January 7, 2017 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, Ms 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
DESCRIPTIONS
1-165
Collections, Accumulations and Foreign China Rest of the World Literature Banknotes & Coins World-wide Taiwan China PRC Hong Kong Hong Kong Picture Post Cards Collections and Accumulations Stamps Postal History Macau The Shanghai Postal System Early Mail to and from China China Customs Post Issues 1885-1888 Small Dragon Issues 1894-97 Empress Dowager Issues Postal History of Customs Post China Imperial Post Issues 1897 Surcharges on Small Dragons 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 Commemorative Issue 1897-1912 Postal History Republic of China 1912 "Republic of China" Overprints 1913-26 London and Peking Junk Series 1931-48 General Issues Silver Yuan Issues 1912-49 Postal History Special Purpose Issues Airmail Issues and First Flights Express Letter Stamps Postage Dues Parcel Post Stamps Military Post 1942-45 Japanese Occupation of China Issues Sinkiang Ki-Hei Yunnan Northeast Foreign Post Offices in China Taiwan People's Republic of China
166-224
225-373
374-378 379-394 395-422 423-427 428-429 430-443
444-457 458-530
531-558 559-607 608-718
1-79 80-123 124-165 166-168 169-170 171 172-179 180-224 225-232 233-254 255-319 320-373
423-424 425-427 430 431-433 434-436 437-439 440-441 442 443 458 459-461 462-469 470-476 477-515 516 517-518 519 520-521 522 523 524 525-526 527 528 529-530
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ROC 1940’s Dr SYS Imprint Selection, group of forty six stamps, including singles, pairs and strips, all bearing imprint margins, very fine specialist material, unused (46).
ROC 1941 & 1945 Commemoratives (Chan 512-517 & 857-862), two complete sets in blocks of four, Thrift Movement in imprint blocks, light tropical gum toning, UM (48).
HK$2,200-2,800
HK$800-1,000
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ROC 1940’s Dr SYS Gold Yuan Selection, Plum Blossoms imprint group of six and nine Shanghai Dah Tung blocks of eight, eight blocks with imprints at left margin, unused (78). HK$800-1,000 www.philachina.com
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ROC 1942-44 Dr SYS Central Trust Print Selection, group of five imprint blocks of four, including CNC and Gold Yuan issues, unused (20). HK$2,500-3,000 10
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ROC 1944-46 Dr SYS Chungking Chung Hwa Print Imprint Selection, group of six imprint blocks of four, including CNC and Gold Yuan issues, light perf separations, useful specialist material, unused (24).
ROC 1946-47 CNC Surcharges on Dr SYS Hong Kong Chung Hwa Print Selection, group of five blocks of six with imprint and control numbers, mostly with original gum, very fine specialist material (30).
HK$3,000-4,000
HK$2,500-3,000
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ROC 1946 Dr SYS 1st Shanghai Dah Tung Print Selection, group of nine imprint blocks of four, two $100 (one with right imprint, the other top imprint), also a CNC surcharge block, specialist material, unused (36).
ROC 1946-48 Northeast Issues (Chan E1-5, 12-31, 35-74, NEM1-3, NED1-9 & NEP7), mounted on four album pages, unused except one used (80).
HK$4,500-5,000
HK$1,500-2,000 11
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1921-48 Group of Nine Covers, including registered cover from Tientsin to Sinkiang (stamp missing) with censor label, cover to Hong Kong with "Military Post" marking and cover to Hong Kong with commemorative cachet, mainly fine (9). HK$1,500-2,000
1929-1949 Republic Period Postal History Selection, group of eleven covers, franked with various issues, including registered and Taiwan issues, fine (11).
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HK$2,000-3,000
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1921-48 Republic Period Postal History Selection, group of seventeen, including 12 covers, one post card to Japan with postage due marking, plus two receipts etc (17).
Early 20th Century Shanghai Picture Post Cards, group of fifty-four, B/W except one colored, all different, including 37 cards printed and numbered by Denniston & Sullivan, Shanghai, unused except a couple used, fine (54). HK$2,000-3,000
HK$1,500-2,000 www.philachina.com
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Early 20th Century Shanghai Picture Post Cards, group of eighty-nine, colored and printed by The Akasawa Fine Art Co, Yokohama, Japan, numbered between 1 to 166, fine to very fine (89).
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1920’s Real Photo of Emperor & Empress Hsun tung, fine. HK$500-1,000
HK$4,000-5,000
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Early 20th Century Shanghai Picture Post Cards, group of thirty-six, colored, all different, a few used, overall fine (36).
1900-1920’s Early China Scrapbook Album, 19 pages filled with images ranging from the Last Emperor of China to Hong Kong sceneries including 14 rare prints of harbor, streets and buildings, need to examine.
HK$1,500-2,000
HK$800-1,000 17
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506 507 504
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1949 (July 16) Large Size Air Mail Cover from Foochow to London, franked with two $1 revenue surcharges, three Fukien Silver Yuan 10f, "Foochow" handstamped 1f & 4f, total value $2.35 representing 50gm international airmail rate, very scarce usage of $1 revenue surcharge on cover, also no more than 10 "Foochow" handstamped issues on cover known. HK$2,500-3,500 505
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1949 (July 28) Air Mail Cover from Kunming to Canton, franked with "Yunnan Use" 30c Silver Yuan, scarce. HK$800-1,000
507
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) 1949 (August 1) 75th Anniversary of UPU First Day Cover to Hong Kong (Chan S33), commercially used from Canton, very fine.
1949 (July 24) Cover from Jili to Singapore, franked with 10f revenue surcharge, Hwa Nan Print 1f and 4f, representing 15f international rate, Jili Postal Agency marking on reverse, rare. HK$2,000-3,000 www.philachina.com
HK$800-1,000 112
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510
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510
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1949 (August 17) Toishan Taitung to USA Cover, franked with two 20f revenue surcharges and one postage meter 15f stamp (Shui without background print), rare combination usage, particularly used outside of Canton.
1949 (August 21) Tinghai to Taipei Cover, very early usage of Hong Kong Asiatic Print Domestic Unit stamp, the entire Zhejiang province was liberated in May, the cover proved that the sea route between China and Taiwan remained uninterrupted.
HK$4,000-5,000 509
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HK$4,500-5,500
) 511
1949 (August 20) Registered East Szechwan Native Cover, franked on reverse with Hwa Nan 1c strip of three and local hand overprint "Nan Chung" in violet on 4c strip of three, tied by East Szechwan Lieh Mien Chi dispatch cds with small part registration slip attached, on front "Wu Sing" arrival cds. HK$800-1,000
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1949 (August 25) Military Family Cover from Liuchow to Taipei, bearing "Military Family Mail" chop in red, franked with Kwangsi Silver Yuan 5f, domestic surface rate but delivered by air mail for Military Family Mail. HK$1,500-2,500 113