China - 1859, entire folded transatlantic letter of three pages, dated "Shanghai le 4 avril 1859" via "HONG KONG AP 10 59" to France w. tax hs. and red arrival of May 26. Scarce early letter during the period of the 2nd opium war. Catalog Price 1000,00
Worldwide Rarities Auction
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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG Worldwide Rarities Auction
Auction to be held at The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York, 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001, USA
10.00 am WORLDWIDE RARITIES Volume I - Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe 1 - 670
4.00 pm WORLDWIDE RARITIES Volume II - South, Central and North America 700 - 936
Lot #25 - China
China - 1882, large dragon thick paper, set used with blue seal "Peking": 1 Ca. pair, 3 Ca. and 5 Ca. blocks of four. Attractive multiples, some perforation imperfections. Catalog Price 4500,00
Lot #26 - China
China - 1882, large dragon thick paper 3 Ca. brownish red canc. seal "Shanghai"on small cover w. on reverse "CUSTOMS SHANGHAI OCT 20 86" , in combination with France 25 C. bistre on straw (slight rubbing at top) canc. "Shang-hai/Chine 20 OCT 86", to London (Nov. 29 arrival), transits red transit TPO "Modane à Paris" and TPO "Paris à Calais" 29 NOV 86" on reverse, somewhat unevenly opened, not affecting stamps, very fine. Chan 8. Catalog...
Lot #27 - China
China - 1882, large dragon thick paper 3 Ca. brownish red tied blue seal "Peking" to reverse of cover w. blue "I.G. of CUSTOMS PEKING FEB 8 86" alongside, transit "CUSTOMS SHANHGAI FEB 23 86", in combination w. on front Japan 5 S. 1876 (trimmed at right) canc. crossroads w. 20 mm "I.J.P.A. SHANGHAI 24 FEB 1886" alongside, via YOKOHAMA and SF and NY to South Orange NJ/USA. Provenience: Alevizos No. 30, 1981; literature: James B. Whang p. 50....
Lot #28 - China
China - 1888, small dragon 3 Ca. tied blue seal script style seal "Tientsin" to reverse of small cover w. blue "CUSTOMS TIENTSIN FEB.. 93" alongside, also "CUSTOMS SHANGHAI FEB 17 1893", in combination w. German offices forerunner crown&eagle 20 Pf. blue tied "KDPA Shanghai 17/2 93" to Berlin/Germany w. arrival "delivered by p.o. 7 25/3 93". The winter overland route. Catalog Price 3200,00
Lot #29 - China
China - 1888, small dragon 3 Ca. rough perf. 12½ tied blue seal "Peking" to small envelope to Belgium, matching blue "I.G. of Customs Peking Jan 20 1894" on reverse, in combination w. France 25 C. tied "SHANG-HAI CHINE 9 FEVR 94", transits blue customs Tientsin, customs Shanghai, also showing red french TPO "Modane à Paris" and arrival "BRUXELLES. Envelope has been refolded at top and backflap mended with old-time cellotape, but all the...
Lot #30 - China
China - 1894, empress dowager, study on pages consisting of three sets of 1-24 Ca., each: large master die proofs in black, displaying the fineness of detail characteristics of the originals; 3rd printing imperforate plate proofs in colours of the 2nd printing on hard wove paper, horizontal margin pairs (but 12 Ca. vertical), signed Holcome with certificate (1992); Mollendorf printing. An exquisite and rare assembly. (M) Catalog Price 18000,...
Lot #31 - China
China - 1894, Dowager 1 Ca.-6 Ca., proofs of printing II in ungummed blocks of 4. Catalog Price 2700,00
Lot #32 - China
China - 1894, Dowager 2 Ca. green, imperforate on top, a top margin piece, unused mounted mint. Catalog Price 1400,00
Lot #33 - China
China - 1894, Dowager 3 Ca. tied blue seal "Peking" w. blue "I.G. OF CUSTOMS PEKING AUG 23 95" alongside, via blue "CUSTOMS SHANGHAI AUG 28 1895", in combination w. German offices, forerunner 20 Pf. blue "SHANGHAI 29 AUG 95" to London w. "10 1 95" arrival. Catalog Price 3600,00
Lot #34 - China
China - 1894, Dowager 3 Ca. tied blue seal "Tientsin" to reverse of small envelope (file bend at left) w. blue customs dater "DEC 1 1895" alongside, via "CUSTOMS SHANGHAI DEC 5 1895", in combination w. France 25 C. "SHANG-HAI 8 DEC 95" to Paris/France w. Jan. 10 arrival on reverse. Catalog Price 1800,00
Lot #35 - China
China - 1894, dowager 9 Ca. green, a horizontal pair imperforated in-between, pos. 1 w. retouch in lower left corner, unused mounted mint. Catalog Price 6300,00
Lot #36 - China
China - 1897, 1 C. on 1 Ca., small figure surcharge, variety: surcharge inverted, w. complete strike of Hankow pa-kua in black. Chan 38d, Scott 29a, cert. Experts & Consultants (2007). Catalog Price 3600,00
Lot #37 - China
China - 1897, 4 C. on 4 Ca., large figure surcharge narrow distance, variety: surcharge inverted, unused mounted mint. Catalog Price 1400,00
Lot #38 - China
China - 1897, Local Post envelope (form use) with oval "SHANGHAI CUSTOMS MAIL MATTER" to Customs House Wenchow w. arrival "CUSTOMS WENCHOW SEP 9 97", scarce. Catalog Price 1000,00
Lot #39 - China
China - 1897, 10 C./9 Ca. large figures close space w. 8 C. / 6 Ca. antiqua and 2 C. / dragon 3 Ca. each tied oval bilingual "KIAOCHOW JAN 2 1900" in combination w. German offices 10 Pf., 20 Pf. tied "TSINGTAU 28.1.00" to registered sealed red band cover to Germany (backstamps), sender Breitenfeldt of I.M.C. Kiaochow, rarity, double signed Dr. Steuer VÖB. Catalog Price 2000,00
Lot #40 - China
China - 1901, incoming mail, Hawaii: USA Grant 5 C. blue, a horizontal pair tied duplex "HONOLULU JUNE 4 190" to German consul general in Shanghai, via "YOKOHAMA 16 6 01", boxed vermilion "via Kobe" and arrival IJPO Shanghai June 23, very scarce incoming from Hawaii. Catalog Price 1000,00
Lot #41 - China
China - 1897, ½ C. on 3 Cand. Dowager (top 2 mm tear) tied large dollar "SHANGHAI 23 SEP 97" in combination with Germany, forerunner crown&eagle 20 Pf. (2) tied "SHANGHAI 24/9 97" to Germany w. arrival "HAMBURG 27.10.97", the left german adhesive is pasted over a boxed "T." marking, great rarity, double signed Steuer BPP for colour "d" on reverse. Catalog Price 12000,00
Lot #42 - China
China - 1897, 1 C. type I on red revenue resp. 4 C. large type on red revenue with surcharges on dowager: seriffed 5 C., 8 C. and non-seriffed 2 C., 10 C./12 Cn., 30 C./24 Cn. all canc. brown Pa-Kua on registered cover with brown "CUSTOMS APR 22 1897" and bold vermilion "R" alongside, in combination with french offices 50 C. tied "SHANG-HAI 22 AVRIL 97" to Boehmer, Oppeln/Germany. On reverse transits of "NAPOLI 24 MAI 97", "AMB. ROMA BOLOGNA...
Lot #43 - China
China - 1914/19, junk series 1st Peking printing, hall of classics $10 in a bottom right corner part-imprint block-4, variety: center shifted upward 3-4 mm, mounted mint LH to MNH, few stains, this striking variety appears to be unreported. Catalog Price 6800,00
Lot #44 - China Lokalausgaben / Local Post
China - Lokalausgaben / Local Post - Chungking, 1894, 8 Ca. orange tied boxed bilingual "CHUNGKING 21 DEC 96" to cover to London, in combination w. Hong Kong QV 10 C. lilac on red tied "SHANGHAI C JA 4 97", on revrese HK transit and London arrival. Backflap shows monogram of "AL" = Archibald Little, founder of Chungking Local Post. Catalog Price 4500,00
Lot #45 - China Lokalausgaben / Local Post
China - Lokalausgaben / Local Post - Kiukiang, 1895, stationery card 1/2 C. w. red "CUSTOMS KIUKIANG NOV 20 95", transit "CUSTOMS SHANGHAI NOV 22 1895", to Amoy. Sent through China p. o., respective pencil note by Peter Holcombe, stains, rare. Catalog Price 1400,00
Lot #46 - China
China - 1897, red revenue small 2 cents (oxydized) tied brown "CUSTOMS CANTON MAR 23 97" to inland cover to Shanghai w. customs dater arrival of APR 2 on reverse. This the second earliest recorded use of the Canton dater on a Red Revenue cover (the earliest being 20 March). Chan 84.References: DG of Posts, The Revenue Surcharges China 1897. Vol. I (Taipei, 1984), p. 85.;Benjamin Y.K. Hwa, The Illustrated ... of Revenue Surcharges, Vol. I, p...
Lot #47 - China shanghai
China - Shanghai - 1866/77: Large Dragon 3ca. red-brown on thin hard paper, used and cancelled by red "LOCAL POST OFFICE SHANGHAI" double-ring h/s, with four margins, fine. A scarce stamp (only a few known used) from the late printing 50, Group XVI. ÷ 1866/67: Große Drachen, "3 CANDAREENS", rotbraun, dünnes, hartes Papier, voll-breitrandiges Kabinettstück mit rotem "LOCAL POST OFFICE SHANGHAI". Die Marke stammt aus der späten Druckperiode,...
Lot #48 - China shanghai
China - Shanghai - 1873: Large Dragon 1 CAND. on 16ca. green, surcharged in blue, used and cancelled with full strike of red "LOCAL POST OFFICE SHANGHAI" double-ring, fine. A SCARCE STAMP. Signed Houtzhamer. ÷ 1 CA auf 16 C. grün, Aufdruck blau, Kabinettstück mit vollem, zentrischen K2 in rot "LOCAL POST OFFICE SHANGHAI". Eine extrem seltene Marke, geprüft Houtzhamer. (CHAN LS 76; SG 48) Catalog Price 2300,00
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