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1859 4d Dull rose, touched or cut into at top and base, small thin, a light shade used with bars cancel. Also a second example with margins added, used with similar cancel. S.G. 4, £4,500+. (2). £100-150
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1860 Entire to Shanghai "per Northam" franked 5d (just touched at right, otherwise fine) tied by barred oval cancel, backstamped Galle Steamer Letter and at Hong Kong, side flaps removed and reverse a little reduced, horizontal and vertical folds with a little splitting at base of vertical fold, nevertheless an uncommon stamp and destination. £250-300
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1875 Cover from Badulla to England franked 48c rose pair cancelled "28", redirected upon arrival from Brigg to Wallingford franked by a 1d red, fine and attractive. Photo on Page 144. £150-180
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Easter Island. 1956 (Feb 19) Cover from Easter Island to Norway with "Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island" printed flap, franked with six Chile stamps totalling 79pesos cancelled by "ISLA DE PASCUA / CHILE" datestamps. An unusual expedition cover sent less than 3 years after the Post Office opened on Easter Island. £100-150
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1854 (Sep 23) Entire letter from Russell & Co in Canton, to New York "via Marseille" with light Hong Kong backstamp and New York Br. Pkt. c.d.s (Nov 29), "32" and "48" cents charges deleted, finally charged 53 cents to include the 5c local delivery charge. £150-200
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1854 (Dec 30) Entire letter from Augustine Heard & Co. in Shanghai, to New York "via Marseille" with Hong Kong (Jan 14) and London backstamps, New York Br. Pkt. c.d.s (Mar 18), "48" cents charge overstamped by "53" cents to include the 5c local delivery charge. £150-200
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1857 (Jan 6) Entire letter from Augustine Heard & Co. in Shanghai, to New York "via Marseille" with Hong Kong (Jan 12) and London backstamps, New York Br. Pkt. c.d.s (Mar 24), "42" and "74" cents (double rate) charges deleted, handstamped "84" cents charge to include the 10c local delivery charge. £150-200
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1857 (July 29) Entire letter from Augustine Heard & Co. in Shanghai, to New York "via Marseille", with Hong Kong (Aug 5) and London backstamps, "40" cents charge overstruck by "NEW YORK 45" c.d.s (Oct 17), the 45c charge including the 5c local delivery charge. £150-200
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1859 (Apr 15) Entire letter from Augustine Heard & Co. in Shanghai, to New York "via Marseille", with Hong Kong (Apr 20) and London backstamps, New York Br. Pkt. c.d.s (June 22), "38" and "40" cents charges deleted with handstruck "45" cents charge including the 5c local delivery charge. £150-200
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1877 (June 2) Cover from Shanghai to Hong Kong per "Ava", franked Hong Kong 1863-71 4c and 12c cancelled "S1", "SHANGHAE" c.d.s alongside. A fine cover, with Peter Holcombe Certificate (1992). Photo on Page 144. £200-250
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1882 1ca Green Large Dragon, 4½mm between stamps, fine unused, no gum. S.G. 4, £600. Photo on Page 148. £150-180
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1883 5ca Chrome-yellow Large Dragon, thicker paper, 2½mm spacing, rough perfs, light corner crease, used with blue seal cancel. S.G.9, £500. Photo on Page 148. £80-100
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1894 Dowager Empress 60th Birthday 12ca brown-orange superb mint. S.G. 23, £600. Photo on Page 148. £160-180
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1897 4c on 3c Red revenue, large surcharge, fine used with Chungking datestamp. S.G. 90, £500. Photo on Page 140. £130-150
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1897 $1 on 3c Red revenue, large surcharge, from the lower row of the sheet with the margins officially severed prior to issue, mint, large part original gum, an unusually fine example of this scarce stamp. S.G. 91, £6,000. Photo on Page 140. £1,200-1,500
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1897 (Mar 1) French P.O in China 10c postcard written from "Wan Hsiean" to England by an English Missionary with fine "CUSTOMS / HANKOW" c.d.s on the front and "CUSTOMS / SHANGHAI" backstamp (Mar 4), the stamp cancelled at the French P.O at Shanghai (Mar 5). The Message includes "Raped by the head of a gang of robbers & had to pay money or else we might have had further unpleasantness ..... arrive in Paoting in about 10 or 12 days". Fine and scarce. Photo on Page 150. £200-250
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1897 (Oct 25) Stampless cover from Canton to the P&O Company in Hong Kong with red bilingual "PAID" and a Canton dollar chop datestamp, Hong Kong backstamp (Oct 26), an early use of this Paid handstamp introduced in 1897 to replace the Customs datestamps, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 150. £600-800
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1897 (Dec 7) Stampless cover from Canton to the P&O Company in Hong Kong with red bilingual "PAID" and a Canton dollar chop datestamp in blue, Hong Kong backstamp (Dec 8), "Custom House Canton" embossed flap, an early use of this Paid handstamp introduced in 1897 to replace the Customs datestamps, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 150. £400-500
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1899 (Dec 3) Picture postcard of Shanghai written by a German sailor on S.M.S "Jaguar", to Germany with China 1c pair and 2c cancelled by "Pa-Kua" bar handstamps and French P.O 10c tied by Shanghai French P.O c.d.s (Dec 18), with "SHANGHAI / LOCAL POST" c.d.s (Dec. 9), "LIGNE N / PAQ. FR. No 4" transit datestamp and Kiel c.d.s. Very fine. Photo on Page 150. £150-180
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1900 20c Maroon, no watermark, block of four, unmounted mint. S.G. 128, £280++. £120-140
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Wei Hai Wei. c.1910-14 Picture postcards comprising a real photo general view of Wei Hai Wei, 1913 card of the beach posted to Austria with KEVII 4c on the picture side cancelled "LIU KUNG TAU" c.d.s, and 1911 card of Kings Hotel with KEVII 1c on the picture side C.T.O with "WEI-HAI-WEI / PORT EDWARD" c.d.s, also 1904 Colonial Report on Wei Hai Wei. (4). £100-120
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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 160. £650-750
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1932 North-West Scientific Expedition set of four, fine mint. S.G. 406/9, £350. (4). £80-100
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1946 Airmail $73 on 1940-41 unwatermarked 25c "Shanghai paste-up" pair with variety surcharge inverted on right stamp, mint with large part original gum. Two part panes were joined with paper prior to surcharging, one inverted in error, resulting in ten paste-up pairs with this variety, though not all have survived. One of the great Chinese rarities, only listed by Gibbon as a single stamp surcharge inverted, ex Dr Robert Lee Collection. S.G. 822a. Photo on Page 148. £600-800
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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 148. £240-300
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1949-58 Mainly used selection with China commemoratives apparently complete, North China sets including 1949 TUC Conference set, etc. (383). £250-300
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1962 Stage art of Mei Lau-fang, set of eight mounted mint. S.G. 2057/44, £1,100. (8). £200-240
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1963 Butterflies set of twenty superb unmounted mint. S.G. 2069/88, £375. (20). £160-180
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1964 Hsinankiang Hydro-Electric Power Station set of four superb unmounted mint. S.G. 2223/6, £350. (4). £150-180
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1964 Peonies set of fifteen superb unmounted mint. S.G. 2185/99, £375. (15). £160-180
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1965 Second National Games, set of eleven superb unmounted mint. S.G. 2280/90, £375. (11). £160-180
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1966 Lu Hsun 30th Death Anniversary set of three superb unmounted mint. S.G. 2329/31, £250. (3). £100-120
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1967 Thoughts of Mao Tse-tung, set of eleven singles superb unmounted mint. S.G. 2343/53, £1,700. (11). Photo on Page 160. £350-400
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1967 46th Anniversary of Chinese Communist Party, set of five unmounted mint, tiny tone mark to 8f. S.G. 2362/6, £275. (5). £80-100
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1968 Revolutionary Literature and Art, 8f Mao Tse-tung with orchestra and chorus, vertical pair with inscription in right margin, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 2395, £150+. £80-100
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1978 Arts and Crafts miniature sheet fine mint, tiny hinge mark. S.G. MS2815, £225. £80-100
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1979 (Aug 25) International Stamp Fair at Riccione, 2y miniature sheet with exhibition overprint, superb unmounted mint. S.G. M52874, £400. £180-200
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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 140. £800-1,000
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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 148. £280-350
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Chinkiang. 1895 (Sept) ½c - 10c Postage Due overprints in black, variety overprint inverted, fine mint. S.G. 41/7a, £700. (7). £150-180
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Hankow. 1893 10c Rose, vertical strip of ten with upper and lower margins, used, each with Hankow Local Post c.d.s, unusual. S.G. 6. £60-70
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Shanghai. 1865 2ca Black (Candareens plural) on wove paper, printing 21, fine unused. S.G. 1, £700. Photo on Page 190. £150-180
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Shanghai. 1866 6ca Scarlet, printing 46b, fine unused. S.G. 20, £650. Photo on Page 190. £140-160
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Shanghai. 1896 2c Brownish-red, variety black inscription and value inverted, mint large part original gum, tone marks on reverse, good appearance and very scarce. With B.P.A Certificate (1948) which states "stained slightly". S.G. 187a, £2,500. Photo on Page 148. £500-600
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Wei Hai Wei Courier Post. 1898 2c Black on scarlet used with manuscript cross cancel, and 5c black on scarlet unused, the 2c with a couple of tiny thins, the 5c fine and scarce with just 329 stamps printed. S.G. 1/2, £5,400. (2). Photo on Page 148. £800-1,000
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1951 Division of Country into Self-Governing Districts, imperforate set of four and $2 miniature sheet all fine unused, without gum as issued. S.G. 125/8B, Ba, £725. (5). £160-180
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1952 Land Tax Reduction perf 14 set of six, fine unused, without gum as issued. S.G. 133/8A, £475. (6). £100-120
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1953 President Chiang Kai-shek souvenir booklet containing the imperforate set of nine, three pages each with five stamps, fine and complete. S.G. 165/79 footnote, £750. £180-200
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1954 Completion of Silo Bridge souvenir booklet containing the imperforate set of four, fine and complete. S.G. 180/3 footnote, £1,300. £280-320
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1955 Armed Forces Day, imperforate miniature sheet, perforated at right with margin, minor edge faults and pen inscription within margin; also 1960 Taiwan cross-island highway miniature sheet very fine, both unused without gum as issued. S.G. MS211a, 354a, £650. (2). £120-140
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