Sinkiang, 1896 (5 Apr.) registered envelope from Ludwig Hedin in Stockholm, Sweden to Sven Hedin at the Imperial Russian Mission in Peking, endorsed "Poste Restante", bearing Oscar 30ö (2), cancelled by "Stockholm" dotted rim d.s., showing "Tientsin/Kaiserl. Deutsche/Postagentur" c.d.s. (19.5) of the German P.O. on reverse, top stamp diagonal crease ending in small split, fine usage sent care of the Russian Imperial Mission in Peking...
Sale 75 Asian Stamps & Postal History
By: Interasia Auctions Limited
Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 75 Asian Stamps & Postal History
Interasia’s General Sale of China and Asian Countries stamps and postal history includes important China Ching Dynasty and Republic, substantial postal history, postal stationery, Chinese Local Posts and Foreign Post offices in China, Taiwan, and Tibet.
Day One (December 10) comprises China Ching Dynasty and Republic from early mail to 1949 (lots 57-704). The early mail includes an interesting and historically important section of China postal history detailing the December 1896 - January 1897 transitional period between the Customs Post and the establishment of the Imperial Post. The classic stamps include complete sheets of all three 1878 Large Dragon values, outstanding sections of the 1894 Dowagers and 1897 New Currency issues including one of two recorded blocks of four of the legendary “Red Ruby”, extensive Red Revenues including the unsurcharged, the iconic Small One Dollar and notable covers. The Republic of China include a strong section of the Provisional Neutrality issues, the Hall of Classics $2 inverted center and the 1941 American Banknote Dr. Sun Yat-sen $2 inverted center.The China collections conclude this outstanding day.
Day Two (December 11; lots 2001-2420) continues with Chinese Provinces, highlighted by one of the Four Treasures of the Republic - the Sinkiang 1915 $1 transposed characters variety - and a magnificent collection of the 1946-48 Manchuria Local Overprints offered intact, Japanese Occupation of China, Manchukuo, Chinese Local Posts, Foreign Post Offices in China, China postal stationery and covers, Taiwan, Tibet, and Mongolia.
Interasia’s December 10 -12 Auctions
Interasia’s December 10-12 auctions of China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history will take place at the Excelsior Hotel in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. The three-day, 2,300-lot sale includes another outstanding offering of China and Hong Kong stamps and postal history, with important Ching Dynasty and Republic, substantial postal history, Taiwan, Tibet, and a large offering of People’s Republic and Liberated Areas. Hong Kong and Treaty Ports alone comprise almost 400 lots, while an outstanding Macau collection is presented in an additional 140 lots.
The auctions feature the two iconic stamps of China and Hong Kong - the 1897 Red Revenue Small One Dollar and the mint 96c. Olive-Bistre, as well as one of the greatest PRC rarities - the 1968 unissued large format “Whole Country is Red.”
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December 10, 2018 |
9:30 AM |
Auction 72 |
Olsson Collection of the Large Dragons of China |
1-56 |
December 10, 2018 |
10:30 AM |
Auction 75 |
China: Ching Dynasty and Republic |
57-704 |
December 11, 2018 |
9:30 AM |
Auction 73 |
People’s Republic of China and Liberated Areas |
1001-1667 |
December 11, 2018 |
3:30 PM |
Auction 75 |
China: Ching Dynasty and Republic, Local Posts, Foreign PO, Provinces, Japanese Occ, Manchukuo, Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia |
2001-2420 |
December 12, 2018 |
9:30 AM |
Auction 70 |
Hong Kong and Treaty Ports, Macau |
3001-3526 |
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Lot #2002 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1901 (7 Nov.) red-band envelope to Peking bearing on reverse Russia Arms 14kop., cancelled by "Kuldja/Post. Telegr. Kont./1" c.d.s. (Tchil type 5A), showing "Semipalatinsk Post. Telegr. Kont./1" (15.11) and "Troitsko Savsk Zagask. Ob./1 Post. Tel. Kont. 1" (4.12) transit c.d.s., fine and exceptionally rare routing for this registered single rate cover.
Estimate HK$ 60,000 - 80,000
1901 (7 Nov.) red-...
Lot #2003 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1915 (23 July) envelope to the British Consul, Mogador, Morocco, bearing Russia Arms 10kop., cancelled by "Kashgar/Kit. Vlad./be" double-ring d.s. (Tchil type 2B), opened by Russian censor and resealed with paper tape, showing on reverse oval violet Petrograd censor h.s. tying tape, with Tashkent (3.8), Petrograd (11.8), Tangier (5.9) and Casablanca (6.9, the last two Br. PO) c.d.s. adjacent. Envelope was reused in 1943 to...
Lot #2004 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1918 (27 Apr.) registered value-declared (500 rubles) linen-lined envelope to Tientsin "(by) Harbin" bearing on reverse Russia Arms 5kop., 35 kop. (6; another adhesive missing) and 70kop. (10) tied by "Kuldja Kitaiskiya Vlad." double-ring d.s. (Tchil type 7A) with "Tyantszin Russkaya Pochta" double-ring arrival d.s. (15.6) tying 35kop. strip of three, showing blue on white "Kuldja" insurance label on front, light ageing and...
Lot #2005 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1915 overprinted "Limited for Use in Sinkiang Province" on First Peking printing $1 black and brown-orange, variety 2nd and 3rd characters of overprint transposed, well centred with small parts of characteristic sheet guideline along right vertical row of perforations, fresh with deep rich colours and well centred, fine to very fine unused with large part to much original lightly toned gum, small fibre adherence on reverse of...
Lot #2006 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1916-19 overprinted "Limited for Use in Sinkiang Province" 2nd overprint on First Peking printing $2 to $20 overprinted "Specimen", unmounted mint (slightly disturbed on $5), fresh, the $10 has small defects at foot, otherwise very fine. The $2 through $10 all show the sheet's horizontal centre line at foot. Chan PS35S-PS38S.
Estimate HK$ 10,000 - 12,000
Lot #2007 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1916-19 Second Sinkiang overprint on First Peking printing $20 black and yellow, mint, fresh with strong colour, some light foxing on reverse and trivial glazing at the hinge, fine to very fine. Chan PS38.
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #2008 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1916-19 overprinted "Limited for Use in Sinkiang Province" 2nd overprint on First Peking printing $20 black and yellow on piece, cancelled by "Ningyuan Sin/(Kuldja)" c.d.s., fine to very fine. Richter guarantee h.s. Chan PS38.
Estimate HK$ 6,000 - 8,000
Lot #2009 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1923 Sinkiang overprint on Adoption of the Constitution 1c. to 10c. set of four in complete sheets of fifty, fine to very fine and fresh unmounted mint. Chan PS43-PS46.
Estimate HK$ 6,000 - 8,000
Lot #2010 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1924-36 Sinkiang overprint on Second Peking printing $10 and $20, showing sheet centre line at foot and left respectively, mint, fresh and well centred, the $10 with mount glazing on reverse and tiny hinge thinning, the $20 with some traces of mount glazing (mostly at the hinge), very fine appearance and fine to very fine respectively. Chan PS69, PS70.
Estimate HK$ 1,500 - 2,000
Lot #2011 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1924-36 Sinkiang overprint on Second Peking printing $20 blue and plum on piece, cancelled by "Ningyuan Sin/(Kuldja)" c.d.s, fine to very fine. Chan PS70.
Estimate HK$ 1,500 - 2,000
Lot #2012 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1932 Sinkiang London overprint on Dr. Sun Yat-sen First London printing 1c. to $5, with $5 in corner block of four, and 1938 Shanghai overprint (again First London printing) 2c. block of four, together with 1938 Sinkiang Shanghai overprint on Dr. Sun Yat-sen Second London printing 2c. to 25c. set of six in blocks of four or six, mint or unmounted mint, light uniform toning or gum toning, fine. Chan PS83-PS90, PS107-PS112....
Lot #2013 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1940 Sinkiang overprint on Dr. Sun Yat-sen Hong Kong Dah Tung printing $1 to $20 complete sheets of 50, unmounted mint, bright colours and overall fresh appearance, some light browning or toning, mainly on reverse, $1 and $10 corner crease affecting three stamps and one stamp respectively, small faults (as to be expected on sheets), fine. Chan PS151-PS155.
Estimate HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
Lot #2014 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1932-33 handstamped "Air Mail" in red on 5c. rosy mauve and 10c. blue marginal pairs mint (both 5c. stamps unmounted), each affixed by sheet margin to piece and tied by "Tihwa/(Urumtsi)" bilingual c.d.s., brilliant fresh, 5c. faint bend in one stamp with light fingerprint trace in the other, 10c. light diagonal gum crease in lower stamp just crosses corner of stamp above, fine to very fine. Chan PSA1, PSA2.
Estimate...
Lot #2015 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1932-33 handstamped "Air Mail" in red on 5c. rosy mauve and 10c. blue "L"-shaped strips of three, very fine and fresh unused with part to much original gum which has dried into the paper of the 5c. Chan PSA1, PSA2.
Estimate HK$ 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #2016 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1932 (26 Nov.) registered censored envelope to Shanghai (23.12) bearing 1932 handstamped "Air Mail" in red on 15c. blue pair with Sinkiang overprints on Dr. Sun Yat-sen 1c., 2c. (2) and 15c., cancelled by "Tihwa/(Urumtsi)" c.d.s., fine first day usage of the 15c. Airmail carried on the return of the fifth trial flight between Shanghai and Tihwa. (9c. letter rate + 10c. registration + 30c. airmail surcharge fee, overpaid by 1c...
Lot #2017 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1926 (9 Feb.) registered censored red-band envelope to Siho Kan, Kansu (15.3) via Hami and Lanchow (3.3) bearing on reverse Sinkiang overprint on Junk 5c. and 8c. vertical strip of three, cancelled by "Muleiho" c.d.s., envelope a little soiled, otherwise fine.
Estimate HK$ 5,000 - 6,000
Lot #2018 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1927 (3 Mar.) registered censored red-band envelope to Tientsin (15.4) "transit via Siberia", Kuerhili (3.3), Kitai and Tihwa (12.3) bearing on reverse Sinkiang overprint on Junk 4c. and 16c., cancelled by "Luntai" native c.d.s., with framed registration h.s. on front, fine 20c. international registered rate cover.
Estimate HK$ 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #2019 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1928 (22 Mar.) censored red-band envelope to Sulai (27.3) bearing on reverse Sinkiang overprint on Junk 6c., cancelled by "Tihwa/(Urumtsi)" bilingual c.d.s.
Estimate HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
Lot #2020 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1928 (25 Apr.) censored native envelope to Siaoyi (10.6) via Tihwa (27.4) bearing Sinkiang overprint on Junk 3c. and 6c., cancelled by "Turfan" bilingual c.d.s., with "Laocheng/Letter Box" tombstone h.s. on reverse, trivial peripheral cover faults.
Estimate HK$ 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #2021 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1930 (Jan.) mourning envelope from Handzaeme, Belgium to Chungwei, Kansu (21.2) redirected to Hutubi bearing Belgium 25c. (3) and 75c. vertical pair (covering two 25c.), with Sinkiang overprint on State Burial commemorative 1c. (2) and Junk 1c. and 1½c. (2), cancelled by "Chungwei" bilingual c.d.s., small peripheral faults (in black mourning band), a colourful and interesting redirected envelope from Europe. Chan PS48, PS49,...
Lot #2022 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1930 (5 June) censored formular envelope to Tihwa (28.6) via Wensun (date blank) bearing Sinkiang overprint on Junk 6c. scarlet, cancelled by "Wushi" c.d.s., with both censor tape and censor h.s. in red on reverse, envelope has small nick at foot, nevertheless fine and handsome.
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #2023 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1930 (3 July) flimsy envelope from Brussels, Belgium to Chungwei, Kansu, redirected to Hutubi bearing Belgium 35c., with Sinkiang overprint on Junk 1½c. cancelled by "Chungwei" bilingual c.d.s. (30.8), reduced fractionally at right on opening, another fine redirected incoming usage from Europe. Chan PS49.
Estimate HK$ 5,000 - 6,000
Lot #2024 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1930 (20 Sept.) envelope from Boston, U.S.A. to Chungwei, Kansu (8.11) redirected to Hutubi, bearing U.S.A. 5c., with Sinkiang overprint on Unification 4c. applied for the redirection, another fine redirected incoming usage. Chan PS76.
Estimate HK$ 5,000 - 6,000
Lot #2025 - 4: China chinese provinces
Sinkiang, 1932 (25 June) "Sino-Swedish Sinkiang Expedition" envelope registered to Stockholm, bearing Sinkiang overprint on Junk 1c. and Reaper 16c. single and strip of three, cancelled by "Suche (Yarkand)" bilingual c.d.s., with "Suche" framed registration h.s. adjacent and "Ierhkoszetang/(Irkestan)" bilingual transit c.d.s. (1.7) on reverse, showing Stockholm P.O. officially sealed labels on either side (removed on front at right on...
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