The 2024 Winter Auction - Sale 344 (December 14 - December 17, 2024)
Sale 344
- (-) Remove The Colleciton of Chinese Customs Post and Imperial Post Stamps & Postal History filter The Colleciton of Chinese Customs Post and Imperial Post Stamps & Postal History
unused without gum as usual, sharp colour and good perforation, one of the rariest philatelic items of classic Chinese philately. VF-F.
f.w. Red Revemue Large 2c x 3, matching the domestic registered 6c rate, tied by rare brown Chinkiang Customs cds., along with red "R" mark, on reverse showing Shanghai Dollar arrival cds. Rare registered cover with Red Revenue stamps. VF-F.
mixed franking with Red Revenue 1c, CIP 2c, Hong Kong QV 2c x 2, tied by clear Canton Dollar cds. and Hong Kong cds. respectively, along with two N.Y. transit cds., on reverse showing Jersey City arrival cds. VF-F. Extremely rare Red Revenue issue used on Imperial postal card.
including rare unissued Hung Hsien commemorative issue SPECIMEN set in album pages. Plus 13 pages of used Junk issues with (Hung Hsien) 1sy year cds., including the rare type with inscriptions "Hung Hsien", last day cds., etc. A very nice collection, need careful inspection.
f.w. Junk 1c strip of 3, tied by Shanghai (Hung Hsien) "Yuan" Year cds., along with Peking "Five" altered to "Yuan" arrival cds. Scarce.