Large Dragon 5ca yellow fresh mint, heavily mounted, fine appearance Cat £2300 (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £412.00)
Auction UPA 98
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Jul 01, 2025 Europe/London
UPA UPA Auction UPA 98
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025 15:00 Europe/London
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The auction offers 23,570 lots to the value of £2,412,892 GBP comprising worldwide Collections, Sets, Singles, Covers, Proofs, High Values, Rarities, Topicals, FEO etc ... from the broadest range of regions including high quality classic Great Britain, British Empire, British Africa, British North America, India, Europe, British Asia, Asia with China, US and much more. Highlights once again include remarkable particularly strong in GB with High Values, British Empire plus exceptional Europe and overseas, with very good USA and many other countries too numerous to mention.
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Lot #5004 - China 1883
Large Dragon 3ca red-brown, used with blue cancel, a little stained and some short perfs but fair for this issue. Cat £400 (image available) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £104.00)
Lot #5005 - China 1883
Large Dragon 3ca & 5ca Used, the 3ca has a small cut between perfs on the right side, the 5ca has significant damage. (2) Cat £1200 {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £144.00)
Lot #5006 - China 1885
Small Dragon perf 11½-12 5ca bistre fresh mint, heavily mounted Cat £375 (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.80)
Lot #5007 - China 1885-88
Small Dragon perf 11½-12 5ca olive yellow fresh mint, fine Cat £325 (image available) {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £75.20)
Lot #5008 - China 1888
Small Dragon perf 12½ 1ca dull green used, indented perf at foot Cat £42 {U} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £0.99)
Lot #5009 - China 1888
Small Dragon perf 11½-12 5ca olive yellow fresh well centred l.m.m., very fine Cat £325 (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £72.00)
Lot #5010 - China 1891
5c on Small Dragon 5ca olive yellow used, some rough perfs Cat £120 (image available) {U} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £0.99)
Lot #5011 - China 1894
Birthday 12c, a forgery with faked postmark, very good 'used'. Useful reference. {F} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £12.80)
Lot #5012 - China 1894
Dowager 5ca dull orange fresh mint, heavily mounted, some rough perfs Cat £650 (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £103.20)
Lot #5013 - China 1897
1c on Small Dragon 1ca dull green fine used, NINGPO cancel Cat £170 (image available) {U} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £35.20)
Lot #5014 - China 1897
2c on 3ca mauve used, heavy Customs cancel, couple of short perfs Cat £160 (image available) {U} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £19.20)
Lot #5015 - China 1897
Small figures ½c on ½ca orange yellow fresh m.m. Cat £32 {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
Lot #5016 - China 1897
Small figures ½c on ½ca orange yellow fine used, Hankow cancel Cat £45 {U} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £12.00)
Lot #5017 - China 1897
Small figures 5c on 5ca dull orange fresh mint, heavily mounted Cat £75 {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £0.99)
Lot #5018 - China 1897
Small figures 8c on 6ca brown fresh unused, flat gum Cat £70 {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £0.99)
Lot #5019 - China 1897
Large figures 2½ mm spaced 8c on 6ca reddish brown Tokyo plates fine used, ex the specialized collection of Major K.M.A. Barnett who became a senior official in the post war Hong Kong administration Cat £3000 (image available) {U} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £844.00)
Lot #5020 - China 1897
Large figures 2½ mm spaced 5c on 5ca yellow fresh mint, patchy gum Cat £120 (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £20.00)
Lot #5021 - China 1897
1c on 3c Red Revenue fine mint, heavily mounted Cat £750 (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £119.20)
Lot #5022 - China 1897
Red Revenue 1c mint block of six, one with tiny stop, patchy gum, fresh appearance, a rare block Cat £4500 (image available) {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £1,406.40)
Lot #5023 - China 1897
2c on 3c Red Revenue used, adhesions on reverse Cat £325 (image available) {U} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £64.00)
Lot #5024 - China 1897
4c on 3c Red Revenue 3c mint, heavily mounted, straight edge at foot Cat £2250 (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £319.20)
Lot #5025 - China 1897
Red Revenue 4c v.f.u., boxed Chinese cancel Cat £825 (image available) {U} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £210.40)
Lot #5026 - China 1897
4c on Red Revenue 3c used, missing top right corner Cat £825 (image available) {U} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £39.20)
Lot #5027 - China 1897
Red Revenue $1 wide surcharge used, smudged Customs cancels, fine Cat £4000 (image available) {U} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £936.80)
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