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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

5 p., 2 die proofs (progressive and final) in black on thin unwatermarked paper

Progressive die proof for postal stationery card 2 c. in black on unwatermarked paper

Registration stamp 10 c., die proof in lilac-red on sunken paper

2c. carmine-rose tied by Barranquilla datestamp to First Flight cover to A. Lombardi in Puerto Colombia with arrival mark alongside, a very fine and rare cover

1920/24, Coat of arms 3 c., die proof in green on yellow sunken paper

3 c. red on yellow, plate proof in block of 4 on gummed paper, unused

1942, 40th anniversary of peace conference 10 c., essay with wrong inscription "2.XI." instead of "21.XI", unused with part o.g.

1944, Columbian banknote 1 c.-20 c. and 50 c., imperforated plate proofs on thin ungummed paper, mounted on card

TELEGRAPH STAMPS: 1891, 5 c., die proof in black on carton, few known

1902, Coat of arms postal stationery enevelope 10c. black on brownish-yellow with additional franking as registered cover from "BOGOTA 1 DIC" via Barranquilla to Rome, the two registered labels defect, otherwise a fine and scarce cover, opinion Holcombe