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China Customs Mail

China Large Dragon

China Small Dragon

China Customs Mail

China Large Dragon

China Customs Mail

Lot 27

2,000.00 HKD

Live

Large Dragon 5ca tied by Customs Kiukiang cds in red, hinged.

大龍5分銀舊票，銷九江海關紅色日戳，背貼。

China Large Dragon

Lot 31

7,500.00 HKD

Sold

ca 1882 Peking to Customs Shanghai. Cover front, f.w. Large Dragon wide margin 3ca (with broken frame at lower right), tied by Peking

ca 1882 Peking to Customs Shanghai. Cover front, f.w. Large Dragon wide margin 3ca (with broken frame at lower right), tied by Peking Chinese seal in blue. Addressee's name removed. With certificate.約1882年北京寄上海海關。僅封面，貼寬邊大龍3分銀（右下破框），銷北京中文藍色戳記。收件人名字被裁去。附證書。

China Small Dragon

China Dowager Small Surcharges

China Small Dragon

Lot 40

5,000.00 HKD

Live

Small Dragon 1ca in pair + Empress Dowager 5ca in pair on piece, tied by faint but recognizable Customs Foochow cds.

Small Dragon 1ca in pair + Empress Dowager 5ca in pair on piece, tied by faint but recognizable Customs Foochow cds.小龍1分銀雙連 + 慈壽5分銀雙連剪片，銷模糊但可辨之福州海關日戳。

China Dowager Small Surcharges

China Republic of China

China

China Dowager Small Surcharges

Lot 93

1,500.00 HKD

Live

1897 (4 Aug) Cover piece f.w. Empress Dowager surch small figure 4c/4ca x2 (Chan 40), tied by Foochow Dollar cds.1897.8.4

1897 (4 Aug) Cover piece f.w. Empress Dowager surch small figure 4c/4ca x2 (Chan 40), tied by Foochow Dollar cds.1897.8.4 信封剪片，貼有慈壽加蓋小字4分蓋4分銀x2（陳目40），銷福州大圓戳。

China Republic of China

China

China Republic of China

Lot 473

400.00 HKD

Live

1930s a group of 3 cover pieces f.w. SYS, Martyrs and airmail issues in multiples, tied by Loshan, Chungking and Shanghai cds.

1930s a group of 3 cover pieces f.w. SYS, Martyrs and airmail issues in multiples, tied by Loshan, Chungking and Shanghai cds.1930年代一組三件貼有孫像、烈士及航空票大方連之信封剪片，銷樂山、重慶及上海日戳。

China

Lot 664

1,000.00 HKD

Live

1968 (16 Aug) Cover piece to Sweden, f.w. W2 Long Live Chairman Mao, W6 18th Anniv of PRC and W7 Poems of Chairman Mao single x3, tied by

1968 (16 Aug) Cover piece to Sweden, f.w. W2 Long Live Chairman Mao, W6 18th Anniv of PRC and W7 Poems of Chairman Mao single x3, tied by Peking cds. Despite a piece, the franking still magnificent.1968.8.16 北京寄瑞典剪片，貼文2藍天、文6黑人及文7書房，銷北京日戳。雖僅為剪片，但貼票出色。

India

Mongolia

India

Mongolia

India

Lot 816

800.00 HKD

Live

Indian court document f.w. Kotah State court fee stamp.

印度法庭文件一份，貼科塔土邦法庭印花票。

Mongolia

Lot 1041

900.00 HKD

Live

A group of 9 Monoglian stamps and pieces applied with square d.s, including Urga, Tariatu, Tsetserlig Mandal and Uliasutai.

A group of 9 Monoglian stamps and pieces applied with square d.s, including Urga, Tariatu, Tsetserlig Mandal and Uliasutai.一組九枚鈐蒙古方形地名日戳之舊票及剪片，包括庫倫、塔里亞特、車車爾勒格曼達爾及烏里雅蘇台。

Lot 1151

2,600.00 HKD

Sold

1941 Baiantumin Han (14 Jun) to USSR. Cover back only, f.w. pictorial issue 40m in pair, tied by Baiantumin Han cds in volet, alongside

1941 Baiantumin Han (14 Jun) to USSR. Cover back only, f.w. pictorial issue 40m in pair, tied by Baiantumin Han cds in volet, alongside with extremely scarce Baiantumin Han Hellrigel type 2 registered mark. Transit Moscow (7 Jun). Arrived Kalinin (8 Jul). Illutration fig 201, p. 260 in "The Postal History of Mongolia 1841-1941" by W C Hellrigl.1941.6.14 巴音圖門寄蘇聯信封封背，貼蒙古革命票40m雙連，銷巴音圖門紫色日戳，另鈐極罕之巴音圖門Hellrigl 2型掛號章。7.7經莫斯科。7.8抵Kalinin。Hellrigl著《The Postal History of Mongolia 1841-1941》第260頁圖201原件。

Mongolia

Tibet

Lot 1156

7,000.00 HKD

Sold

1942 (12 May) A cover back piece f.w. extremely scarce pictorial issue surch 30m/3t in vertical pair, tied by Ulanbator Ucor cds in violet,

1942 (12 May) A cover back piece f.w. extremely scarce pictorial issue surch 30m/3t in vertical pair, tied by Ulanbator Ucor cds in violet, alongside with USSR arrival cds (23 Jun). Surcharged pictorial issues are very rare, not to mention higher denominations in multiple.1942.5.12 一件貼有極罕之蒙古革命改值30m蓋3t直雙連之封背，銷烏蘭巴托總局紫色日戳，旁鈐蘇聯6.23到達戳。蒙古革命改值票極為難得，高面值連票更是可遇不可求。

Tibet

Lot 1390

1,700.00 HKD

Sold

Official seal specimen of Taktra Rimpoche (Dawson no. 22) on a strip. With Tibetan text reading “Tibet’s Regent, The Taktra

Official seal specimen of Taktra Rimpoche (Dawson no. 22) on a strip. With Tibetan text reading “Tibet’s Regent, The Taktra Rimpoche,holding the responsibility of the government”. He was the last Regent of Tibet, undergoing multiple Tibetan historical events in his life. 達扎·阿旺松繞圖多官印（Dawson no. 22）様式，寫有藏文“西藏攝政達扎·阿旺松繞圖多，承政府之責”。他為最為一任西藏攝政，歷熱振事件、驅漢事件、昌都戰役等西藏歷史大事。

Lot 1445

3,000.00 HKD

Sold

1922 (7 Feb) Indian KGV 2a on piece, tied by extremely scarce Pharijong Experimental PO B-519 type B1 cds. It is the only example of the

1922 (7 Feb) Indian KGV 2a on piece, tied by extremely scarce Pharijong Experimental PO B-519 type B1 cds. It is the only example of the Experiemntal PO B-519 recorded by Waterfall. Illustration p. 119 in "Tibet and Stamps and Postal History" by Steve Chazen and Danny Wong.1922.2.7 印度佐治五世2安娜剪片，銷極罕之帕里B-519實驗郵局B1型日戳。此為Waterfall記錄中B-519實驗郵局之惟一存世例子。蔡盛及王劍智著《青康藏郵驛史》第119頁原件。

Lot 1450

200.00 HKD

Live

1900-1920s a group of 5 covers, remittance receipts and stamp blocks used in Yatung BPO.

Lot 1453

600.00 HKD

Sold

1904 Cover back applied with “LHASA MISSION” red wax seal. One of the two exising examples of this wax seal.

1904 Cover back applied with “LHASA MISSION” red wax seal. One of the two exising examples of this wax seal. 1904年拉薩戰役紅色火漆，鈐於封背上。為兩件存世例子之一。

Lot 1463

500.00 HKD

Sold

A large cover piece f.w. Tibetan 1st issue single x5, tied by Lhasa type V h.s.

Lot 1464

900.00 HKD

Sold

1912 cover piece f.w. Tibet 1st issue single x5, tied by Lhasa type V h.s, addressing to Chief Trade Agent Sahib David MacDonald.

1912 cover piece f.w. Tibet 1st issue single x5, tied by Lhasa type V h.s, addressing to Chief Trade Agent Sahib David MacDonald.1912年一件貼有西藏獅圖第一版5枚之信封剪片，銷拉薩V型戳記，寄貿易專員Sahib David MacDonald。

Lot 1465

1,000.00 HKD

Live

ND cover from Lhasa to Gyantse, f.w. Tibet 1st issue 1/3tr + 1/2tr + 2/3tr + 1tr + 1 srang, tied by Lhasa type 1 h.s. in violet. Franking

ND cover from Lhasa to Gyantse, f.w. Tibet 1st issue 1/3tr + 1/2tr + 2/3tr + 1tr + 1 srang, tied by Lhasa type 1 h.s. in violet. Franking of high denomination 1 srang is very rare.拉薩寄江孜，貼西藏獅圖第一版1/3章噶 + 1/2章噶 + 2/3章噶 + 1章噶 + 1兩，銷拉薩1型戳記。貼用高面額一兩十分難得。

Lot 1514

5,200.00 HKD

Sold

Tibet 3rd issue 2 tr in horizontal pair, tied by extremely scarce "Dhomo" cancel. According to “Tibet Stamps and Postal History by Steve

Tibet 3rd issue 2 tr in horizontal pair, tied by extremely scarce "Dhomo" cancel. According to “Tibet Stamps and Postal History by Steve Chazen and Danny Wong, it is a very scarce Dhomo seal of Yatung where there was no Tibet local post office and it is the only existing example. However, AVA recorded a cover with this Dhomo (2025 Summer sale, lot 1492). Still, a rarity. Illustration p. 309 in "Tibet Stamps and Postal History" by Steven Chazen and Danny Wong.西藏獅圖第三版2章噶橫雙連，銷極罕之亞東海關戳記。按蔡盛及王劍智著《青康藏郵驛史》，西藏本地郵政於亞東並無郵局，此戳可能為亞東海關之戳記，並指這件雙連為唯一之存世例子。但艾華2025年夏拍曾見一件信封（拍品號1492）。但無論如何，仍為一大珍品。蔡盛及王劍智著《青康藏郵驛史》第309頁號原件。