China, Shanghai : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. to 4ca., 9ca. (2) and 24ca., cancelled by "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring d.s. in blue or brown, all with 1896 year dates inverted, mainly fine strikes, some faults including the 24ca. Chan 22-25, 28, 30.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Sale 71 Asian Stamps & Postal History
By: Interasia Auctions Limited
Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 71 Asian Stamps & Postal History
Interasia’s General Sale of China and Asian Countries stamps and postal history includes important China Ching Dynasty and Republic, substantial postal history, postal stationery, Chinese Local Posts and Foreign Post offices in China, Taiwan, and Tibet, while the Other Asian Countries includes another significant North Korea offering.
Day One (June 16) comprises China Ching Dynasty and Republic from early mail to 1949 (lots 37-820). The early mail includes five 1872-75 covers with the “Custom House/Shanghai Paid” dater (the earliest Customs Post mark) and an 1894 “Pakhoi Customs/Mail Matter”-mark cover (one of four recorded), while the General Sale Large Dragons include complete sheets of all the values, complementing the Olsson offering.
The 1894 Dowager issue and the 1897 New Currency surcharges include the 1897 small figures 10c. on 9ca. double surcharge, the mint “Golden Dragon” and a wonderful example of the legendary “Red Ruby,” while their postal history contains no less than 16 Dowager covers and 40 New Currency-surcharge covers, including a very rare January 1897 usage of the latter before their official issuance (one of 12 recorded). The Red Revenues similarly contain further rarities including the legendary Small One Dollar, China’s rarest regularly issued stamp. The 1912 Provisional Neutrality issues are complete, including the very rare unissued Postage Dues. The 1913-33 Junk issues are highlighted by the 1914-19 First Peking printing issue in mint blocks of four and a particularly nice example of the Hall of Classics $2 inverted center (ex Colonel Green). The China collections conclude this outstanding day.
Day Two (June 17; lots 2001-2658) continues with the Chinese Local Posts with Wei-Hai-Wei first and second issues, Foreign Post Offices in China, China postal stationery and covers including another significant group of I-Chan. The day also includes Chinese Provinces, Japanese Occupation of China, Manchukuo with an award-winning collection of postal stationery offered intact, Taiwan, Tibet, and Mongolia.
Day Three (June 18; lots 3489-3579) comprises the Other Asian Countries and includes a rare set of blocks of four of the Burma Japanese Occupation Shwedagon Pagoda set as well as a significant section of North Korea.
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 #187 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
Lot #188 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Shanghai : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. to 24ca., centrally cancelled by Shanghai seals in blue, fine to very fine strikes, the 9ca. (rough perfs.) with small part Customs double-ring d.s. Chan 22-30.
Estimate 5,000 - 6,000
Lot #189 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Shanghai : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. to 24ca., centrally cancelled by Shanghai seals in blue, fine to very fine strikes, the 6ca. and 9ca. (corner crease) have tones. Chan 22-30.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #190 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Shanghai : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. to 24ca., centrally cancelled by Shanghai seals in blue, fine strikes, the 9ca. has small corner crease. Chan 22-30.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #191 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Shanghai : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. to 24ca., centrally cancelled by Shanghai seals in black, very fine strikes, the 9ca. has small faults. Chan 22-30.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #192 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Shanghai : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. to 24ca., centrally cancelled by Shanghai seals in black, very fine strikes, the 9ca. has pinhole. Chan 22-30.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #193 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Shanghai : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. reddish orange block of twelve (4 x 3) with inverted watermark, each stamp cancelled by Shanghai seal in blue, some splitting and reinforcing along horizontal rows of perfs., top right stamp has small corner defect, otherwise fine. Chan 22.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #194 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Shanghai : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. to 4ca., 6ca. to 24ca., cancelled by Shanghai antique seals in blue, fine strikes. Chan 22-25, 27-30.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #195 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Shanghai : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. to 4ca., 6ca. to 24ca., cancelled by Shanghai antique seals in blue or black, the 9ca. and 12ca. with retouches, mainly fine strikes, the 3ca. and 4ca. have small faults. Chan 22-25, 27-30.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #196 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Shanghai : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. to 4ca., 6ca. to 24ca., by Shanghai antique seals in blue or black, mainly fine, the 3ca. toned and the 12ca. has small defects at foot. Chan 22-25, 27-30.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #197 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Shanghai : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. pairs (3, one interpanneau), 3ca. block of four and vertical pair, 9ca. block of four (one stamp has defect) and vertical strip of three, 12ca. block of four and 24ca. vertical pair, cancelled by Shanghai antique seals in blue or black, some light creasing. A fine assembly. Chan 22, 24, 28-30.
Estimate 10,000 - 12,000
Lot #198 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Tientsin : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. to 24ca., the last two with sheet margins at left, cancelled by Tientsin seals in blue, fine strikes, the stamps are fine to very fine and fresh, the 24ca. has a fault in the sheet margin well clear of the stamp. Chan 22-30.
Estimate 7,000 - 9,000
Lot #199 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Tientsin : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. to 4ca. and 6ca. to 24ca., cancelled by Tientsin seals in blue, fine strikes, the stamps are fine to very fine and fresh, the 12ca. has a couple of short perfs. at foot. Chan 22-25, 27-30.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #200 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Tientsin : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 2ca. to 4ca. and 6ca. to 24ca., cancelled by Tientsin seals in blue, fine strikes. Chan 23-25, 27-30.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #201 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Tientsin : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 2ca. to 4ca. and 6ca. to 24ca., cancelled by Tientsin seals in blue, fine strikes. Chan 23-25, 27-30.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #202 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Tientsin : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 3ca. orange-yellow block of four and 24ca. rose-carmine vertical pair, both cancelled by Tientsin seals in blue, the block has light diagonal crease, otherwise fine. Chan 24, 30.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #203 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Tientsin : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 24ca. rose-carmine with 1888 Small Dragon 3ca. mauve on piece, cancelled by Tientsin seals in blue, and 24ca. with 3ca. orange-yellow on piece, similarly cancelled and additionally tied by part London c.d.s. in red, both stamps on the latter piece have faults/defects due to the overlapping application of the 3ca. stamp on the 24ca. A remarkable duo of usages of the 24 candarins. Chan...
Lot #204 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Tientsin : 1894 Dowager 1st printing, a selection of usages on pieces (6), three pieces have combinations with France "Chine" stamps and another has combination usage with Germany Eagle 20pf., one is cancelled by Peking seal in blue, another by "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring d.s., and the rest by Tientsin seals in blue, mainly fine. Chan 23-27, 29.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #205 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Tientsin : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 2ca. to 24ca., cancelled by Tientsin type 8 seals in blue, mainly fine, the 4ca. has faults, the 9ca. has a couple of toned perfs. at top left and the 24ca. has short perf. at upper left. Chan 23-30.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #206 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Tientsin : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 2ca., 3ca. and 6ca. to 24ca., cancelled by Tientsin type 8 seals in blue, very good to fine strikes. Chan 23, 24, 27-30.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #207 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Tientsin : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 3ca. orange-yellow block of twelve (4 x 3) on piece, cancelled by Tientsin seals in blue, additionally tied by matching "Customs/Tientsin" double-ring d.s. of "Apr 16 1895" and "Customs/Shanghai" double-ring d.s. of "Apr 21 1895", also in blue, and 3ca. orange-yellow block of fifteen (3 x 5) on fragment, cancelled by Peking seals in blue, the first block is fine (ex Quintin Tan Kok Tin...
Lot #208 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Wuhu : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 3ca. orange-yellow (5) and 9ca. green, cancelled by "Customs/Wuhu" double-ring d.s. in red, fine strikes, a few small faults. Chan 24, 28.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #209 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Pakua : A selection (21) of values to 24ca., cancelled by pakua, some tones and small faults. Chan 22-25, 27, 28, 30.
Estimate 7,000 - 9,000
Lot #210 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Dollar dater : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. (6), 2ca. (8, with block of four), 3ca. (4), 5ca., 12ca. and 24ca. (2), cancelled by dollar daters, mainly fine, one 24ca. has small perf. faults at foot. Chan 22-24, 26, 29, 30.
Estimate 10,000 - 12,000
Lot #211 - 2: China 1894 dowager empress 60th birthday
China, Foreign : 1894 Dowager 1st printing 1ca. reddish orange with superb strike of the German Consular seal of "Tsingtau/(Kiautschou)", stamp is toned. Chan 22.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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