384

Sale number: 15

China: Chinese Republic: 1932 Shanghai Emergency Postal Service, the scarce $1 booklet containing three of the five original coupons, the first correctly showing violet ''EPS'' and albino embossed handtamps, the second without either and the third with ''EPS'' mark only. Photo.

Price Realised £80

385

Sale number: 15

China: Chinese Republic: 1932 Shanghai Emergency Postal Service, a most interesting registered cover sent by Capt. G. Page of the Royal Engineers , Britsh Army H.Q. to New York, most unusually bearing complete coupon from the Emergency Postal Service booklet, cancelled by circular mauve ''EPS'' (usually in violet) and rectangular framed violet ''SHANGHAI/E. P. S.'' handstamps with additional strikes of the latter on registration label and on reverse. Two Canadian adhesives (one now missing) affixed in transit and cancelled by Vancouver violet oval daestamp, the cover undelivered and showing a range of transit datestamps and instructional markings. Photo.

Price Realised £130

386

Sale number: 15

China: A duplicated selection of issues to 1940, with locals, Shanghai, Chefoo, Chungking, Imperial Post issues in quantity incl. overprints, also some early Japan, poor to fine.

Price Realised £130

474

Sale number: 16

China: 1900 (Nov. 22) 1c. postal stationery card to Bavaria, with added Imperial Post 1c. and 2c. cancelled Tientsin, and with French P.O.'s in China 1894-1903 10c. cancelled Shanghai ''29/NOV/00'', and Würzburg Jan. 2 1901 arrival at left. Scarce. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

475

Sale number: 16

China: Chinese Republic: U.S. Gunboats patrolling Yangtze River, 1927 to 1941, a selection of eighteen covers or large pieces to the U.S.A., written-up on leaves, and with a number of scarcer items incl. 1932 from U.S.S. Asheville at Hsinho (Ex Sir Percival David), 1934 U.S.S. Pecos with ''ENROUTE/SHANGHAI'', some illustrated, mainly fine.

Price Realised £150

476

Sale number: 16

China: Chinese Republic: U.S. Naval Ships patrolling ports along Yellow Sea, 1927 to 1941, a selection of seventeen covers or large pieces to the U.S.A., written-up on leaves, incl. some illustrated and scarcer items incl. 1933 cover from U.S.S. Black Hawk to Shanghai franked China 7c. cancelled Chefoo, 1941 (Mar.) late cover from U.S.S. Edsall, etc., mainly fine. Photo.

Price Realised £150

477

Sale number: 16

China: A mint and used collection from 1866 in four albums incl. a range of Municipal Posts, Empire issues with 1878-83 and 1885-88 to 5c., 1894 to 24c. used, 1897 Surcharges, Revenue stamps to 2c. on 3c. (both), Imperial Post values to $2, Republic issues incl. 1912 Revolution and Republic sets to $1, 1913-33 First Peking Printing to $2 mint, Second Printing to $5 mint and $20 used, comprehensive later issues to 1949 incl. 1932 Scientific set mint, covers and cards, varieties, cinderellas etc., fair to fine.

Price Realised £1400

478

Sale number: 16

China: An extensive mint and used collection in two volumes with issues for Manchuria, Sinkiang, Szechwan and Yunnan Provinces, Communist period with a good range of regional issues to 1949, Japanese Occupation issues, Manchukuo etc., mainly fine.

Price Realised £780

479

Sale number: 16

China: An accumulation of mainly middle period to modern with strength in a large quantity of Sun Yat-Sen issues in sheets or large multiples, Communist issues with 1967 Thoughts of Mao strips of five (rejoined), 46th Anniversary of Communist Party, ''Our Great Teacher'', mint, 1967-68 Poems set mint or used, etc., fair to fine. (1,000's)

Price Realised £720

804

Sale number: 17

China: Chinese Republic: 1912 Commemorating the Revolution and Republic sets, some values with small ink marks on gum, otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 242-65, cat. £650+. Photo.

Price Realised £160

805

Sale number: 17

China: Chinese Republic: 1936 bogus Postal Service miniature sheet denominated ''100'', wrinkle at left otherwise fine with full gum; 1943 Thrift Movement sheet with Shanghai Exhibition overprint, trivial creasing at right; 1944 War Refugees Relief Fund sheet unmounted mint, a scarce trio of items.

Price Realised £70

806

Sale number: 17

China: Chinese Republic: Postal Stationery: Sinkiang Province 1915 (Apr. 22) first overprint 1c. green postal card (narrow pien) overprinted ''SPECIMEN'' (unlisted by Han), narrow pien 1c., ''Hsien'' to left 1c.+1c. reply card, ''Hsien'' to left 4c., ''Hsien'' to right 4c.+4c. reply card , fine unused. (5 items) Han 101, 102, 103, 104a.

Price Realised UNSOLD

807

Sale number: 17

China: Chinese Republic: Postal Stationery: International Postal Cards: 1935 12c. on 15c. red (Han 45), 12c. on 15c.+12c. on 15c. reply card (Han 46), fine unused, also outward half overprinted on both sides with boxed grid for Post Office use as record card (partly completed between 1927 and 1952), most unusual. (3 items)

Price Realised UNSOLD

174

Sale number: 18

China: Chinese Republic: 1912 Provisional Neutality $1 red and flesh, tied to piece by Nanking City bilingual c.d.s., fine. S.G. 189, cat. £2,750. B.P.A. certificate (2001) Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

175

Sale number: 18

China: Chinese Republic: World War I, Chinese Labour Corps, five official covers, all from different Army P.O.'s to the Nottingham (U.K.) paymaster, two with censor marks and all with official Labour Company cachets no.'s 117, 148, 160, 167 and 729 respectively, scarce.

Price Realised £160

3312

Sale number: 38

China: Chinese Republic: 1912 Neutrality overprints for use in Hankow, Nanking and Changsha: 1c. brownish orange, in a fine fresh mint interpanneau block (2 x 5, few perf separations at base), all but two are unmounted, rare. S.G. 184, cat £1,700++. Photo.

Price Realised £500

3313

Sale number: 38

China: Chinese Republic: 1912 Commemorating the Revolution 1c. to $5 set, mainly good to fine mint. S.G. 242-253. Photo.

Price Realised £230

3314

Sale number: 38

China: 1914-16 twelve covers all from the same correspondence to England, all franked by Junk 10c., and most have T.P.O. cancels of Peking-Moukden, varied condition, an interesting group. Photo.

Price Realised £300

3315

Sale number: 38

China: Chinese Republic: 1923-33 13c., $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20 all overprinted ''SPECIMEN'', all without gum and faults. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

554

Sale number: 40

China: Chinese Republic: 1923 (Sept. 28) registered envelope (part of flap missing) to Shanghai, flown on the first flight from Peking to Tientsin, bearing 1921 Airmail set and 1914-18 8c., scarce flown cover. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

555

Sale number: 40

China: Chinese Republic: 1924 (Aug. 1) envelope from Peking to Pehtaiho, bearing 1921 Air set and 1923-33 3c., with violet bilingual ''To be despatched by/Aerial Service'', a fine example of one of the scarcest first flight covers. David Lu has recorded only eight covers. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

556

Sale number: 40

China: Chinese Republic: 1931 (Apr. 15) envelope flown on the first flight from Nanking to Peking, bearing 1929 Air 15c., 1923-33 1/2c., 11/2c. and 2c., fine. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

957

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: 1921 Air 15c. black and blue-green to 90c. black and olive-green, good to fine mint with large part original gum. S.G. 352-56, cat. £525. Photo.

Price Realised £80

958

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: 1942 Provincial surcharges on 16c. olive-brown, a unused collection on album page with black overprints comprising Shensi with overprint inverted, West Szechuan, Kwangsi, red overprints comprising Kansu, Kiangsi, East Szechwan, Yunnan, Fukien, Kweichow, some light toning, otherwise mainly good to fine. Photo.

Price Realised £300

959

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: 1943 Provincial surcharges 50c. on 16c. olive-brown, a collection on leaves and on stockcard incl. Hunan with surcharge inverted, upper marginal (toned), West Szechwan perf. 13 x 11, Shensi perf. 101/2, a few blocks etc., mainly good to fine. (26)

Price Realised £320

960

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: 1943 Provincial surcharges 50c. on 16c. olive-brown, Kweichow second setting displaying ''05'' for ''50'' error of overprint, fine unused. S.G. 689Bg var. Photo.

Price Realised £80

961

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: 1943 (Feb.-Dec.) Provincial 20c. surcharges unused collection on leaves incl. 20c. on 13c. blue-green perf. 14 Kwangtung, 20c. on 16c. olive-brown Kwangtung, 20c. on 28c. olive West Szechwan, etc., some light toning, otherwise good to fine. (86)

Price Realised £320

962

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: 1943 (Mar.-Dec.) Provincial surcharges, 50c. on 16c. olive-brown unused collection on leaves incl. Anhwai, East Szechwan block of four with lower left unit missing left hand bar, Hupei on East Szechwan, West Szechwan and Kweichow with inverted overprints, perf. 101/2 Kwangsi and Kweichow, some toning, otherwise mainly good to fine. (23)

Price Realised £320

963

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: 1946-47 C.N.C. surcharges $20 on 8c. brown-orange watermark type 73, fine mint with large part original gum. S.G. 881, cat. £1,000. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

964

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: 1949 Golden Yuan surcharges on Revenue stamps $50 on $10 grey-green with third character from the left in top row inverted, the fourth unit an unused vertical block of six, $10,000 on $20 with incorrect 3rd character, the lower right unit of an unused block of four, also set of singles $50 on $10 grey-green to $100,000 on $20 red-brown, mainly fine unused, without gum (as issued).

Price Realised £450

965

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: 1949 Kwangtung $10 green to $500 grey-green, fine unused, without gum (as issued). S.G. 1232-37, cat. £650. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

966

Sale number: 117

China: Post-War Inflation, 1949 Sun Yat-sen 14th Issue, Silver Yuan currency set to 500c. scarlet, unused without gum (as issued), a few tiny marks on reverse of a few values, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. 1348-56, cat. £1,000. Photo.

Price Realised £150

967

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic 1949 40c. grey-green displaying variety second and third characters of overprint transposed, fine unused, without gum (as issued) in vertical pair with normal example. S.G. 1359a, cat. £850. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

968

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: A mint and used specialised collection, 1932 to 1949, in a Senator album incl. 1932 Scientific Expedition set mint, 1933 Tan Yen-kai used set, 1941 Express and Registration stamps, right marginal unused examples, 1948-49 Gold Yuan surcharges to $200,000 incl. 10c. on $1 olive-green, 10c. on $20 rose-red, 50c. on 1/2c. sepia, varieties incl. 20c. on $100 crimson with inverted surcharge, offsets, imperf. between stamp and margin, 1949 Flying Swans unused set, Silver Yuan Chunking and Canton surcharge sets, unused, incl. 21/2c. on $500 mauve and 15c. on $10 green both with surcharge inverted, good range of Air stamps, military and parcel posts, etc., some toning but mainly good to fine. (100s)

Price Realised £2000

969

Sale number: 117

China: China: Chinese Republic: A mainly used collection on leaves, 1912 to 1929, incl. 1912 to $2 (unused), 1912 Waterlow overprint set to $1, the 16c. to $1 being mint or unused, 1913-33 London and 1st Peking printings to $1, 2nd Peking printing to $20, 1928 $1 scarlet, mint, mixed condition with some toning. (100+)

Price Realised £550

970

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: Specialised mint and used collection of Dr. Sun Yat-sen issues, 1931 to 1945, on leaves incl. 1938-41 (3rd issue) to $20 (6), good range of provisional surcharges incl. wrong and repeated characters, 1942-46 (5th issue) with a range of printings and varieties incl. a number imperf. between stamp and selvedge and 30c. orange-red vertical pair imperf. between, 1942-45 (3rd Issue redrawn) imperf. to $100, rouletted to $50 incl. $5 lilac-grey rouletted 61/2 x perf. 121/2, rough perf. to $100 brown (unused) incl. unused $20 rose-carmine imperf. between stamp and selvedge, some toning but mainly good to fine. (100s)

Price Realised £900

971

Sale number: 117

China: Chinese Republic: Unused collection of National Currency Surcharges, 1945 to 1948, on leaves incl. 1945 Kaifeng provisionals to $50 on 30c. maroon with additional varieties incl. $20 on 40c. surcharge inverted, extensive collection of 1946-47 surcharges incl. marginal imprint example $50 on 5c. olive-green with inverted surcharges, 1946 (surcharge type 108) to $20 on 2c. ultramarine with varieties incl. double surcharge and surcharges inverted, etc., mainly good to fine. (130)

Price Realised £400

292

Sale number: 120

China: Chinese Republic: 1946-47 C.N.C. surcharges $20 on 8c. brown-orange watermark type 73, fine mint with large part original gum. S.G. 881, cat. £1,000. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

293

Sale number: 120

China: Chinese Republic: 1949 Kwangtung $10 green to $500 grey-green, fine unused, without gum (as issued). S.G. 1232-37, cat. £650. Photo.

Price Realised £50

294

Sale number: 120

China: Chinese Republic 1949 40c. grey-green displaying variety second and third characters of overprint transposed, fine unused, without gum (as issued) in vertical pair with normal example. S.G. 1359a, cat. £850. Photo.

Price Realised £140

298

Sale number: 120

China: An unmounted mint 1960s to 1970s selection in a presentation booklet, comprising 1963 Hwangshan Landscapes set, 1968 Mao's Youth 8f. singles (2, one with corner crease) and strip of three (creasing), 1971 50th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party set (with vertical 8f. strip of three, folded down one row of perfs.), 1972 Yenan Forum set (less 8f. Conference Hall), 1972 Table Tennis set, and 1972 Merchant Shipping set. (43)

Price Realised £800

1096

Sale number: 124

China: Chinese Republic: 1921 Air 15c. black and blue-green to 90c. black and olive-green, good to fine mint, and 15c. to 60c. used on pieces with commemorative cancellations from the 1929 Shanghai-Nanking first flights, toning. S.G. 352-56. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

1097

Sale number: 124

China: 1943 (Jan.-July) Provisional surcharges 50c. on 16c., duplicated accumulation with unused (125), used (40) multiples, perf. 101/2 and 11, etc.

Price Realised £300

2540

Sale number: 126

China: 1932 (Dec. 7) cover from Sudan with six page letter enclosed, addressed to a member of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, franked by 1921-23 5m. (3), taxed upon arrival in Shanghai, with boxed ''T'' and 1913-15 4c. (3) postage dues, roughly opened at top. Photo.

Price Realised £300

291

Sale number: 127

China: Chinese Republic: 1921 Air 15c. black and blue-green to 90c. black and olive-green, good to fine mint, and 15c. to 60c. used on pieces with commemorative cancellations from the 1929 Shanghai-Nanking first flights, toning. S.G. 352-56. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

292

Sale number: 127

China: Chinese Republic: 1923-33 Second Peking printing, 4c. olive-green, block of fifteen on piece, with ''U.S.T.P. SEAPOST S.S. PRES MCKINLEY'' datestamps, fine and scarce. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

557

Sale number: 129

China: Chinese Republic: 1921 Air set mint (top value no gum) and used, 1929 Air set mint and used with a few extra shades, very mixed condition. S.G. 352-356, 384-388, cat. £1,390. Photo.

Price Realised £150