Closed Auction

By:
Kelleher & Rogers, Ltd.

lot # 189 - 5: 05: China (People's Republic) liberated areas

Friday Nov 17, 2017 10:00 to Saturday Nov 18, 2017 17:00 Asia/Hong_Kong
Last date for bids: 
Nov 17, 09:00 HKT

Liberated Areas, Impressive collection, often parallel mint and used, housed in a Lighthouse stockbook; all Areas are represented, with a particularly nice collection of Northeast China; solid to very good completion throughout, with items organized and identified by Scott and/or Yang numbers throughout; some of the many highlights include (mint, unless noted) Northeast China #1L1-4 imperf, 1L17-19, 1L20-23, 1L20a-23a, 1L30-36, 1L36a, 1L37-39, 1L40 used, 1L44a, 1L49-50b (all surcharge color types), 1L55-57, 1L58-72, 1L76-77, 1L76a-77a, 1L81-83, 1L84-94 (with overprint color varieties), 1L98-100 mint and used, 1L121-124, 1L126-132, 1L136-139, 1L140-149, 1L150-153 used, 1L154-156, 1L157-161, 1L162-163, $50000 green unissued Tien An Men, 1L176-178 - along with Yang-listed issues for Liaonan, Siman, Harbin and West Liaoning; Port Arthur and Dairen #2L1-4, 2L12, 2L29, 2L53-56 (2L54 used), 2L57, 2L60-60a, 2L68, 2L69, 2L70-71; North China #3L1-8, 3L12, 3L15, 3L39 mint and used, 3L77-81 perf and imperf, 3L82-88 imperf plus mint and used perf; Northwest China #4L11-16, 4L23-24, 4L31-33, 4L65a; East China #5L1-9, 5L45-50, 5L90 (used block of 4 with Due "T" strike); Central China #6L33-46 mint and used, 6L48-56, 6L53a, 6L54a, 6L57-62 imperf, 6L74 & 6L76-81 as marginal imprint singles, 6L90-109; Southwest China #8L1-11, 8L28-29, 8L30-39, 8L43-47…plus a wealth of earlier and later Yang-listed issues including #LCC14-15, CC176; EC79 used, EC88, EC182, EC288, North Anhui tête-bêche pairs; NW60 used, NW94, NW94a mint and used; NC3-4 used, NC184 used and NE233-238; one quirk is that the collector placed mint stamps below his used copies - remember this as you view, generally Fine to Very Fine or better, sure to impress - inspection invited, the breadth of this collection is breath-taking - you won't see another like it soon.
Estimate HK$ 30,000 - 40,000.