388th Auction

1897/1967 (ca.), unused and used accumulation, including Hong Kong, spanning from the Coiling Dragons to the PRC cultural revolution issues, some duplicates and multiples, in the modern area a few reprints noted, overall in good quality, neatly housed in 4 stockbooks

1900/80, group of mostly used and unused in three albums and some small cards, mostly fine

1920/80, Collection in three little albums and glassines, mostly PRC mint and used, covers & FDC, few early issues and a Michel China catalogue.

1920/80, Collection on album pages, PRC mint and used, few early issues, 1964 strip of three used, mostly fine

1900/11, postal history group of circa 65 covers and cards, mostly foreign destinations, many attractive and interesting usages including mixed frankings at the Treaty Ports, noted French, Japanese, German and Russian Offices, a fine part of German Fieldpost markings, together with an abundance of multicolour Coiled Dragons frankings, some postal stationeries, local post Cheefoo, etc., mixed condition. A delightful specialist lot

1912/20 (ca.), Chinese Republic early years, group of 13 covers and cards, noted 1 c. overprinted coiled dragon (x4) used with “PEKING” to 1913 postcard to Italy with unusual “ITALY = VIA SIBERIA” straight-line marking, also some stampless mail, printed matter, etc., together with 5 postcards franked with Japanese issues with cds. "TIENTSIN", “DAIREN”, etc., overall in good condition

1913/33 (ca.), Hall of Classics specialized assembly of around 80 covers and cards, interesting usages with some combination and large multiple frankings, destinations abroad with Germany, France, Bangkok, etc., some maritime mail with Paquebot handstamp, registered and express mail, routing via Siberia, etc., mixed condition

1926/49 (ca.), Chinese Republic specialized accumulation of around 120 covers and cards, including Postage Dues, noted a wealth of multiple- and combination frankings, inland and foreign mail, many issues represented and usages with various postal rates, etc., conditions varies as expected, interesting specialist lot

1934/49 (ca.), Chinese Airmail attractive accumulation of over 120 covers with a wealth of interesting usages and postal rates, multiple- and combination frankings, censored airmail, many better with 1937 “HONG KONG - SAN FRANCISCO RECEIVED - FIRST FLIGHT” handstamp on registered cover from “SHANGHAI 26 4 37”, scarce 1948 Martyr of Revolution 50 c. on ½ c. brown bloc of 20 with additional franking used to reverse of envelope to the provincial department of education in Wuchang, inland airmail franked at 63 cents from “PAHSIEN CHUNGKING” to Shanghai, 1947 incoming mail from Tientsin to British Occupation Zone in Germany with censor paper seal and mark, etc., somewhat mixed condition as to be expected. A most useful specialist lot

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

1975/81, 17 FDC, 3 booklets and coincard ‘the great wall’, very fine

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

1999/2004, Collection unused in album, including 33 souvenir sheets, booklets, all mint never hinged

1859/2002, in the classics mostly used collection, with good section classics, later better issues including Mi.-Nr. 227K inverted center, Mi.-Nr. 234 used, Mi.-Nr. 351-65 unused, Mi.-Nr. 366 used, in addition some issues Departemento and Scadta, slightly mixed condition, classic partly signed Bühler

1770/1880 (ca.) Mail across the North Atlantic from-, to and via Cuba, exhibition collection with around 100 letters/letter sheets, four of which date from the 18th century, various handstamps such as ‘ISLAS DE BARLOVENTO’ in various types, ‘DE YNDIAS’, ‘PENINSULA’, etc., also various franked letters, including postal forgery and France Napoleon 5 fr. on letter. A very interesting object.

1867/90, Interpostal seals, collection of about 218 different, several cancelled, including offices abroad

1890(ca.), Egypt Interpostal stamps issued by Posta Europea for official mail: 39 cancelled and 121 unused, many different types and colours, including P.O. abroad, Dardanelli, Gallipoli, Roda, Cavalla, Volo, Tenedos, Scio, Salonicco, Metelino, Smirne, Constantinopoli, Bairouth, Alessandretta, mostly fine.

1878/86, mint never hinged/unused and used group, some better items throughout with Quetzal 1881 five plate proofs of frame only on thin ungummed paper (Mi.-Nr. 21P-25P), 1897 Exhibition set complete with red overprint “SPECIMEN”, also a selection of postmarks on used stamps including on Indian Women, etc., except for the occasional fault, overall in good condition

1881/1960, unused and used collection, with duplicates, overprints and sheetparts in 2 binder

1881/93 (ca.), 22 used/unused postal stationery cards and envelopes, incl. reply card, some duplicates, mostly fine

1941/54 (ca.), about 250 imperforated proofs in multiples including some gutter-pairs, some in cpl. sets, all ungummed, few stained

1870/1918, Postal History of Ottoman Iraq including four covers with cancellations of Kerbela, Bagdad and Nedjef Echref, on stamps Kerkuk, Remadie, Kizlar Bad, Süleymaniye, Hanekin, Hille and Mosul.

1898/1940 (ca.), Hotel cachets and postcards, about 80 cards and covers plus some additional and later material. A lot of different and scarce handstamps of Hotels in Jerusalem, Haifa, Jericho, Nazareth, Tiberias, etc., also some better postmarks, mail to US, Luxemburg, Switzerland, etc., etc.. A most interesting collection.

1918/27 (ca.), mint nver hinged/unused and used collection, including Postage Dues and Irak Palestine, a few duplicates, some better sets throughout starting from the first imperforates, overall in fresh and good condition

1892/1980, collection in large album starting Turkey cancellations on stamps and piece including Jaffa and Jerusalem in various types and colours. Israel early issues cancelled in gutter pairs and tete-beche gutter pairs, many full tab stamps, postage due and S/S, mostly fine.

1948/2002, mint never hinged collection with a few used, almost complete from the 1950s with a few sheetlets, some better values with Mi.-Nr. 1-8A mint never hinged, in the early issues mostly without tablets, together with one cover, neatly housed in 5 albums

1948/60, small mint never hinged/unused and used group, a few better values from the first issue including with lower tablet, also Mi.-Nr. Bl.3(6) mint never hinged, overall condition is good

1948/51, small group of unused stamps including 1948 3 m.-65 m. New Year, horizontal tete-beche gutter pairs with plate nos., air mail set Yv.1-6 (cert. E. Diena),  Bl.1 (cert. Bolaffi), mint never hinged, very fine

1872/1997, in the beginning mostly used and unused, from 1965-97 in the main catalogue numbers apparently complete mint never hinged collection, starting with e.g. Mi.-Nr. 5 and 6IIx unused, 12ax, 19, 30II, 38, all signed Eichhorn BPP, further National Park issues and souvenir sheets, mostly MNH, the modern parts also include some booklets and se-tenants, in three hingeless albums