1878 1c green, h.r., rounded upper left corner, fine appearance,
Cat. Val. $600
Estimate: $150
Worldwide Stamps and Covers
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Lot #356 - China
Lot #357 - China
1883 Large Dragon, set of three, each neatly canceled by "Wuchow 9 Jul 00" cds on 1ca stationery card, registered via Hong Kong, where Queen Victoria 4c gray and 10c purple were added for further transmission to Germany (Lieutenant Maus correspondence), each with Wuchow "I.P.O" boxed hs and "Hong Kong" cds, back of the card showing a sampan, with six line message. The 3c and 5c showing faint traces of removed blue pencil, 5c with diagonal...
Lot #358 - China
1885 (21 Jan) cover (opened for display) to Bordeaux, France, with oval "L TALLIEU / PEKIN" sender's cachet on both sides, franked on the reverse by 3 Candareen pale red, canceled by central oval Peking seal in blue, backstamped IG OF CUSTOMS / PEKING (Jan 21) in blue, CUSTOMS / TIENTSIN (Jan 24) and CUSTOMS / SHANGHAI (Feb 4), and arrival datestamps of MARSEILLE A LYON / SPECIAL (Mar 13) and Bordeaux (Mar 14), franked on the front by France...
Lot #359 - China
1896 Red Revenue stamp without surcharge, 3c red, perforated 14, never hinged, few gum skips, post office fresh, v.f. and beautiful copy, with 2007 Experts and Consultants Ltd certificate. Originally ordered for internal use by the Customs Department, the 3c stamp inscribed "China" and "Revenue" was ordered from the London printing company Waterlow & Sons, following a request from Sir Robert Hart, the Inspector General of the Imperial...
Lot #360 - China
1901 Boxer Rebellion, East Asia Expedition, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1c China tied on picture postcard (of hand colored bird) by "K.D. Feld Poststation 13/4 No 7" cds, also boxed "S.B./Ostas. Exped./I.Bat. 4.Inf.-Rgmts." addressed to Germany, fine, with arrival pmks
Estimate: $150
Lot #361 - China
1955-60 souvenir sheets, selection including Scott's No. 1114a, 1117a, 1126a, 1135-36, 1257a (2) and B9a, unused without gum as issued, first three with selvage, mostly n.h., v.f.,
Cat. Val. $1,910
Estimate: $500
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