Hong Kong, Specialist's selection of Crown & CC Queen Victoria issues, 1863-80 (Scott 8//23, 25), unusual selection of 7 items, all but 1 used, including 2¢ rose pristine mint n.h. (!), 16¢ yellow (2), 18¢ lilac, 48¢ brown, 96¢ bistre and a 4¢ perf 12½, nice group, better than usual condition; examine.
Estimate HK$ 4,500 - 5,500.
Auction #23
By: Kelleher & Rogers, Ltd.
Kelleher & Rogers, Ltd. Auction #23
Kelleher and Rogers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daniel F. Kelleher auctions, America’s oldest philatelic auction firm, proudly announces their Fall 2017 sale to be conducted at the firm's new Hong Kong offices located at 1802 Perfect Industrial Building, 31 Tai Yau Street, San Po Kong, Hong Kong on November 17-18, 2017. The two day sale will feature over 800 lots.
Day one consists of stamps, postal history and collections of China, from the Municipal Posts through the Imperial issues and continuing on through the Republic era, Provinces, Occupations, Taiwan and the People's Republic .
Day two consists of non-China areas of Asia, including Japan, Indochina, Korea, Laos,Thailand and Vietnam.
Our current auction will be held 17-18 November 2017 in Hong Kong. The two day sale will feature over 800 lots.
Day one consists of China, including stamps, postal history and collections, ranging from Imperial issues including Local Posts through Republic issues, Taiwan and the People's Republic.
Day two consists of Hong Kong, including specialized sections of cancellations and Treaty Ports, followed by Japan and other Asia countries.
Important note: the buyer's premium for this sale is now 20%. However there is a 2% discount from the hammer price if payments reach us within 15 days after the sale date.
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Lot #623 - 6: 06: Hong Kong collections
Lot #624 - 6: 06: Hong Kong collections
Hong Kong, Tremendous, specialized "B62" killer accumulation, extensive, clean and valuable specialist's selection of over 275 Queen Victoria issues, nearly all selected for quality of strike; approximately half are arranged on stock pages and identified by Webb types, including lots of better individual stamps noted as well, including wing margin examples, Fiscals, etc., Fine to Very Fine or better, ideal specialist's lot; examine....
Lot #625 - 6: 06: Hong Kong collections
Hong Kong, Extraordinary Hong Kong "B62" cancellation study, a wonderful and extensive collection assembled along the guidelines outlined in Webb, who notes 31 varieties of this famous first cancellation allotted to Hong Kong; with the exception of Types A3, B2, C7 and C11, all Types are represented, with nearly all of the 160 stamps present selected for the remarkable quality of strike; better individual stamps are present as well,...
Lot #626 - 6: 06: Hong Kong collections
Hong Kong, Wonderful specialized "B62" cancellation selection, excellent specialist's selection of 38 items, 30 of which are arranged and identified by Webb Types A-E listings, plus 8 unidentified items; many premium strikes noted throughout, Fine to Very Fine or better, nice specialized lot.
Estimate HK$ 2,400 - 2,800.
Lot #627 - 6: 06: Hong Kong collections
Hong Kong, Substantial King Edward VII to Queen Elizabeth II selection of many hundreds, mint or used, arranged on a stack of stockcards; includes lots of specialized sections such as cancellation selections, with steamer box and paquebot cancels, Treaty Port cancels, arrival postmarks, ship markings, plus stockcards of King Edward VII to Queen Elizabeth II duplicates, etc.; a vast and diverse holding which should be carefully viewed,...
Lot #628 - 6: 06: Hong Kong collections
Hong Kong, Nice Queen Elizabeth II mint selection, comprising both regular issues and commemoratives, with a lovely range of better items such as Scott #196-198, 203-210, 213-217 in strips of 3, 262-264 in folded sheets of 50 and blocks of 10, 275-278 (5 sets in presentation packs), etc.; fresh, o.g., never hinged, generally Very Fine and n.h., examine.
Estimate HK$ 5,500 - 6,500.
Lot #629 - 6: 06: Hong Kong collections
Hong Kong, Queen Elizabeth II collection, neatly presented in a binder of Vario stockpages, lovely and fresh throughout and including highlights such as the Annagoni set complete singles, plus the set to $2 as blocks of 4, Scott #275-288, 490-504, 490a-504a; many commemorative sets as marginal corner blocks of 4 or 6 with plate numbers and/or traffic lights; Rural and Urban Heritage sheetlets of 10; New Year stamps and souvenir sheets...
Lot #630 - 6: 06: Hong Kong collections
Hong Kong, Useful Queen Elizabeth II collection, assorted items including Maximum Cards, 4 1997 Presentation Packs, a 15¢ Stamp Duty used on Hallmark Co. Custom Tailor invoice, picture and advertising aerograms, New Year souvenir sheets, a stock of gutter pairs, blocks and strips with plate numbers and/or traffic lights, and complete unfolded sheets of 100 of Scott #636, 638-640, 642, 646-647, 650 and 651A; full unfolded sheets of 50 (...
Lot #631 - 6: 06: Hong Kong collections
Hong Kong, Substantial specialist's revenue collection, an interesting and diverse range of approximately a couple hundred or so items, most all Queen Victoria issues, on stockcards, written up on file cards, etc.; includes both firm and non-firm cancels, several scarce usages on document, numerous "B62" usages, an 1872 Jardine Matheson usage on document with manuscript cancel, and lots more, Fine to Very Fine, many different values...
Lot #632 - 6: 06: Hong Kong collections
Hong Kong, Booklets, comprehensive collection, 1965-97, lovely, high quality collection housed in a nice Safe binder, complete for the period less a stray item or 2; includes Yang #SB6, SB8, SB9-10, SB11, SB12 (2), SB13, SB14-15A, SB16-16A, SB17, SB44, etc., o.g., never hinged, routinely Very Fine, fresh; examine.
Estimate HK$ 2,000 - 2,400.
Lot #633 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Treaty Ports, Lovely Selection of 6 Covers, nice group of 5 Queen Victoria items and 1 King Edward VII, including an 1894 red band cover with 20¢ surcharge issue to Batavia with various instructional markings, etc., from Amoy, a nice 1¢ postal card used Swatow to Hong Kong, a 1900 Hong Kong picture post card used Swatow to Paris, a 1903 picture post card used Hankow to Paris, an 1895 Foochowfoo to Germany, a nice King Edward VII...
Lot #634 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Treaty Ports, Outstanding cancellation selection, valuable specialist's selection of approximately 65 items, the bulk of which were selected for quality of strike; highlights include a choice "S2" cancel on 2¢ wv brown; 5 outstanding Hoihow examples, each well struck; 15 lovely Liu Kung Tau/Pt. Edward examples; good Canton from "C1" on, plus Foochow, Hankow, etc., mostly Very Fine, excellent group which should be viewed for full...
Lot #635 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Treaty Ports, Specialized King Edward VII-King George VI cancellations collection, interesting specialized collection neatly assembled and identified on album pages by Webb numbers, including examples from Amoy, Canton, Chefoo B.P.O., Hankow, extensive and lovely Foochow, Swatow and Tientsin; we also note some interesting items like a King George VI block of 4 with perfect Kowloontong c.d.s., Kowloon branch markings, etc., Fine to Very...
Lot #636 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Amoy, 1886 (Mar. 2), cover to New York, franked by 10¢ green Victoria, tied by 1 of 2 choice strikes of "Amoy/A/MR 2/86" c.d.s.'s (Webb Type Dii); reverse shows Hong Kong Mar 5 transit, New York Apr 12 arrival and Brooklyn Apr 13 destination c.d.s.'s, all nice quality strikes, Very Fine+, a splendid example from the Culbertson correspondence.
Estimate HK$ 2,000 - 2,600
42 days in transit .
Lot #637 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Amoy, 1886 (Nov. 29), cover to Brooklyn, NY, franked by 10¢ blue green Victoria issue (Yang #36a), tied by 1 of 2 clean strikes of "A/Amoy/NO 29/86" c.d.s.'s (Webb Type E); reverse shows Hong Kong DE 1 transit, New York Jan 1 transit and Brooklyn Jan 2 receiver, fresh; the Hong Kong DE 1 transit (Webb Type Fi) showing an earlier usage than recorded in Webb, Very Fine, another lovely example from the Culbertson correspondence....
Lot #638 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Amoy, 1888 (Feb. 1), 6¢ "Book Post" rate wrapper front to Philadelphia, clean portion of outer wrapper franked by a pair and single of 2¢ carmine Queen Victorias, cancelled by "Amoy/A/FE 1/88" c.d.s.'s, with manuscript "Book Post" on front, fresh, Very Fine, a very lovely example of this elusive use and rate, which weighed 6 oz., as few examples have survived, rare.
Estimate HK$ 1,500 - 2,000.
Lot #639 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Amoy, 1895 (May 29), forwarded cover to New York, franked by 10¢ Victoria issue, tied by "Amoy/A/MY 29/95" c.d.s. (Webb Type Dii), with front showing violet "FORWARDED" handstamp; reverse notes San Francisco JUN 23 transit, Brooklyn JUN 29 transit and Haines Falls, NY, receiver dated JUL 11; minor opening tears on left side reverse, Fine to Very Fine, Pearson rarity: 100 (50 or fewer known), a lovely example from the Culbertson...
Lot #640 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Amoy, 1900 (Mar. 5), I.P.O. tieprint cover to Northampton, England, neat, attractive cover, franked by 10¢ Coiling Dragon tied by bilingual Amoy origin c.d.s., with 10¢ Hong Kong Queen Victoria added and cancelled "Hong Kong/A/MR 5/00" c.d.s., along with a bold, superb strike of the Amoy I.P.O. chop; reverse shows Northampton April 5 receiver, fresh, Very Fine.
Estimate HK$ 2,600 - 3,000.
Lot #641 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Amoy, 1901 (Feb. 20), 1¢ Chinese postal card usage from Hong Kong to Germany, message datelined at Amoy on Feb 18, but entered the mailstream in Hong Kong with pair of 2¢ Hong Kong Queen Victoria issue, cancelled by "Hong Kong/B/FE 20/01" c.d.s.'s, with each stamp also tied by bold, violet "AMOY" handstamp; overall toning, Fine to Very Fine, a most unusual and scarce usage, quite possibly used as a security chop.
Estimate...
Lot #642 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Amoy, Remarkable specialist's cancellation collection, an extensive and superb collection comprising approximately 80 items, all selected for interest or quality of strike, each fully annotated on 102 cards; begins with 4 lovely Webb Type A red "Amoy Paid" chops (including uncommonly bold examples), then onto 10 examples of "A1" and 8 "D27"s - nearly all superb, etc.; from that point, there are 59 examples of the various Webb-listed c....
Lot #643 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Anping, 1882, Queen Victoria, 5¢ pale blue (Scott 40. Yang 34), Crown CA watermark, an exceptional example, cancelled by very bold, 80% strike of "Anping/A/AP 18/92" c.d.s., Very Fine, rare; Pearson rarity: 100 (fewer than 50 exist).
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000.
Lot #644 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Anping, 1882, Queen Victoria, 5¢ pale blue (Scott 40. Yang 34), Crown CA watermark, cancelled by 50% strike of Anping cancel (Webb Type A), with stamp showing partial firm chop "…Wright/…aiwanfoo" with large Chinese characters in center, Very Fine, Pearson rarity for Anping Type A: 100 (fewer than 50 known); scarce combo.
Estimate HK$ 1,500 - 2,000.
Lot #645 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Bangkok, 1880 (ca.), 2¢ rose Queen Victoria, cancelled by large part and lovely strike of "British Consulate/Bangkok", a splendid example showing "…nsulate" plus crown, shield, unicorn and right hand motto scroll, all clear and identifiable, which by itself is exceptional thus! fresh, Very Fine, rare; Pearson rarity: R (about 10 to 25 known).
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000.
Lot #646 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Bangkok, 1880 (ca.), 12¢ blue Queen Victoria, sharply cancelled by "British Consulate/Bangkok" Royal Arms handstamp, a crisp, uncommonly sharp strike of this difficult handstamp, fresh, Very Fine, a select example of this desirable cancel, Pearson rarity: R (about 10-25 known).
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000.
Lot #647 - 6: 06: Hong Kong treaty ports
Bangkok, 1884 (Sept. 24), 10¢ green Queen Victoria, cancelled by full strike of Bangkok c.d.s., a magnificent example of a 10¢ Queen Victoria tied to small piece by full, maximum strike of "Bangkok/SP 24/84" c.d.s. (Webb Type A), Very Fine+, Pearson rarity: 100 (50 or fewer known); rare this nice, ex-Hartley, Lee collections.
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000.
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