388th Auction

1964, 15th PRC Anniversary, 8 f. complete strip of three (folded vertically between stamps), neatly tied with additional franking on reverse to envelope to Lalitpur, Nepal with arrival cds., president Mao quote imprint at upper left “what is most feared in the world is the word serious. The Communist Party is the one that values the word serious the most”. Fine and scarce usage

1950/74, group of eleven covers, some better frankings with 1973 Giant Panda complete set (Mi.-Nr. 1126-1131) tied by cds. “SHANGHAI 74 8 11” to airmail envelope to Pakistan, 1971 Parisian Commune Mi.-Nr. 1070 pair on envelope, etc., some occasional faults, overall in good condition, an interesting lot

1971/75, 8 inland single franking covers, including 50th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party Mi.-Nr. 1080, overall in fine condition

1950/2017 (ca.), assembly of over 130 covers and cards, some interesting frankings throughout, mixed condition 

1965, People´s Army, four values tied to unaddressed FDC envelope, slightly stained at top otherwise very fine, together with Women in the workforce five values on unaddressed FDC, very fine

1950, Soviet-Chinese Friendship, 400 d.-800 d. complete set with Postal Conference 400 d., all First Printing with additional franking to airmail envelope to Switzerland, except for some occasional minor perf toning in very fine condition, scarce

1949/97, in the beginning mostly used, later from 1977 to 1997 in the main catalogue numbers complete mint never hinged collection, starting with early sets and issues, incl. e.g. souvenir sheets Mi.-Nr. Bl. 5, 6 and 7 used, 977/78 and 997/98 used, from here only MNH incl. 1006 and 1074-82 incl. strip of three, 1083-1134, 1135-39 as strip of five, later from 1977-97 in the main catalogue numbers complete MNH incl. souvenir sheets 11-83, good and fresh condition, in four albums

1951, 2nd Anniversary of the People´s Republic Founding, 100 d.- 800 d. (400 d. two singles), complete set neatly tied to reverse of an airmail envelope to the Yaroslav Oblast in USSR, on front transit cds. “LENINGRAD ”, very fine

1950/2022 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with some duplicates, sheetlets and presentation booklet, some reprints noted, together with a small part of Hong Kong and early Republic of China, mostly very fine, in two stockbooks

1969/71, 6 covers including four inland single frankings, some better with Invincible Chinese People Mi.-Nr. 1040 and 1042, 100th Anniversary Parisian Commune Mi.-Nr. 1070 pair, etc., overall in fine condition, scarce (ex Mi.-Nr. 877-1070)

1950, First PRC Anniversary, First Printing 100 d. two singles and horizontal pair, 2000 d. three singles together with additional franking, tied by cds. “SHANGHAI 51 1 16” to registered envelope via Hong Kong to London, minor franking faults of no importance, fine and scarce usage

1970, Defence of the Homeland 4 f. in vertical pair, scarce perforation type 10:11½, tied by cds. to reverse of an envelope with imprint “Wuhan Automobile Standard Parts, Guanshan, Wuchang”, the pair with a vertical paper pre-fold, still fine, most unusual

1967/68, 5 single franking inland envelopes, some better with Mao´s Thesis Mi.-Nr. 966, 18th PRC Anniversary Mi.-Nr. 993, Five-Year Plan  Mi.-Nr. 965, etc., overall in fine condition, scarce group of Cultural Revolution covers (ex Mi.-Nr. 965-1028)

1967, Mao´s Poems, 8 f. tied by cds. to inland illustrated envelope, fine, in addition three envelopes with single frankings from the 1967 Poem issues, usual quality, scarce Cultural Revolution mail

1917, Camilo Torres 1 c., plate proofs in black, green, sepia and orange, each in block of ten without gum, the orange block with horizontal crease affecting the bottom row, the sepia one toned and a few minor faults, otherwise fine, scarce assembly

1770/1880 (ca.) Mail across the North Atlantic from-, to and via Cuba, exhibition collection with around 100 letters/letter sheets, four of which date from the 18th century, various handstamps such as ‘ISLAS DE BARLOVENTO’ in various types, ‘DE YNDIAS’, ‘PENINSULA’, etc., also various franked letters, including postal forgery and France Napoleon 5 fr. on letter. A very interesting object.

1881/93 (ca.), 22 used/unused postal stationery cards and envelopes, incl. reply card, some duplicates, mostly fine

1951, Asian Olympic games 5-35 s., the complete set as imperforated proofs on ungummed paper in sheets of 100 (10 s., 20 s. and 35 s. one stamp each removed) with marginal inscibtions and manuscript printing dates of early January 1950. Also sheet 5 s. (one stamp removed) without marginal inscriptions, dated 1.11.50. Few values slightly stained. A most likely unique ensemble.

1949, Temples 15 s. - 25 r. as imperforated ungummed proofs, each in block of 24, few with small stains  

1949, Temples 15 s. – 80 s. as imperforated ungummed proofs, each in gutter-block of 8, vf  

1950, RIS overprint, 1-12½,25,45-50,80 s. and 1 r., all as imperforated proofs, ungummed, 40 s. tiny stain on reverse, otherwise very fine. Very scarce.

1941/54 (ca.), about 250 imperforated proofs in multiples including some gutter-pairs, some in cpl. sets, all ungummed, few stained

1948/49, Wilhelmina overprinted 50 c., imperforated proof in part double sheet of 170 stamps with 10 gutter pairs and errors 'small IN' on pos. 77 left sheet and 'NDONESIA' on pos 47 of right sheet. Most likely unique.

1954, Definitives 10-25 and 35-90 s. as imperforated proofs in gutter-strips of 4, ungummed, 50 c. folded in the gutter and one tiny stain, otherwise very fine.

1936, 3 f. green tied to envelope by HAMADIE 6/DEC/36 c.d.s., red imprint “Overland Mail”, addressed to Cornwall, fine

1899, Wrapper 6 ch. orange, violet arabesque control handstamp, cancelled with oval "TEHERAN MAIDAN" addressed to Lancesshire England, rough opened, otherwise fine and very scarce. PROFI archive has recorded only one used.  (Persiphila PW5A, unpriced)

1872/1997, in the beginning mostly used and unused, from 1965-97 in the main catalogue numbers apparently complete mint never hinged collection, starting with e.g. Mi.-Nr. 5 and 6IIx unused, 12ax, 19, 30II, 38, all signed Eichhorn BPP, further National Park issues and souvenir sheets, mostly MNH, the modern parts also include some booklets and se-tenants, in three hingeless albums

1890/1990, Selection of covers & cards (150+) including interesting postmarks and destinations, incoming mail, stationerys with uncut blocks of four, FDC and special cancellations, some occasional faults, mostly in good and fresh condition

1893/1940, Stationery cards including postcard imprints, answering cards, Ryukyu, occupation and overprinted issues, some occasional faults, mostly mint and in good and fresh condition

1934, Airmail souvenir sheet, fresh colours, lightly hinged, vf

1892/1920 (ca.), over 80 postal stationery cards together with a few covers, fine range of postmarks, via Siberia mail, etc., mixed condition

1872/1966, Collection on album leaves, few nice classic cancellations, air mails, national park and later issues unused. Additional some occupation issues Burma, Malaya and China.

1930, Over 800 postal stationery cards 1½ s. green with special cancellations, showing many topics, sports, animals, high datail value

1893/1940, Stationery cards and envelopes including good cancellations,1935 Manchukuo set with spec. cancel, 1936 German Reich incoming air mail via Amsterdam-Batavia-Singapore, good air mail covers, some occasional faults, mostly in good condition

1877, 3 sen olive-green, 5 sen blue-green and 6 sen orange stationery postcards in new design complete unused set

1906/10 (ca.), 7 illustrated postcards including with commemorative postmarks, some foreign destinations noted, mixed condition