Auction #22

China, Powerful Mint and Used Collection, 1878-1949. A vast and valuable collection of many hundreds on Minkus pages in one volume; absolutely chock full of premium items like Scott #1-3, 5-6 (with the 5ca wide margin a lovely example), 7-9, 10-11 (2), 13-15, 16-24 (less the 12ca #23), 25-27, 28-37, 44. 47-55, along with duplicates of most values such as 53-55, 59, 73-74, 77, 78-79, 80 (2), 86-95, 98-109, 110-22, 134, 138-39, good ROC overprints, 178-89, 190-201, lots of Junk issues, 1920s commemoratives, extensive mint Sun Yat-Sen issues, strong CNCs, Golds including 936, good Silvers with provisional issues, C1-10, extensive Dues, plus strong offerings from Manchuria, Sinkiang, Yunnan, some offices in Tibet and more, largely Fine to Very Fine, a solid lot of popular material, a careful and thorough inspection invited.
Estimate HK$ 110,000 - 130,000.