Postal Auction August 2024 - 347

Bids to be received by Monday 19th of August 2024 1:00 PM

Lots (1171)

Lot 361
China

1929 Airmail 15c black and green (Type II) tied to printed cover in red on obverse sent from Hankow to Shanghai tied along with 4c Junk defin, boxed h/s in black on obverse, and unboxed h/s in red on reverse alongside Par Avion bilingual airmail etiquette. Evidence of two photo corners stuck to reverse and usual contemporary faults. Nice cover.

Estimate £ 125.00
Lot 362
China

1929 (Circa) Postcard (Railways Park Mukden) bearing Junk ½c brown tied Shanghai CDS cancel, unwritten on reverse, nice card.

Estimate £ 36.00
Lot 363
China

1944 Internee Mail Free of Postage Shanghai P.O. handstamp in violet on torn cover to Palin Jones, Eastern Area C.A.C with Shanghai cds alongside from Chapei C.A.C. Worn along the bottom.

Estimate £ 100.00
Lot 364
China

1967 Thoughts of Mao, 8f in mint never hinged strip of 5 (10x) in complete sheet with all sheet margins (folded vertically after the 5th row, so all strips are unfolded!!). Very rare, only a handful of sheets survived. Michel catalogue value 30.000+++ EURO!!!

Estimate £ 18500.00
Lot 365
China

1967 Thoughts of Mao 8f set of two setenant strips plus single very fine unmounted mint, original gum, SG 2343/52 incl SG 2344a, 2349a. Cat £4250.

Estimate £ 1500.00
Lot 366
China

1967 Two large folded airmail covers (faults) from China Publications Centre Peking to Switzerland one bearing 1967 Labour Day 4f and 30f Butterfly tied in combination. Second cover with 1967 Labour Day 8f (Mao Tse-tung and multiracial crowd with text tied with 22f alongside. One has tear at the top, both are folded or split paper with wrinkles, Stamps unaffected, nice commercial use. SG 2354, 2356.

Estimate £ 450.00
Lot 367
China

1987-1988 Both Literature sets in complete U/M sheets of 20 or 28, fine, SG 3530/3, 3584/3587.

Estimate £ 65.00
Lot 368
China

Boxer Rebellion: 1900 Plain FELDPOST postcard bearing KAIS DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFPOST No.4 / 22/9 / 00 cancel of SMS Irene at Tsingtau and arrival cds. Fine.

Estimate £ 80.00
Lot 369
China

Boxer Rebellion: 1900 PPC of Hong Kong to Darmstadt bearing KAIS DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFPOST No.64 / 11/9 / 00 cancel and arrival cds. Manuscript Feld. Fine.

Estimate £ 80.00
Lot 370
China

French Post Offices: 1906 10c overprinted postal stationery card, from Shanghai to Lucerne Switzerland cancelled SHANG-HAI / CHINE cds with printed card on reverse from the Zikawei Observatory announcing the work of Robert Schindlers book The Mechanics of the Moon, this is addressed to Robert Schindler himself founder of the Schindler manufacturer of elevators and escalators (Est 1874) including the first electric lift with belt drive (Company is still going worth over $23b). Very fine.

Estimate £ 40.00
Lot 371
China

German P.O in Tientsin: 1901 Postcard of a street scene in Tientsin to Germany (redirected) bearing 10pf red with diagonal ovpt tied TIENTSIN a DEUTSCHE POST cds, another stamp appears to have been removed, fine.

Estimate £ 30.00
Lot 372
China

Hong Kong postmarks on Imperial Dragon defins from 1c to 10c values with 9 4c brown with HK cancels, others China local post or bilingual for Canton, (4), nice range. (23).

Estimate £ 75.00

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