Germany, marked "Feldpost" and cancelled by a good strike of Paoting Dollar chop with "k.d.feld-poststation/no.7" alongside and Hamburg arrival c.d.s. in the corner (3.8); some ageing HK$800-1,000
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1902 (5 Dec.) 1c. card registered to Leeds, uprated C.I.P. 4c. and 10c. cancelled by Tsouping dated oval in purple with a fine strike of Weihsien dated oval in blue alongside and Chowtsun post office tombstone at lower left, Kiaochow bilingual c.d.s., large handstruck "R" in red and Kiaochow 30pf. tied by Tsingtau c.d.s. with the registration label alongside. Fine and appealing, scarce registered use. Photo HK$4,000-5,000
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1905 (5 Dec.) card used overseas bearing Thailand 4a. pair cancelled by Bangkok despatch c.d.s. and showing Leer arrival at left. Unusual usage. Photo HK$2,000-2,500
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1902 (26 July) 1c. card registered to Italy, uprated with C.I.P. 1c., 2c. and 10c., tied by Tientsin bilingual c.d.s. with a very fine strike of Tientsin boxed registered handstamp at top, Chinese and French Shanghai transit c.d.s. and redirected on arrival with various Italian postmarks. Fine and a scarce registered card. Photo HK$3,000-4,000
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1906 (5 May) C.I.P. 1c. reply card (message portion) from China Inland Mission, Laohokow to London via Hankow (12.5) and Shanghai (15.5), cancelled by "Hubei/Laohokow" lunar c.d.s. An adhesive has fallen off. Photo HK$1,500-2,000
| 1907 Third Issue Coiling Dragon | |
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1908 (May) card uprated 1/2c. and cancelled by Honan c.d.s. with Shanghai bilingual c.d.s. (29.5) and two Japanese postmarks. Photo HK$2,000-2,500
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1908 (12 Sept.) card to Germany cancelled by large Peking English/Chinese dater with Tientsin (7.10) and Shanghai (12.10) bilingual c.d.s. plus "shanghai/l.p.o." c.d.s. (13.10) and Berlin arrival (13.11) with large "T" handstamp and taxed 15 centimes with additional "S/2" and "E7" examiners' handstamps. A beautiful hand-painted illustration on the reverse. An interesting card taking a long time (4 weeks) to travel from Peking to Tientsin. Photo HK$8,000-10,000
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1c. card fine unused, another with additional 7c. Coiling Dragon cancelled by Wuchang English/Chinese dater and with Wuchang censor handstamp; minor soiling. Unusual. Photo HK$1,200-1,500
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1916 (26 Sept.) reply section of 4c. reply card sent from Paris to Yochow "Via Siberie" then redirected to Shanghai and then to Wenchow; bears a wonderful array of transit marks with bilingual Hankow (30.10), Shanghai (4-6.11), Ningpo (7.11) and, on the reverse, Wenchow (9.11). A delightful and scarce card correctly used. Photo HK$8,000-12,000
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1940 (25 May) 15c. red card to Amsterdam cancelled by Peking c.d.s. with boxed "38" in purple and two German censor handstamps alongside. Fine. Used in North China during the half postage rate (1.9.39 to 22.9.40). Photo HK$1,500-2,000
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1940 (31 May) 15c. card uprated with 15c. cancelled by Shanghai c.d.s., sent to Germany "via Siberia" and bears a good strike of the German censor handstamp in red. Han 47. Photo HK$1,500-2,000
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1916 (12 Apr.) Imperial China envelope (153x274mm) with light blue and red thread, to Canton bearing, on the reverse, $1.34 franking tied by Soochow despatch c.d.s. with Canton arrival (19.4) below; some light creasing and wrinkling. A scarce Imperial Post cover. Photo HK$25,000-30,000
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1943-48 (c.), a group of envelopes with various frankings, one sent air mail. (8 covers) HK$2,500-3,000
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1921 Peking - Fentien Air Mail Stamps: 45c. purple in a perforated horizontal pair with right margin, with gum; some light marking on the reverse. Chan AP52. Photo HK$1,500-2,000
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1923 (19 Sept.) envelope registered from Germany to Peking "via Königsberg - Smolensk - Moscow" bearing 375,000 mark franking with Berlin registration label and "Mit Luftpost" etiquette. Sent during the start of German hyper inflation and with manuscript "Taxe perçu 19,200,000 M ..." - an astonishing underpayment. The reverse with Berlin, Moscow and Peking c.d.s. A fine and very interesting cover. It is thought that only 13 covers were carried on this flight to Moscow. Photo HK$6,000-8,000
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