Hong Kong, 1863-71 watermark crown CC 18c. lilac, fine and fresh mint, centred to foot. S.G. 13 cat. £7000.
Estimate 50,000 - 60,000
Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports
By: Interasia Auctions Limited
Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports
The 500-lot sale of Hong Kong and Treaty Ports includes an extensive Queen Victoria offering with the iconic mint 96c. olive-bistre, a magnificent mint Postal Fiscal $10 rose-carmine (ex the Royal Collection) and two mint copies of the $10 grey-green, as well as specialized 1891 Jubilees replete with multiples and errors (including two of the five recorded complete panes of this quintessential Hong Kong stamp). The postal history is highlighted by an 1856 “Shanghae Post Office Crown” cover to France, a marvelous example of this first postal marking of Shanghai, and includes Philppe Orsetti’s marvelous collection of security marks and perfins on cover. Macau concludes the auction and includes a very rare usage British "Crown/Macao" double-ring origin datestamp.
Interasia’s June 16-18 Auctions
Interasia’s June 16-18 auctions of China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history will take place at the Excelsior Hotel in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. The three-day, 2,500-lot sale includes another outstanding offering of China and Hong Kong stamps and postal history, with important Ching Dynasty and Republic, substantial postal history, Taiwan, Tibet, and a large offering of People’s Republic and Liberated Areas. Hong Kong and Treaty Ports alone comprises 500 lots, while the Other Asian Countries includes another significant North Korea offering.
Coming on Interasia’s tenth anniversary, the auctions feature the two iconic stamps of China and Hong Kong - the 1897 Red Revenue Small One Dollar and the mint 96c. Olive-Bistre. Completing Interasia’s “trifecta” is the earliest recorded cover bearing the stamps of Imperial China - the October 5, 1878 envelope from Peking to Shanghai bearing a Large Dragon 5 candarin pair and single - anticipated to realize the highest price ever for a Chinese cover (presale estimate US$900,000-1,150,000).
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June 16, 2018 |
9:30 AM |
Auction 68 |
Olsson Collection of the Large Dragons of China |
1-36 |
June 16, 2018 |
10:15 AM |
Auction 71 |
China: Ching Dynasty and Republic |
37-820 |
June 17, 2018 |
9:30 AM |
Auction 69 |
People’s Republic of China and Liberated Areas |
1001-1490 |
June 17, 2018 |
2:00 PM |
Auction 71 |
China: Ching Dynasty and Republic, Local Posts, Foreign PO, Provinces, Japanese Occ, Manchukuo, Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia |
2001-2658 |
June 18, 2018 |
9:30 AM |
Auction 70 |
Hong Kong and Treaty Ports, Macau |
3001-3488 |
June 18, 2018 |
2:30 PM |
Auction 71 |
Other Asian Countries |
3489-3579 |
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Lot #3026 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Lot #3027 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1863-71 watermark crown CC 30c. orange-vermilion, variety "GKON" damaged at foot, lightly cancelled "B62", small stain on reverse, fine, very scarce. From the Philippe Orsetti collection. S.G. 15b cat. £1900.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Lot #3028 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1863-71 watermark crown CC 48c. in an unlisted claret shade (although not the bright claret shade), fine to very fine and fresh unused (without gum per the certificate but we see traces of gum that has mainly dried into the paper), a rare and distinctive shade. B.P. A. certificate (1990). S.G. 17 var.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
Lot #3029 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1863-71 watermark crown CC 96c. olive-bistre, mint with part to large part "white" original gum, brilliant rich colour and extremely fresh on bright white paper, very fine, a wonderful example of exquisite freshness and colour. S.G. 18 cat. £80,000.
Estimate 500,000 - 600,000
Expertisation: Holcombe certificate (1990).
Provenance: "Dallas", Sotheby's (London), 18-20.7.1990...
Lot #3030 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1863-71 watermark crown CC 96c. olive-bistre, crisply cancelled by complete "B62" in blue, rich colour, faint red ink trace at lower left, very fine. S.G. 18 cat. £750.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
Lot #3031 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1863-71 watermark crown CC 96c. olive-bistre, lightly cancelled "B62" in blue, good colour, small faults, fine appearance. S.G. 18 cat. £750.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
Lot #3032 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1863-71 watermark crown CC 96c. olive-bistre with wing margin at left, neatly cancelled "B62" in blue, small repair at right, very fine appearance. S.G. 18.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
Lot #3033 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1863-71 watermark crown CC 96c. olive-bistre, neatly cancelled "62B" in blue, few perfs. at foot backed for esthetics and tiny corner crease at upper left, very fine appearance. S.G. 18.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
Lot #3034 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1863-71 watermark crown CC 96c. olive-bistre, boldly cancelled "B62" in blue, showing very fine "Ker & Co." (Manila) security h.s. in red, fine and rare. S.G. 18.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #3035 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, Sperati Q.V. 96c olive-bistre forgery die proof (Reproduction A) in black on glazed paper (49 x 66mm.), signed "Jean de Sperati" in pencil and handstamped "Reproduction Interdite", very fine. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie. S.G. 18F.
Estimate 8,000 - 10,000
Lot #3036 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, Sperati Q.V. 96c olive-bistre forgery die proof (Reproduction A) in issued colour on wove paper (49 x 61mm.), signed "Jean de Sperati" in pencil and B.P.A. "Sperati Reproduction" h.s. on reverse, fine to very fine. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie. S.G. 18F.
Estimate 10,000 - 12,000
Lot #3037 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, Sperati Q.V. 96c olive-bistre forgery, variant perf. 14 x 12½, signed on reverse "Jean de Sperati" in pencil with "Copie" h.s. adjacent, unused with part gum, very fine, an exceedingly rare Sperati forgery. Ex Richard C.K. Chan. S.G. 18F.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
Lot #3038 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, Sperati Q.V. 96c olive-bistre forgery "used", cancelled "Y1" in black, signed "Jean de Sperati" in pencil and B.P.A. "Sperati Reproduction" h.s. on reverse, couple short perfs. at foot, fine to very fine and rare. Ex Richard C.K. Chan. S.G. 18F.
Estimate 8,000 - 10,000
Lot #3039 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1863-71 watermark crown CC 96c. brownish grey, mint with faintly yellowed large part original gum, fresh with bright colour, trivial faint horizontal wrinkling, fine. S.G. 19 cat. £1500.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
Lot #3040 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1863-71 watermark crown CC 2c. to 96c. set (less 18c. and 96c. olive-bistre) with shades (including additional 24c. (2) and 48c. (2)), unused or mint, some faults including one 48c. with trimmed wing margin, fine or fine appearance with many sound examples (23 stamps). S.G. 8-12, 14-17, 19.
Estimate 5,000 - 6,000
Lot #3041 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1877 16c. yellow, mint with large part slightly disturbed original gum, fresh with brilliant colour, faint gum crease and few slightly trimmed perf. tips at foot, fine. S.G. 22 cat. £2000.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
Lot #3042 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1877 16c. yellow, mint, fresh and well centred, tiny added corner perf. at lower right, very fine appearance. S.G. 22 cat. £2000.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Lot #3043 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1876-77 16c. on 18c. lilac, mint, fresh, brilliant colour, very fine, a dramatic example of this scarce mint stamp. S.G. 20 cat. £2250.
Estimate 8,000 - 10,000
Lot #3044 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1876-77 16c. on 18c. lilac with wing margin at left, variety "1" with serif at foot at left broken off (Gurevitch O10), mint with large part lightly yellowed streaky original gum, small light corner crease at upper left, otherwise fine. S.G. 20 cat. £2250.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #3045 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1876-77 16c. on 18c. lilac, variety cracked "1" (Gurevitch O4), unused (regummed), brilliant fresh with rich colour, reperforated at left, very fine appearance. S.G. 20; Yang 20d cat. £2250.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
Lot #3046 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1876-77 16c. on 18c. lilac, variety space between "n" and "t" of cents, unused with small part to part original gum ("traces" per certificate which is overly critical), fresh with rich colour, small thin spot and minor pressed vertical crease, both of which are of lesser consequence on this variety that is extremely rare and invariably with faults unused, very fine appearance, a magnificent mint example of this rarity. B.P.A...
Lot #3047 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1876-77 16c. on 18c. lilac, variety space between "s" and stop, used, reperforated at right, fine appearance. S.G. 20b cat. £900.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200
Lot #3048 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1876-77 16c. on 18c. lilac, used (2), one with wing margin showing cracked "1" with "16" also shifted leftwards (so over "ce"), the other showing variety space between "s" and stop, latter reperforated at right, otherwise fine to very fine. S.G. 20, 20b; Yang 20b, 20d.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200
Lot #3049 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1876-77 16c. on 18c. lilac used selection with surcharge varieties, including space between "n" and "t", cracked "1" (2) and spaced, dropped "c", good colours, some faults, generally fine or fine appearance (10). From the Philippe Orsetti collection. S.G. 20.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #3050 - 5: Hong Kong Queen Victoria
Hong Kong, 1876-77 28c. on 30c. mauve, unused with redistributed gum, very fine appearance. S.G. 21 cat. £1500.
Estimate 1,800 - 2,200
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