Lot no. 9547

CHINA: Mizuhara, Meiso, Huayou Jijin - The Magnificent Collection of Chinese Stamps, first (1978/80, 6 Vols.) and second series (1982/92, 8 vols.) cpl., each in original binding with spine print in slipcase, condition as new; the run, showing pictures of Mizuhara's collection leafs, is covering almost all aspects of classic Chinese philately: Vol. 1/I - Chinese Maritime Customs Post 1872-97, 1/II - Postal History of the IJPO Shanghai 1876-1922, 1/III+IV Chinese People's Post 1929-1949, 1/V - Modern History of the Manchuria, 1/VI - Postal History of Shantung Province 1875-1945, 2/I - US Postal Activities in China, 2/II - Stamps and Postal History of Mongolia, 2/III+IV - Imperial Japanese Post Offices in Chinese Mainland, 2/V - A Century of the Manchurian Postal History, 2/VI - German Postal Activities in China, 2/VII - Chinese Imperial Post 1897-1911 and 2/VIII - Chinese Republic Post. Nothern Warlords Period 1912-28 Printed only in very limited editions, the first series was only given to friends as a gift; as such a real treasury of information and the most important reference for Chinese philately, one of the most desirable and sought after item of modern philatelic literature, already a literature classic and great bibliophil rarity, as such a complete run of both series almost never offered