6th Jul, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Stamps, Postcards & Postal History

 
  Lot 104
 

104

China

Collection of over 1300 mint and used stamps housed in a loose-leaf album from an original estate, starting with classic large dragons to 1950s with some pleasant duplication on the 19th century issues. Includes (used unless otherwise stated) 1878 1ca yellow-green large dragon SG.1a (cat. £850), 22 small dragons incl. 4x 1888 5ca, 1897 small figures surcharges on dragons set of three (cat. £500) and on Dowagers to 30cts on 24cts (cat.£2,200+), the large figures to 5cts mint and used on piece (cat. as cheapest types £1,100+), etc. Then the red revenues (cat. £2,600) incl. 1ct with character variations, 2cts both types and 4cts wide type, followed by early Republic overprints incl. 1/2ct brown ovpt inverted, 1904 postage dues to 10cts dragon and 30cts blue, junks/Hall-of-Classics organised by printings to $2, through to hundreds of martyrs and Sun Yat-sen types, Provinces, 1944 War Refugees miniature sheet mint (folded through perfs), to back of book with a few locals, another inverted overprint seen, etc. Sure to be finds to make here, please inspect closely.

Not Sold

 

Auction: Stamps, Postcards & Postal History, 6th Jul, 2022

261 lots including several exciting original collections fresh to the market. Highlights include a specialised collection of St. Helena stamps and postal history, and a very extensive and impressive holding of Russian postal history with a particular focus on the Post Offices Abroad. The latter collector’s interests also extended through the Baltics to excellent Scandinavian Locals, as well as around the Eastern Mediterranean from the Balkans to Palestine and Egypt.
Amongst the postcards offered in the sale are fantastic albums from a dedicated collector, of high-quality and comprehensively assembled, which include transport related cards of Leeds, Skipton, Lancaster, Teesside and Middlesbrough as well as excellent general Yorkshire cards.

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