375th Auction

1909, Coat of Arms 1 ab. pal ultramarine tied by oval arabic cancel to reverse to envelope with India King Edward VII. 1/2 a. green cancelled "CHAMAN 30.HAN.14", envelope with small faults and creases

1909, Coat of Arms 1 ab. ultramarine tied by oval arabic cancel to reverse to envelope with India King Edward VII. 1/2 a. green cancelled "CHAMAN 2.MA.09", envelope shortened at left, otherwise fine

1878, 3 ca. red with small and wide margin, used, the latter one with black "CUSTOMS CHINKIANG"

1885, Small Dragon 3 ca., horizontal gutter strip of 3 with Shanghai oval seal marking, very fine

3 ca. with blue seal mark on piece of mourning cover with Germany 1889/1900, 20 pf. blue, scarce combination

2 c. red, vertical stripe of 5 tied by PO Tombstone to cover via French post office “SHANG-HAI CHINE 8.AUOT.02” and Yokohama to Toronto, Canada with arrival mark, cover vertical folded, rare destination  

1921, Airmail 15-90 c. and reverse Junk 2 c. on 3 c. block on four on first flight registered cover from “PEHTAIHO BEACH 27.8.23” to Shanghai with arrival mark on front  

1915, Postcard Junk 1 c. green with additional franking ½ c., with violet roller dater from Tientsin 1920 to Hankow with transit and arrival marks (HAN 12)

1911, Surcharge issue 3 p. on 1 c.- 2 r. on 2 $ cpl., unused with large part original gum, fine and fresh

Mei Langfang sounvenier sheet, unused with full original gum, small wrinkles and small corner crease at upper left, otherwise fine

1979, Study Science souvenier sheet, unhinged mint, very fine

CUBA 1857 1/2r. (2) on letter sheet from HABANA (unclear blue cds) over JOSE MORALES cachet, franked with usual unclear cancel. Neat CADIZ  arrival mark on reverse. 

1916, Group of ten different sunken die proofs in red and black on cream card including two 50 cent top values. Very clean, never hinged. From a dealer stock where priced at £100 each Cat. Barefoot 104-110

1879, 2 pia., die proof in black on glazed carton, dated "Nov 13 1878" with adjacent "BEFORE HARDENING"

1977, 6th National Day 150f., withdrawn at the date of Issue because of wrong Arabic inscription, two singles with additional franking tied bilingual cds. "SHARJAH 27.12.1977" to reverse of registered cover via Dubai to Bombay, one stamp applied at edge, thus perforation on one side blunt, a very scarce and fine commercial usage

1866, 1 real yellow on fragment (SG 2) used from Quito; 1 real green in a pair used from Riobamba with neat cancel, both with pencil notes Peter Holcombe.

1866, 1 real yellow horizontal pair on entire letter to Lima with weak arrival mark on reverse, one adhesive cut into at base neatly tied by clear GUAYAQUIL cds in  blue, clean and attractive item

1908 1 Centavo surcharge on 10 c., variety OVERPRINT DOUBLE. MNH block of four ex Moorhouse SG 134b  

1881, 3 c. brown-olive and 7 c. blue, both with large margins, tied to lettersheet from "JACMEL 25 JUIL. 83" to Genua, Italy with transit and arrival marks, stamps some minor creasing at top

1882, Re-drawn 5 ch. green, type I, tied by Lahedjan violet square negative handstamp with addtional strike alongside to reverse of small cover

1885, Lion 5 ch. violet-blue, tied by clear cds. "KERMANCHAH 9/6" to small envelope

1902, "P.L. TEHERAN" on 2 ch., tied by Teheran maidan oval date stamp to local cover, very fine and rare

1915, Unissued sets Kings & Historical Buildings 1 ch.-50 kr., 38 values cpl. including Service overprints, unused o.g., service 5 kr. pulled perf, otherwise very fine and fresh (Sadri C91-129)

BRITISH PO: "BUSHIRE SE 25 03" on India DLR ½ a. blue and 1900, 2 a. violet on reverse of commercial cover to Bombay, due to opening slightly reduced at left, unusual, opinion Holcombe

1915, 9 ch. tied by cds. "BOUCHIR (DEPART) 16.VII.15" to small cover to Shiraz with British censor label (removed on reverse by opening), very fine, sign. Holcombe with opinion

"KEIJO CHOSEN 13.12.15", violet cds. on coronation 1½ s. and 4 s. and Tazawa 1½ s. and 3 s. on small envelope via "CHANGCHUN I.J.P.O." to England

1943, 5c. on 6c. brown with machine typed "K.P" overprint, block of six and single tied by duplex cancel to large format censored cover to Manila, one stamp with corner fault, some smaller imperfections, scarce

1849/52 (ca.), "NAZAS" in red and black on 2 lettersheets to Durango

1861, Hidalgo 4 r. on yellow, vertical bisect, left half with large to enormous margins, tied by straight line "PAPASQUIARO" to lettersheet 1861 to Durango, very fine, certificate MEPSI (2018)

1867, Handstamp "MEXICO" on 2 r. green on grey-blue paper, tied by cds. to lettersheet to Guadalajara, scarce, sign. Jaretzky

1868, Hidalgo 25 c. thick numerals, colour proofs in green and blue on ungummed paper, very scarce

1872, Hidalgo 12 c. blue, TAMPICO 40 73, tied by oval "FRANCO EN TAMPICO" to lettersheet with combination franking GB 4 d. vermilion, tied by "C63" with adjacent "TAMPICO 29 JA 1874" to Veracruz, a fine and scarce combination cover

1872, Hidalgo 25 c. red "50-72" tied by fancy "CORREOS ALVARADO" to lettersheet to Puebla, light horizontal cover fold affecting the stamp just at the upper margin, still fine and scarce, sign. Jaretzky

1872/74, "B8" on 4 values Hidalgo incl. 25 c. perforated "1-74", all sign. Jaretzky

1901/07 1 a. new frame on local paper, first plate, pin perforation, block of 24 from the lower right sheet corner upside with inverted clichés, ex Hellrigl  

1907, 4 p. green, 7 copies, tied to reverse of registered double rate cover from Dahnakuta to the Maharaja of Nepal, Chandra Shamsher