Hong Kong and China

It is fun to read about the constant stream of record breaking realizations for Asia stamps. While we have no million dollar rarities in this sale, we are offering some stamps which are not the usual fare. In the sale we have about 20 lots including some PRC sets. Here are a few of the less usual items:

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Some nice Hong Kong 'back of the book' stamps

Lot 694, Sale #30

1891 Stanley Gibbons S3 with clear Canton (SG type D) Treaty Port postmark. 'S.O.' Stamp Office overprint. Postmark unlisted on this stamp in Gibbons. 

Lot 687, Sale #30

1874-1902 Postal fiscals. Stanley Gibbons F1, F2, F9, F10. Nice group of high values. 

Lot 698, Sale #30

1945 Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong. Stanley Gibbons J1-J3 complete postally used.


A few nice things from China:

Lot 387, Sale #30

1950 Southwest China- East Szechuan $1200 on $100 Carmine. These handstamps are pictured in Yang Catalog as black. I can find no reference to magenta overprint.  This is a great used strip of 4 with one complete strike of the postmark at the top.

Lot 383, Sale #30

Who doesn't like 'Red Revenue' stamps. Michel 33 type 1, large 4. OK the 'small 4' would have been better. Still a nice stamp.

Lot 869, Sale #30

These wartime crash covers have their own stories written on them in the pilot's own hand. At least the bottom one was in China for a while. 

Any questions about these or other lots in the auction please feel free to contact me. 

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George Bailey