364 / März 2017

1871, 1 abasi, vertical strip of 5 of plate C with sheet margin at left, unused,  very fine and scarce multiple

1923, cover from Baku, address panel crossed out, franked with Soviet Socislist Republic values 5r to 3,000r (7) and tied by dispatch cds's. Sc. 17/28 (between)

1922, multifranked cover from Baku to Erivan incl. scarce 5,000r (Sc. 23,27,29)

1922, card to Rostov on Don franked with pair 10,000r surcharged on 1r of Soviet Republic issue tied by Baku cds's. Sc.32

1922, registered cover from Baku to Dresden franked with twenty four 50,000r surcharged on 3,000r., including a block of 6 and 8, tied by dispatch cds's. Sc. 35

1923, cover from Baku to London franked with two blocks of six and three 5,000r surcharged on 2,000r and tied by dispatch cds's. Sc.39

1923, cover from Baku to London franked with block of six 25,000r surcharged on 10k and tied by dispatch cds's. Sc.57

 "CUSTOMS TAKU 1.Nov.86", clear violet marking on front of envelope from "BRAKE 30.8.86" with two single stamps 10 c. red via New York and San Francisco to Taku, one reverse with oval cancel "U.S. POSTAL AGENCEY SHANGHAI 18.OCT.86", fine, very scarce combination

"LOCAL POST AGENCY NANKING", average strike in blue with adjacent "SHANHAI LOCAL POST DE 19 95"  on reverse of cover with front side combination franking German post 20 pfg., tied by cds. "SHANGHAI 19 12 95" to Germany with arrival mark; a very rare combination cover from Nanking

"PEKING" and "TIENTSIN" dollar-chops on  postcard from "BERLIN 17.4.98" to Peking with German post transit mark, crease at upper left corner, otherwise fine, a scarce combination!

1894, Empress Dowager 24ca. carmine, fresh colour, unused, fine (Chan Nr. 30)

1897, Empress Dowager surcharged with large figures, wide setting, 8c. on 6ca. reddish-brown, unused, fine

1897, Empress Dowager surcharged with large figures, wide setting, 30 c. on 24 ca. dark-rose, used, fine

1897, Red Revenue 1c., unused, very fine

1897, Red Revenue 2c., unused, very fine

1897, Red Revenue 2c., used, fine

1897, Red Revenue 2c. tied by customs cds. to small piece, fine

1897, Red Revenue 4c., unused with large part original gum, fine

1897, Red Revenue 1$., used, fine

1913, Hall of Classics 10$, london printing, unused, very fine

1886, Offical postage stamps on wove paper, die A, used on small piece, fine, rare (Chan Nr. F1a)

1888, Commercial postage stamps on laid paper, die I, used, small paper break, otherwise fine, rare (Chan Nr. F5a)

1888, Horse and Dragon 20 cash carmine-rose, from the lower right sheet corner, unused, with vertical handwriting "Sui-Fan Chiao", very fine

1924, Rice harvest 50c. green tied by cds. "TANCHENG (TARBAGATAI-CHUGUTCHAKO 3 JUN 22" to reverse of registered cover to Berlin, fine

1914, 4 s. red, horizontal pair tied by cds. "TIENTSIN I.J.P.O 20.5.22" to picture card "Via Vittario Italian. Concession, Tientsin" to Torino, fine

1962, Mei Lan Fang imperforated, 4-50 f. cpl., all with sheet margins, unmounted mint, very fine

1968, Chairman Mao 8 f., strip of 5 from the lower left sheet corner with marginal inscription, lightly folded between 2nd and 3rd stamp, unmounted mint

1750, "Libranza" postal money order "4000 pesos" from Popayan to Quito, a very fine, early and rare entire

"POPAYAN" red straightline cancel on enevelope to Quito with adjacent red "FRANCA", taxed "2" in manuscript, a fine and rare entire

"POPAYAR FRANCA." red boxed cancel on folded letter 1813 to Pasto, taxed 1½, scarce

1891, Coat of Arms 50 c., die proof on carton with adjacent die proofs of revenue 25 c. and defaced part of 1 c. stamp

1910, ½ c.-10 p., imperforated plate proofs on thin ungummed paper, mounted on parts of album pages

1917, Definitives ½ c., progressive die proof in black, block format, fine

½ c., die proof in orange on watermarked paper, fine

10 c. and 20 c., die proofs on thin unwatermarked paper

1 p., die proof on thin unwatermarked paper