Part Two
Evolution & Diversification of Sub-Office & Postal Agency Cancellations in Chinese Imperial Post Period 1897-1911 A rare offering of forty postal history items illustrating usages in Chihli, Northeast, Shantung, Fukien, Chekiang, Kwangtung, Shansi, Honan and Hunan Provinces, largely with clear and identifiable markings, including many scarce and first finds.
423 1898 (May 18) Combination Cover to London from Tientsin, bearing on front with Japanese Print Coiling Dragon 10c, canceled by pa kua, Customs excised Tientsin dispatch dater alongside, Hong Kong QV 5x pair added in Shanghai, canceled by British PO cds, Shanghai dollar dater with transit and arrival cds on reverse. HK$12,000-18,000 www.philachina.com
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1899 (5th Month, 1st Day) Two Segment Nameplate Type Chinese Language Handstamp on Cover to Hangchow, bearing "Peking Horse & Mule Street" suboffice cancellation (used previously by Customs Courier Services) and Peking three column datestamp, Peking bilingual dater alongside, Hangchow arrival cds on reverse, scarce. HK$15,000-20,000
1900 (March 18) Two Segment Nameplate Type Chinese Language Handstamp on Cover to Tientsin, bearing "De An Men Wai" sub-office cancellation with thick outer lines, Peking dispatch with Tientisn arrival cds alongside, scarce.
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1949 Silver Yuan Issues
501 504 1949 Hupeh Silver Yuan Surcharge 5c on $20 Red Brown Dah Tung Flat Plate Print Revenue Issue (Chan S65), surcharged in black, unused as issued, 2014 ECL certificate. HK$100,000-150,000
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1949 Hupeh Silver Yuan Surcharge 30c on $20 Red Brown Dah Tung Flat Plate Print Revenue Issue (Chan S67), surcharged in blue, unused as issued, ex Patrick Choy. HK$60,000-80,000
501 1940-41 Dr SYS 4c on 5c Olive-green (Scott 440 & 440r), bottom right imprint corner block of fifty, position 28 with "Lower right character duplicated at left" variety, UM (50). HK$800-1,000 502 1945-46 Dr SYS Chungking Dah Tung Print, $5, $10 & $20 (Chan 842a-844a), printing on both sides variety, one inverted, unused (3). HK$800-1,000
506 1949 Hupeh Silver Yuan Surcharge 30c on $20 Red Brown Dah Tung Flat Plate Print Revenue Issue (Chan S67var), surcharged in blue, with left margin, unused as issued, the two lower decorating panels of key patterns inverted variety, believed to be the only known example extant, a major Silver Yuan rarity, 2014 ECL certificate.
503 1946 50th Anniversary of Directorate General of Posts $100 Trial Color Proof, printed in brown on thick card paper, scarce. HK$5,000-6,000 www.philachina.com
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507 Small Group of Silver Yuan Stamps with Post Liberation Markings, including Kunming 50.02.15 (liberated 29.12.09) on East Szechwan Silver Yuan issue (two vertical pairs), Swatow 49.10.28 (liberated 49.10.24) on Kwangtung Silver Yuan issue (block of four) and Canton 49.11.08 (liberated 49.10.14) on 10c/$1,000 revenue surcharge, scarce (9). HK$4,000-5,000 1912-49 Postal History
509 1912 (March 13) Express Red Band Cover to President Sun Yat Sen, handwritten letter from the Navy, urging the President to build a strong Navy for the good of the country, bearing on front blurry despatch cds with clear Nanking arrival cds on reverse, important historical document. HK$40,000-50,000
508 Republic Period Min Hsin Chu Red Band Cover to Hangchow, seized by post office and levied postage due, scarce. HK$15,000-20,000 March 19, 2016
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