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1853 (Jan 30), entire letter endorsed 'Vapor Ingles' to Lima struck with superb strikes of straight-line 'FRANCA' and oval 'SANTIAGO/DE CHILE' in red; with extremely rare PSNC handstamp 'VAPOR QUITO/P' in black; framed Peruvian blue 'Vapor' mark on reverse of a very rare cover

1854, Lithographed by Gillet: 5 c. red brown, normal to good margins all around,with concentric circles, fine, opinion Maier BPP

5 c. deep reddish brown, a very fine used horizontal pair cancelled in black, margins all around, with part marginal watermark 'EOS' and right handstamp with shading at lower right corner almost entirely missing; a very rare and fine multiple (Scott-no.7b)

1855, 2nd London printing: 5 c. brown red on blued paper, horizontal strip of three with normal to good margins all around, vertical bend through middle stamp, with concentric circle and oval "TRES PUNTAS" cancel, rare (Scott-Nr. 8)

1861/62, 3rd London printing: 10 c. blue, used with wm Blank WZ-5 inverted (type 4); extremely rare (Scott-no.12var)

1919, Airmail Figueroa 5 p. brownish black, block of 4; extremely rare multiple, only 800 stamps printed (see Selchi page 69)

5 p. brownish black, block of 4, gum little unfresh, extremely rare multiple, only 800 stamps printed

1940, 80 c. on 20 c. red, error of surcharge, struck in blue instead of black, a superb large part o.g. example with normal for comparison; rare (Selche-no.A3360a; Scott-no.C51) var)

1902/08, 2 c. red in vertical pair on postcard from "TANGSHAN 24.10.01" with combination franking French PO 10 c. to Belgium with arrival mark

4 c. brown on postcard from "TANGSHAN 10.9.01" with combination franking French PO 10 c. to Belgium with arrival mark

1912, 1 $ red/salmon and 2 $ red/yellow, unused, very fine, sign. Richter

1914/19, 10 $ black and green, unused, very fine (Mi. 750,-)

1907, message half of double-card 1 c. green, spacing 116 mm, used with additional franking 1 c. ocre and 2 c. red from Hingninghsien via Swatow 1908 to Germany with arrival mark on front, fine and scarce (HAN no. 5)

1912, double card 1 c.+1 c. green, unused, fine (Han no. 9)

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: 1897, "SHANGHAI LOCAL POST NO. 23 97", cds. in red on Chefoo post card 1/2 c. with added 1 c. (faults) from Shanghai in comination franking with Hongkong 5 c. blue via Hongkong to Germany with transit and arrival marks on front, unusual and fine

1932, "OFFICIALLY SEALED" green as block of four tied by bilingual framed "Received Broken" to damaged cover, franked with three German 5 Pfg. and 25 Pfg. Hindenburg, tied by "LEIPZIG MESSESTADT 24.7.32", usual flaws, rare cover

GERMAN POST: 1899, postcard of the German post in China 10 pf. written in Chefoo with clear boxed "I.P.O." on the printed stamp with adjacent "CHEFOO 31 OCT (99)" via Shanghai where the card was cancelled by the German PO "SHANGHAI DEUTSCHE POST 6/11 99", to Germany with arrival mark on front; I.P.O.-markings on German stamps are very rare, on postal stationery item possibly unique

1886, official postage stamp with control character in red, die E, unused, tiny thin

ditto, without handstamp

ditto, die E with only one handstamp

1888, 20 c. red-rose, unused never hinged, fine

1933, 5 c. red-purple, 10 c. purple (2) and 25 c. ultramarine (2), tied by cds. "CHENGTU" to airmail cover to Canada

1933, 6 s. Tazawa and 4 s. Fujisan, tied by cds. "TAIHOKU TAIWAN JAPAN 4.3." to cover to Prag with arrival mark

1951, Tien An Men 100000 $ red with further franking, tied to larger size air mail cover from "SHANGHAI 55.10.11" to Switzerland; scarce and attractive franking, usual small transportation marks

100000 $ red with additional franking, tied to larger size airmail cover from "SHANGHAI 52 12 21" to Switzerland, scarce and attractive franking with usual transportation marks

1962, Mei Lan Fang souvenir sheet 3 y. used on first day cover, registered to Great Britain; the cover in very fine condition, scarce

1964, Foundation of the Republic souvenir sheet, normal litte faults and vertically 4 mm shortened, unhinged mint (Mi. 1300,-)

1870/77, 5 pesos original plate, part reconstruction of the sheet with 3 unused and 6 used copies, some small faults

1864, Spanisch-Westindien 1 R. blau auf rosa, zwei Einzelwerte mit L1 "TRINIDAD" auf kpl. Brief 1864 nach Havanna (Scott-Nr.20)

1866, Essay of Riester, Paris, without value, 4 copies in different colours, one slightly thinned on reverse; fine and scarce

1867, 10 pa. mauve, tied by Alexandrie cds. to entire local printed matter, very fine

10 pa. mauve, 2 horizontal pairs (types I/II and III+IV), tied by cds. "POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE TANTA 1 DEC. 69" to folded cover (not quite complete on reverse) to Cairo; a rare and very fine multiple franking

20 pa. green, block of 5, unused o.g., horizontal perforation partly split and fixed by hinge, otherwise fine (Nile Post D10)

1 pia. red, tied by cds. "V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE CAIRO 7 GEN 1872" to folded cover to Mansura; very scarce usage during the last month of use, also 10 pa. mauve and 20 pa. yellow-green with cancellations of January, 1872

2 pia. blue, block of 4 with all types, unused o.g., top perforations partly reduced and some split perforations fixed, otherwise fine and very fresh; a rare multiple

2 pia. blue, imperforated block of 4 from the right sheet margin, unused without gum, the lower pair slight creasing, a scarce multiple