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1897 (May) 30c on Dowager Empress third printing 24ca pale rose-red, surcharge in large figures 1½mm below characters, used with Swatow dollar chop c.d.s. A fine example of this rare stamp, with Peter Holcombe Certificate (1994). S.G. 85, £ 4,500. Photo on Page 108. £1,200-1,500
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1897 (May) 8c on 6ca Chocolate, large figure surcharge with 1½mm spacing on Dowager Empress first printing, fine mint with full perfs and good centering, scarce this fine. With China Stamp Society Certificate (2009). S.G. 74, £3,000. Photo on Page 108. £750-850
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1897 (June 11) Cover from Tientsin to W.G. Peat, Missionary to China, at the China Inland Mission in London and redirected to Scotland, franked 1897 10c on 9ca green (S.G. 44) cancelled by bars in blue with matching “CUSTOMS / TIENTSIN” c.d.s alongside, French P.O in China 25c cancelled at Shanghai (June 16) with a second c.d.s alongside, reverse with large Shanghai Dollar Chop c.d.s, London and Hamilton arrival datestamps. Very minor creasing, otherwise a fine combination cover. Photo on Inside Back Cover. £1,000-1,500
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1898 10c Deep green, watermark “Yin Yang”, vertical pair, variety imperf between, mint original gum, upper stamp with large hinge remainder, lower stamp unmounted, a scarce variety. S.G. 113a, £1,500. Photo on Page 134. £350-400
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1899 (May 27) Cover to Dunston College in Staffordshire, the reverse bearing China 5c block of four cancelled in Shanghai, the front with Hong Kong 10c pair tied by boxed “I.P.O” and Shanghai British P.O datestamps, Stoke-on-Trent arrival backstamp, a fine combination cover. £120-150
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1901 (May 15) Cover from Tientsin to London, with enclosed letter from “The China Times”, the reverse with China ½c pair + block of ten and 1c strip of four all cancelled by “Pa Kua” bar handstamps, datestamps of Shanghai and London, the front with Hong Kong 5c pair tied by Shanghai British P.O c.d.s, a Tientsin c.d.s alongside. The ½c block applied over the envelope fold resulting in a heavy crease through five stamps, other minor edge faults and closed tear at foot, still an attractive combination cover, opened out for display. Photo on Page 132. £180-220
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1902 1c Postcard registered from Nanking to England, franked 1900 1c + Emperor Hsuan T’ung first year of reign set of three, boxed registration handstamp and Shanghai French P.O transit datestamp, fine and unusual. £80-100
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1903 (Dec 5) 1c Postcard (handpainted picture on reverse) franked 1c and 2c cancelled at Newchang, with Russia 2k pair tied by the Russian No. 13 F.P.O datestamp used in Newchang, to Germany with arrival c.d.s. Also a 1904 Japanese postcard finely handpainted with a stork, posted from Tokyo to G.B. (2). £100-120
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1912 $1 Red and flesh with “Republic of China Provisional Neutrality” overprint, fine used with part Nanking City c.d.s. Fine and rare, just 156 stamps issued of which 96 were sold in Nanking. With Experts & Consultants Certificate (2012). S.G. 189, £3,750. Photo on Page 108. £1,000-1,200
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1912 (Mar.) ½c - $5 “Republic of China” Shanghai Statistical Dept. of Customs overprint set, $5 with tiny edge fault, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 192/206, £2,000. (15). Photo on Page 108. £450-500
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1912 (Mar.) 4c Scarlet with Shanghai Statistical Dept. of Customs “Republic of China” overprint, vertical pair, variety imperforate between horizontally, fine used with Foochow datestamps, reverse signed in pencil by Livingstone, very scarce. S.G. 196b, £3,750. Photo on Page 134. £800-1,000
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1912 ½c - $5 Set of fifteen overprinted “Republic of China” by Waterlow’s in London, $5 with a couple of toned perfs, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 218/32, £2,000. (15). Photo on Page 108. £500-600
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1912 1c - $5 Revolution set mint, minor gum toning and some hinge remainders, otherwise fine. S.G. 242/53, £1,750. (12). Photo on Page 108. £450-550
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1912 1c - $5 Republic set fine mint. S.G. 254/65, £1,000 (12). Photo on Page 198. £250-300
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1919 Danish 10ore postcard from Copenhagen to Shanghai with British P.O arrival c.d.s, boxed “DEAD / LETTER OFFICE / SHANGHAI” datestamp, “ADVERTISED / NON RECLAIME” and “ADRESSE / INCOMPLETE”, diagonal fold and tiny tear at right but unusual. £80-100
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c.1930-60 Covers, mainly air mails including WW2 censored cover from Chengtu to Rangoon with violet boxed bilingual “Postage Just Sufficient / for Ordinary Mail”, c.1939 Clipper cover to G.B with 33 stamps postmarked “CANCELLED” (one other stamp missing) and violet “IRREGULARLY POSTED/ FOR AIR MAIL”, etc. (25). £150-200
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1931 Air Mail cover from Hankow to Shanghai franked 4c + 1929 Air 15c, handstamped “T” with 4c + 30c pair postage dues applied, minor edge faults, an unusual underpaid air mail cover with the top value of the 1915 postage due issue. £80-100
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1932 Shanghai Emergency Postal Service, $1 booklet containing five 20c coupons each valid for the carriage of one letter under 1oz within the city, “EPS” handstamp applied to each coupon and the booklet cover, issued during the postal strike when normal postal services were suspended. A fine and very scarce complete booklet. Photo on Page 130. £300-400
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1943-45 Registered covers from Chungking to Canada or Shanghsien to Sweden both inscribed “By B.O.A.C to Lagos, via Calcutta & Cairo, & thence by P.A.A to destination”, flown by C.N.A.C over the hump to Calcutta. Also 1941 (Nov 9) cover from G.B to Shanghai franked 3/6 for air from U.S.A, handstamped “RETURN TO SENDER / SERVICE SUSPENDED”, received back in London on 25 June 1942. (3). £100-150
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1945-50 Communist issues for Central, South, North, North East, North West or South West China, the mint and used collection in a loose leaf stockbook, many useful stamps, also two covers, a good lot. (100s). £400-500
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1945-93 Mint and used collection in three albums or stockbooks, also an album of F.D.Cs and some loose stamps with earlier issues in a shoebox, including 1958 Kuan Han-Ching miniature sheet unused without gum as issued, 1965 Second National Games set, 1967 Thoughts of Mao Tse-tung 8f se-tenant strip of five with red frames and Communist Party 46th Anniversary set all mounted mint, also many reasonable 1960s and 1970s sets used. (Many 100s). £400-600
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1949 (Aug 20) 40c Grey-green “bronze bull”, value overprinted in carmine, variety second and third characters of overprint transposed, commercially used. This variety occurred once in each sheet of 300 but many were removed before distribution to Post Offices. A very scarce variety commercially used. S.G. 1359a, £1,400. Photo on Page 198. £300-350
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1949-58 Mainly used selection with China commemoratives apparently complete, North China sets including 1949 TUC Conference set, etc. (383). £500-700
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1949-99 Mint and used collection in six stockbooks, an extensive lot with better 1960-70s used sets, miniature sheets, F.D.Cs, etc. (1000s). £300-400
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1952 Gymnastics $400, set of ten in upper right corner blocks of sixteen all with marginal imprint and sheet number “O95”, and in right marginal blocks of sixteen, probably reprints, however printed on thin paper that is more characteristic of the original printing, one corner block with some split marginal perfs, otherwise fine, the corner imprint and sheet number set unusual. (320). £100-150
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Postage Dues. 1904 2c Blue marginal horizontal pair, variety imperforate between vertically, fine used with Canton c.d.s, very scarce. S.G. D145a, £4,500. Photo on Page 198. £1,000-1,200
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Sinkiang. 1924-36 $1 - $20, Second Peking printing with red Sinkiang overprints, superb mint, original gum. S.G. 66/70, 1,055. (5). Photo on Page 198. £250-300
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East China - Jiangsu. 1949 (July 5) $500 on $20 brown-purple, Wuxi surcharge, error “500” for “200”, unused within gum on issued, fine and very scarce. S.G. EC409a, £1,200. Photo on Page 198. £300-400
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North China. 1949 (Aug 29) $200 on North-Eastern Provinces $4 orange-brown (first printing), fine unused, very scarce. S.G. NC340, £1,200. Photo on Page 198. £350-500
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1901 Covers from Barranquilla to London or Amalfi to U.S.A franked Colombia 10c, cancelled by violet “ATHOS” or “ALTAI” ship handstamps with “PAQUEBOT / (N.Y. 2D DIV)” alongside, New York backstamps. Two fine early Paquebot covers posted on Atlas Line ships. (2). £100-120
| CYPRUS
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1683 (July 20) Entire letter from P. Loup in Cyprus to Francisco Venturini in Livorno endorsed “p. via di Marsig. C.D.G”, stained due to disinfection, a good early Cyprus letter. £150-180
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1882-1999 Mint and used collection in two albums including 1904-10 set mint, 1924-28 90pi mint, 1928 50th Anniversary set mint, etc. S.G. £2,000+. (2 Albums). £250-300
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Legion in Russia. 1919 Insured cover and postcards from Czech forces in Siberia, the cover sent within Irkutsk, the cards from Novonikolaevsk, Irkutsk or N. Tugas (?) to Czechoslovakia, with Polni Posta cachets (No. 1 or without number) or other cachets. (4). £120-150
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1919-39 Mint and used collection in an album and stockbooks with 1919 Posta Ceskoslovenska overprints on Austria and Hungary including double and inverted overprint varieties, 1918-19 Hradcany issues with varieties and trials on buff paper (50, many double prints), some covers, etc. (2 Albums). £100-200
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1864 (Dec 30) Cover from Copenhagen to Brussels, the 26sk rate paid by imperf 2sk blue (three margins) and six copies of the 1864 4sk vermilion (2nd printing, lower right stamp with repair in right margin), all cancelled by “1” in circles, red “PD” and Copenhagen c.d.s on the front, backstamped at Lubeck (Prussian and T.&T. datestamps) and Brussels. Flap with small hole where a wax seal has been removed. A rare mixed issue franking, this combination of stamps possibly unique, with Moller Certificate (2001). Photo on Inside Back Cover. £400-500
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1960 30ore Niels Finsen birth centenary, progressive die proof in the issued design, many of the details unfinished, die sunk on glazed paper, 76x164mm, fine and rare. £120-150
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1874-1969 Mint and used collection including 1882 “½” surcharge in red on half 1d block of eight used on piece, 1903-07 and 1923-33 sets mint, etc. S.G. £1,800+. (336). £200-240
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1890 1/- Dull magenta, watermark Crown CA, upper left corner block of six (3x2) with Current number “1” in upper margin, unmounted mint original gum, a superb and very rare positional block with just twenty sheets printed. Ex. William Frazer. S.G. 26, £1,500++. Photo on Front Cover. £600-700
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1865-1994 Mint and used accumulation in seven large stockbooks, including officials, telegraphs, dues, etc., much duplication. (1000s). £240-300
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c.1840-1970 Covers and cards including postal stationery with two Prevost and Penasson essays, F.D.Cs, picture postcards, WW2 Airgraphs and P.O.W mail, etc. Also a quantity of pieces with Paquebot cancels. (350+). £150-200
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British P.O. G.B Stamps cancelled “B01” (31) or “B02” (6) including 1862 9d (2), 1867 5/- plate 1, also Alexandria crowned circle on piece, and a few other foreign stamps used in Egypt, etc. (c.60). £120-150
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1866-1958 Mint collection in an album, mounted on Farahbaksh printed pages, including 1866 and 1867-71 issues to 2pi, 1872-1958 issues complete, the 1926 Port Fouad set without gum (50p with Nicolaizos Certificate), otherwise all with gum, many unmounted. A fine collection, with 1934 U.P.U set, 1938 birthday £E1 unmounted, 1956 Scout miniature sheet unmounted, also postage dues (missing 1888 1pi, 5pi), officials and issues for Gaza. (100s). Photo on Page 210. £2,200-2,600
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The extensive accumulation in a box with many mint blocks, first day covers, an album of hotel postmarks (55 covers/cards, also pieces and stamps), town and Rural Service postmarks on stamps, mainly mint duplicated range in two well filled stockbooks, UAR Postal Authority presentation book, etc. (1000s). £250-350
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1866 First Issue, mint and used collection in a stockbook including 5pa imperf block of four unused, 10pi mint or unused (one with B.P.A Certificate) and used, imperf proofs (33), a few imperf varieties, essays, forgeries, etc. (94); also 1867-71 second issue (88) with Penasson essays, 10pa bisect on piece, forgeries, etc, some faults. (182). Photo on Page 134. £500-600
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1872-1968 Mint and used collection in six stockbooks, including 1872 5pi mint, 1875 5pi perf 12½x13½ used (1947 R.P.S Certificate), 1878 surcharges with inverted and misplaced varieties, officials and postage dues, surcharge and overprint varieties, imperf proofs (40+), later perf and colour errors, miniature sheets, etc. An extensive and interesting collection with many unusual and better items. (1000s). £1,200-1,800
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1889-1999 Mainly mint collection in four albums including 1938 King Farouk birthday £E1 mint and used, etc. (4 Albums). £200-250
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1906 4m Vermilion, die proof on watermarked wove paper, 40x32mm. Photo on Page 186. £100-120
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1914 100m Slate, die proof on wove paper, 63x69mm. £80-100
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1914 100m Slate, die proof on wove paper, 156x108mm. £100-120
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1922 King Fuad essays by Harrisons, a 5m engraved essay in black in die proof form, £E1 photogravure essay in yellow, and essays in half tone lithography comprising imperf 10m and 50m singles, 10m, 15m and 50m pairs, perforated 5m, 10m, 15m singles, 50m pair. Also imperf proofs of the issued stamps comprising 2m, 3m, 20m, 100m singles, 5m (2) and 15m (2) pairs, 5m block of four. (31). Photo on Page 134. £150-200
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