Hong Kong, Postage Dues : 1928-34 watermark sideways multiple crown script CA 1c. to 10c. set of five blocks of 4, very fine and fresh unmounted mint. S.G. D1a-D5a cat. £900.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports
By: Interasia Auctions Limited
Interasia Auctions Limited Sale 70 Hong Kong & Treaty Ports
The 500-lot sale of Hong Kong and Treaty Ports includes an extensive Queen Victoria offering with the iconic mint 96c. olive-bistre, a magnificent mint Postal Fiscal $10 rose-carmine (ex the Royal Collection) and two mint copies of the $10 grey-green, as well as specialized 1891 Jubilees replete with multiples and errors (including two of the five recorded complete panes of this quintessential Hong Kong stamp). The postal history is highlighted by an 1856 “Shanghae Post Office Crown” cover to France, a marvelous example of this first postal marking of Shanghai, and includes Philppe Orsetti’s marvelous collection of security marks and perfins on cover. Macau concludes the auction and includes a very rare usage British "Crown/Macao" double-ring origin datestamp.
Interasia’s June 16-18 Auctions
Interasia’s June 16-18 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, 2,500-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 comprises 500 lots, while the Other Asian Countries includes another significant North Korea offering.
Coming on Interasia’s tenth anniversary, 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. Completing Interasia’s “trifecta” is the earliest recorded cover bearing the stamps of Imperial China - the October 5, 1878 envelope from Peking to Shanghai bearing a Large Dragon 5 candarin pair and single - anticipated to realize the highest price ever for a Chinese cover (presale estimate US$900,000-1,150,000).
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June 16, 2018 |
9:30 AM |
Auction 68 |
Olsson Collection of the Large Dragons of China |
1-36 |
June 16, 2018 |
10:15 AM |
Auction 71 |
China: Ching Dynasty and Republic |
37-820 |
June 17, 2018 |
9:30 AM |
Auction 69 |
People’s Republic of China and Liberated Areas |
1001-1490 |
June 17, 2018 |
2:00 PM |
Auction 71 |
China: Ching Dynasty and Republic, Local Posts, Foreign PO, Provinces, Japanese Occ, Manchukuo, Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia |
2001-2658 |
June 18, 2018 |
9:30 AM |
Auction 70 |
Hong Kong and Treaty Ports, Macau |
3001-3488 |
June 18, 2018 |
2:30 PM |
Auction 71 |
Other Asian Countries |
3489-3579 |
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Lot #3211 - 5: Hong Kong postage dues
Lot #3212 - 5: Hong Kong postage dues
Hong Kong, Postage Dues : 1928-34 watermark sideways multiple crown script CA 4c. scarlet folded part sheet of 50 showing requisition number "B1776", very fine and fresh unmounted mint (customary evenly lightly yellowed gum). S.G. D3a.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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