385th Auction

1897/2016 (ca.), Chinese Empire and People´s Republic, extensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection, quite advanced after the 1950s with many better sets and values such as Mi.-Nr. 982-984 and 1010-1018 used, 1113-1116 and 1126-1136 unused, some souvenir sheets with Mi.-Nr. Bl. 5-6 used, Bl. 11-14 and Bl. 20 unused (two with certificate Haveman BPP), etc., some occasional faults and a few dubious cancellations, mostly in very good and fresh condition, high catalogue value, nicely housed on many stockcards

1907/19, lot with postal stationery card 1 c. with cds. “HANKOW 16.NOV.07” and straight line “SOLD IN BULK”, question part card 1c. green with cds. “SHANGHAI LOCAL POST MAR.10.10” and “The Chines Telegraph Administration” form with fiscal stamps, used 1919

1920/93 (ca.), interesting group with approx. 130 cards and covers and further postal stationery, with a good part registered mail and mail abroad, further some different countries, in one box

1863/1920 (ca.), interesting collection with over 20 covers, cards and a few fronts, incl. British, German and French Post Offices, many interesting usages and better items, noted three covers to USA from 1872-74 each bearing a single Hong Kong SG-Nr. 11 tied by oval barred “B62” and paying the single rate for mail carried by the Pacific steamship service, with red cds. “HONG KONG PAID” alongside, some scarcer postmarks like “LIU KUNG TAU” (Webb-Nr. 199 Type B) tying a Hong Kong 4 c. to 1904 postcard to London, French “AMOY CHINE POSTE FRANCAISE” and “FOU-TCHEOU-CHINE”, etc., some faults especially in the early mail, mixed condition. An impressive assembly 

1949/85, unused, mint never hinged and used collection with many better values, like Mi.-Nr. 995-1008 used, Chrysanthems mint never hinged, better imperfs, also souvenir sheets Bl. 9, 11, 12, 13, 14,  15, 16, 19 and 21 mint never hinged, good condition

1949/97, unused, mint never hinged and used accumulation including yearbooks, souvenir sheets, booklets, stockbooks with better items, the vast majority still in subscription mailings, also some HongKong and Macao, mostly good condition

1950/1984, MNH collection in a Lighthouse binder, from some early issues mint no gum as issued, and main value 1970/1984 apparently complete, in addition booklets SB1-SB10.

1955/86, unmounted mint group of souvenir sheets, some better items incl. Mi.-Nr. 5 (3x), 11 (2x), 12, 13 (4x), 14 (4), 15, 16, 22 (2x), 23 (3x) and 24 (4x)

1965/75, mostly mint never hinged collection including many better and complete sets with e.g. eight values ex Mi. 534-45, 591-94, etc., in one stockbook

1970/82, mint never hinged, almost complete collection incl. Study Science and Galloping Horses souvenir sheet, Year of the Monkey and many better sets, good condition, in hingeless album

1975/83, in the main numbers complete, unmounted mint collection including souvenir sheets 11-30 and Michel No. 1594, in pre-printed album, plus some duplicates and eight booklets from No. 2

1970/79(ca.), interesting group of 26 covers including many good frankings like Mi.-Nr. Bl. 11(2), 12(2), 13, 14(2), 16, 19(2), 20, 21(2), mostly good condition

1859/1995 (ca.), comprehensive mint never hinged/unused and mostly used collection with a couple of covers, including Officials, Express and Telegraphs, strength before the 1930s, specialized with shades, types, plate flaws and perforation varieties, an abundance of duplicates throughout, starting from a lovely and scarce group of the first Grenada Confederation issues (with 5 centavos both stones A and B), the collection unfolds with the New Grenada issues and United States of Colombia with an attractive selection of cancellations with handwritten “Cali”, “Dolores”, “Manizales”, Opera Glass postmark, also some scarce combinations along with some bisected on pieces, followed by Locals, the Department Issues represented from Antioquia to Tolima, also SCADTA issues for Colombia, together with some souvenir sheets and a few multiples. Some occasional faults in the early issues as to be expected, overall in good and fresh condition, a truly attractive holding neatly housed and carefully classified in five stockbooks

1863/1992 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and mostly used collection, including Officials, Tolima, Bolivar and Santander, some duplicates in the early issues, also souvenir sheets, together with a small selection of Haiti, the occasional fault especially in the classics, overall in good condition, neatly mounted in one album

1855/1990, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including telegraphs and special delivery stamps, many duplicates, with souvenir sheets and a few covers, some occasional faults especially in the early issues, overall in good condition, in four albums

1880, postal stationery envelope 75 c. in four different sizes resp. colours, 100 c. in 3 different colours/sizes and five different service stationery envelopes, some toned

1866/2008, mint never hinged/unused and used collection with over 180 covers, incl. Officials, Palestine Occupation, British Military Post and French Offices, many complete sets and better items starting with the Turkish Province issue Mi.-Nr. 1-7, 23-28, 82-93, 112-15 (PORT FUAD), 148-151, 128-159, 191-204, Bl. 8a all unused, also Suez Canal Mi.-Nr. 1-4 unused, etc., together with a fine range of covers with some attractive frankings, very good overall condition, neatly mounted in 7 albums

1867/1871, "Sphinx/Pyramid", used collection of apprx. 140 stamps on album pages, comprising all denominations severalfold incl. shades and postmarks.