September 17, 2016 Hong Kong
GUIDE FOR ABSENTEE BIDDERS
ABSENTEE BIDS
PLACING ABSENTEE BIDS
TELEPHONE BIDS
FOR MORE INFORMATION
If you are unable to attend an auction in person, and wish to place bids, you may consider instructing Phila China Limited's Bid Department to bid on your behalf. Upon receiving your written instructions, our representative will make every effort possible to try to acquire the lot(s) of your choice at the lowest price possible, and never to exceed the top limit you indicate. This service is complimentary and with strict confidence. Phila China Limited offers this value-added service as a convenience to our clients who are unable to attend the auction, however, Phila China Limited will not be held responsible for error, omission or failure to execute bids.
To place bids, please use the absentee bid form provided in the catalog. Be sure to accurately record the lot number(s) and the top price you are willing to pay for each lot. "Buy" bids will not be accepted. Always indicate a "top limit" - the amount to which you would bid if you were attending the auction yourself.
Bids may be placed by telephone, but are accepted subject to Phila China Limited's discretion and are at caller's risk. At the sole discretion of Phila China Limited, telephone bids may be recorded. By bidding on the telephone, prospective purchasers consent thereto.
To place telephone bids, or for further information, please call our Head of Auctions Amy Yung at +852 25 300 100.
Alternative bids should be indicated by using the word "OR" between lot numbers. If your bid on an early lot is successful, we will not continue to bid on other lots for you. Or, if your early bids are unsuccessful, we will continue to execute bids for alternative lots until a bid is successful. Bids must always be placed in the same order as the lot numbers appear in the catalog.
BUYER'S PREMIUM The "top limit" you indicate on your bid form is for the hammer price only. A 15% buyer's premium will be added to the successful bid price for each lot you buy and is payable by you.
SUCCESSFUL BIDS Each absentee bid form should contain bids for one auction only; the auction code number should appear in the top left-hand corner of the form. Please place your bids as early as possible. In the event of identical bids, the earliest received will take precedence.
Successful bidders will be notified and invoiced within a few days of the auction. All paid-subscribing bidders will receive a list of auction results.
CONTENTS NUMBERS 1-48 49-111
112-213 214-220 221-283 284-291 292-447 448-477
478-499 500-616
617-650 651-673 674-733
DESCRIPTIONS 1-4 5-28 29-48 49-71 72-108 109 110 111
112-183 184-213
292-356 357-443 444-447 448-454 455-462 463-469 470-472 473-475 476-477 500 501-510 511-515 516-526 527-549 550 551-553 554-555 556 557-558 559-561 562-568 569-575 576-577 578-616
Collections, Accumulations and Foreign China Rest of the World including Mongolia (5-27) Literature Banknotes & Coins Tibet Nepal French Indo-China China Hong Kong Hong Kong Stamps Postal History Macau The Shanghai Postal System Early Mail to and from China China Customs Post Issues 1878-85 Large Dragon Issues 1885-1888 Small Dragon Issues 1894-97 Empress Dowager Issues China Imperial Post Issues 1897 Small Figure Surcharges on Dowagers 1897 Large Figure Wide Spacing Surcharges 1897 Large Figure Narrow Spacing Surcharges 1897 Red Revenue Surcharges 1898-1903 Engraved Coiling Dragons 1909 Hsuan Tung First Year Commemorative Issue 1897-1912 Postal History Republic of China 1912 "Republic of China" Overprints 1931-48 General Issues Gold Yuan Issues Silver Yuan Issues 1912-49 Postal History War Refugees Relief Fund Issue Airmail Issues and First Flights Postage Dues Revenues Military Post 1942-45 Japanese Occupation of China Issues Manchukuo Sinkiang Yunnan Northeast Foreign Post Offices in China Taiwan People's Republic of China
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TIBET: Sichuan China Trade Coinage for Tibet, 1 Rupee (KM.Y#3.3), undated, large head variety with Chinese characters countermark, rare. HK$3,000 - 6,000
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TIBET: Sichuan China Trade Coinage for Tibet, 1 Rupee (KM.Y#3.3), undated, large head variety with countermark numeral "5", rare. HK$3,000 - 6,000
TIBET: Autonomous Government of Tibet ND (193940) 100 Tam Srang (P#12), serial #KHa 05700, rare. HK$3,000 - 5,000
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TIBET: Sichuan China Trade Coinage for Tibet, 1 Rupee (KM.Y#3.2), undated, obverse small bust with collar.
TIBET: Tibetan Government, Anonymous 16-24 (1950) 10 Srang (KM.Y#29a), obverse moon cut over moon error, scarce. HK$700 - 1,200
HK$3,500 - 6,000 71
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TIBET: Sichuan China Trade Coinage for Tibet, 1 Rupee (KM.Y#3.2), undated, obverse small bust with collar, bearing silversmith's punchmark in center, flat nose variety. HK$2,000 - 4,500
TIBET: Sichuan China Trade Coinage for Tibet, 1 Rupee (KM.Y#3.1), undated, obverse small bust without collar, reverse horizontal rosette. HK$5,000 - 8,000 www.philachina.com
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NEPAL - Banknotes & Coins
72 NEPAL: Government of Nepal ND (1951) 1st Issue 100 Mohru (P#4), signature 2 Bharana Raja, scarce. HK$700 - 1,000
75 NEPAL: Jishnu Gupta Winged Horse/Vajra, circa AD600 (RGV#36), Lichavi Dynasty, rare. HK$2,000 - 3,500
73 NEPAL: Government of Nepal ND (1951) 2nd Issue 100 Mohru (P#7), signature 3 Narendra Raja. HK$600 - 800
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NEPAL: Central Bank of Nepal ND (1960) Issue 100 Mohru (P#11), signature 5 Laxminath Gautam, UNC, rare.
NEPAL: Second “VRSHA� Type, AD680-90 (RGV#160), obverse legend "Vrsa" over bull recumbent left, within circle and border of dots, reverse trident with legend "Siva" across field, all within circle and border of dots, probably struck over a relatively short period as a final flowering of the Lichhavi copper coinage, perhaps during the early part of the reign of Sivadeva II in the AD680s, diameter 17mm, rare.
HK$1,600 - 2,500
HK$800 - 1,200
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Kewkiang Local Posts
Wuhu Local Posts
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1894 Kewkiang 1st Issue, 2c Vermilion (Chan LK4a), complete mint sheet of 50, printed on white European paper, rare multiple (50). HK$1,500 - 2,000
1897 Wuhu “PPC” Overprint (Chan LWP1-10var), complete set of ten, overprints in black, rare (10).
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HK$3,000 - 4,000
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1894 Kewkiang 1st Issue, 15c Red on Yellow (Chan LK8), complete mint sheet of 50, position 21 with "1" of "15" omitted at left, full original gum (50).
1897 Wuhu “PPC” Overprint & Surcharge Issues, group of 11 values, overprints in red and black (11). HK$2,500 - 3,000
HK$1,500 - 2,000 280
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) 1897 Wuhu “PPC” on Postage Due Stamps, group of 10 stamps, with shades, mint (10).
1895 (March 8) Red Band Cover to Kewkiang, franked on reverse with Wuhu ½c black and ½c green, both in strips of three, triple rate, canceled by Wuhu Local Post dispatch cds. HK$1,500 - 2,000
HK$2,500 - 3,000
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Early Mail to and from China
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1892 (March 8) Cover from Shanghai to Lincoln, USA, on front franked with Japan Koban 5s(2, one defective) for overseas postage, tied by IJPO Shanghai cds, Yokohama transit cds alongside, on reverse Shanghai Local Post original dispatch cds with Lincoln Nebraska arrival cds. HK$1,000 - 1,500
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1845 (datelined January 3) Folded Entire from Edinburgh to Captain Campbell in Chatham, re-directed to Chusan in China, partially faded Edinburgh cancel as original marking with a series of transits in the UK, boxed "Retour for Postage" marking in red on front, domestic stamp missing but still fine appearance of early retour mail to China. HK$1,000 - 2,000
1893 (November 14) Shanghai Local Post Cover to USA, bearing a good dispatch strike in blue on reverse with Ohio arrival cds, on front US 5c added and canceled by US Postal Agency Shanghai datestamp.
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1883-1891 Incoming Covers to Hong Kong, group of two, one from Great Britain and one from Russia (2).
1894 (January 26) “Exempt From Postage� Cover, bearing a clear strike of the marking on front, Shanghai Local Post datestamp in blue on reverse, a rare first type of postage paid handstamp for the Shanghai Local Post.
HK$1,200 - 1,500
HK$3,000 - 4,000
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1962 (December 1) Scientists of Ancient China 2nd Series (Yang C92), complete set of eight, tropical gum toning, UM (8).
1963 (June 1) Children (Yang S54), complete set of twelve with bottom margins, unused (12). HK$400 - 500
HK$400 - 500 717
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720
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1963 (September 25) Golden-Haired Monkeys (Yang S60i), complete imperforate set of three with bottom margins, one with imprint, unused (3).
1962 (December 1) Scientists of Ancient China 2nd Series (Yang C92), two complete sets of eight, tropical gum toning, UM (16).
HK$1,500 - 2,000
HK$800 - 1,000 718
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1963 (June 1) Children (Yang S54), complete set of twelve, unused (12).
1964 (May 1) Labour Day (Yang C104), complete set of two, UM (2).
HK$400 - 500
HK$800 - 1,000
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727 726
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1964 (September 28) Centenary of “First International” (Yang C107), UM.
1967 (March 10) Heroic Oilwell Fire-Fighters (Yang C124), complete set of three, one stamp with margin and lightly creased at bottom, UM (3).
HK$800 - 1,000 723
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HK$500 - 600
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1964 (October 1) 15th Anniversary of People’s Republic (Yang C106), se-tenant strip of three with imprint, UM (3).
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1967 (April 20) Thoughts of Mao (Yang W1.2-11), two CTO se-tenant imprint strips of five (10).
HK$2,000 - 3,000 724
HK$8,000 - 10,000 727
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1967 (March 10) Heroic Oilwell Fire-Fighters (Yang C124), complete set of three, UM (3).
1969 (October 1) Chen Po Tao and PLA (Yang W19 & 20), complete set of six, UM (6).
HK$800 - 1,000
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