388th Auction
20 & 23–28 March 2026 in Wiesbaden
1950, First PRC Anniversary, First Printing 100 d. two singles and horizontal pair, 2000 d. three singles together with additional franking, tied by cds. “SHANGHAI 51 1 16” to registered envelope via Hong Kong to London, minor franking faults of no importance, fine and scarce usage
1950, Soviet-Chinese Friendship, 400 d.-800 d. complete set with Postal Conference 400 d., all First Printing with additional franking to airmail envelope to Switzerland, except for some occasional minor perf toning in very fine condition, scarce
1951, 2nd Anniversary of the People´s Republic Founding, 100 d.- 800 d. (400 d. two singles), complete set neatly tied to reverse of an airmail envelope to the Yaroslav Oblast in USSR, on front transit cds. “LENINGRAD ”, very fine
1964, 15th PRC Anniversary, 8 f. complete strip of three (folded vertically between stamps), neatly tied with additional franking on reverse to envelope to Lalitpur, Nepal with arrival cds., president Mao quote imprint at upper left “what is most feared in the world is the word serious. The Communist Party is the one that values the word serious the most”. Fine and scarce usage
1965, People´s Army, four values tied to unaddressed FDC envelope, slightly stained at top otherwise very fine, together with Women in the workforce five values on unaddressed FDC, very fine
1967, Mao´s Poems, 8 f. tied by cds. to inland illustrated envelope, fine, in addition three envelopes with single frankings from the 1967 Poem issues, usual quality, scarce Cultural Revolution mail
1970, Defence of the Homeland 4 f. in vertical pair, scarce perforation type 10:11½, tied by cds. to reverse of an envelope with imprint “Wuhan Automobile Standard Parts, Guanshan, Wuchang”, the pair with a vertical paper pre-fold, still fine, most unusual
1949/97, in the beginning mostly used, later from 1977 to 1997 in the main catalogue numbers complete mint never hinged collection, starting with early sets and issues, incl. e.g. souvenir sheets Mi.-Nr. Bl. 5, 6 and 7 used, 977/78 and 997/98 used, from here only MNH incl. 1006 and 1074-82 incl. strip of three, 1083-1134, 1135-39 as strip of five, later from 1977-97 in the main catalogue numbers complete MNH incl. souvenir sheets 11-83, good and fresh condition, in four albums
1949/70 (ca.), mint, unused and used lot in 3 stockbooks, including used Mei Lanfang set perforated and souvenir sheet (light crease)
1950/2022 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with some duplicates, sheetlets and presentation booklet, some reprints noted, together with a small part of Hong Kong and early Republic of China, mostly very fine, in two stockbooks
1965/99, mint never hinged collection, fairly advanced with only a few values missing, noted 1965 National Sports Mi.-Nr. 903-913, 1966 Sports 948-951, Lu Xun 952-954, Liu Ying-Jun 958-963, 1967 Mao Thesis 967-976 with the two strips unfolded, 990-992, 1968 Mao Stories 995-1008, Literature and Art 1010-1018, Mao Five Guidelines 1020-1024 in strip of five (folded), 1979 Science from Childhood Mi.-Nr. Bl. 19, 1980 Red Monkey Mi.-Nr. 1594, etc.; with the exception of an occasional fault, overall in very fine and fresh condition, neatly housed in 3 albums
1950/2017 (ca.), assembly of over 130 covers and cards, some interesting frankings throughout, mixed condition
1950/74, group of eleven covers, some better frankings with 1973 Giant Panda complete set (Mi.-Nr. 1126-1131) tied by cds. “SHANGHAI 74 8 11” to airmail envelope to Pakistan, 1971 Parisian Commune Mi.-Nr. 1070 pair on envelope, etc., some occasional faults, overall in good condition, an interesting lot
1967/68, 5 single franking inland envelopes, some better with Mao´s Thesis Mi.-Nr. 966, 18th PRC Anniversary Mi.-Nr. 993, Five-Year Plan Mi.-Nr. 965, etc., overall in fine condition, scarce group of Cultural Revolution covers (ex Mi.-Nr. 965-1028)
1969/71, 6 covers including four inland single frankings, some better with Invincible Chinese People Mi.-Nr. 1040 and 1042, 100th Anniversary Parisian Commune Mi.-Nr. 1070 pair, etc., overall in fine condition, scarce (ex Mi.-Nr. 877-1070)
1971/75, 8 inland single franking covers, including 50th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party Mi.-Nr. 1080, overall in fine condition