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China Dowager Bulk lot

Lot 66

1,200 HKD

Live

1894 Empress Dowager 1st print 1ca, 2ca, 4ca and 24ca. MNH. F-VF.

China Dowager

Lot 70

20,000 HKD

Live

1894 Empress Dowager 1st printing 2ca in complete sheet of 40 (Chan 23), pane 5 and 6. Unused with original gum. Provenance Quintin Tan Kok

1894 Empress Dowager 1st printing 2ca in complete sheet of 40 (Chan 23), pane 5 and 6. Unused with original gum. Provenance Quintin Tan Kok Tin, Spink (Hong Kong), (21 Jan) 2007, lot 18.1894年慈壽初版2分銀版票40枚新（陳目23），第五及第六盤格。原膠上品。Quintin Tan Kok Tin舊藏（2007年1月21日斯賓克香港，拍品號18）。

Lot 75

45,000 HKD

Live

1894 Empress Dowager 1st printing 6ca in horizontal pair, with imperf between variety (Chan 27d), unused with large part original gum. Less

1894 Empress Dowager 1st printing 6ca in horizontal pair, with imperf between variety (Chan 27d), unused with large part original gum. Less than ten pairs are recorded by Kelleher & Rogers with this variety, of which one is used. Provenance:Ex- Sir Percival David, Robson Lowe (London), (Nov) 1965, lot 67.Ex- Dolores Hertz, Robert A. Siegel (New York), (Jul) 1970, lot 1127. Ex- Dr. Warren G. Kauder, Robson Lowe (London), (Nov) 1971, lot 228.1894年慈壽初版6分銀橫雙連新，帶中縫漏齒變異（陳目27d），帶部分原膠。Kelleher & Rogers記錄此變異僅見十對，當中一對為舊票。源流﹕大維德爵士舊藏（1965年11月倫敦Robson Lowe，拍品號67）。Dolores Hertz舊藏（1970年7月紐約Robert A Siegel，拍品號1127）。Dr. Warren G Kauder舊藏（1971年11月倫敦Robson Lowe，拍品號228）。

China Dowager

China Republic of China Revenue stamps

Lot 76

150,000 HKD

Live

1894 Empress Dowager 1st printing 12ca in complete sheet of 25 (Chan 29), pane 3. Showcasing cliche characters such as position 2 retouched

1894 Empress Dowager 1st printing 12ca in complete sheet of 25 (Chan 29), pane 3. Showcasing cliche characters such as position 2 retouched corner and position 13 stop after “China”. Among the rarest of the Dowager Empress complete sheets. Ex- Quintin Tan Kok Tin, Spink (Hong Kong), (21 Mar) 2007, lot 58.1894年慈壽初版12分銀全版25枚新（陳目29），第3盤格，展示了不同子模特徵，如位置2邊框修飾、位置13“China”後帶點等。為慈壽票中版票最為難覓之面值。Quintin Tan Kok Tin舊藏（2007年3月21日斯賓克香港，拍品號58）。

China Dowager

China Republic of China Revenue stamps

Lot 80

150,000 HKD

Live

1894 Empress Dowager 1st printing 24c in complete sheet of 25 (Chan 30), pane 4. Showcasing various cliche characters such as position 10

1894 Empress Dowager 1st printing 24c in complete sheet of 25 (Chan 30), pane 4. Showcasing various cliche characters such as position 10 broken frame above “Cn”, position 21 missing dots under “Cn”, and position 23 broken inner frame at top right corner as well as in top right corner tablet above "Cn”. Unused with original gum. Ex- Quintin Tan Kok Tin, Spink (Hong Kong), (21 Mar) 2007, lot 62.1894年慈壽初版24分銀全版25枚新（陳目30），第4盤格，展示了不同子模特徵，如位置10的Cn破框、位置21 Cn缺點、位置23右上角破框等。原膠上品。Quintin Tan Kok Tin舊藏（2007年3月21日斯賓克香港，拍品號62）。

China Republic of China Revenue stamps

Lot 109

100 HKD

Live

A group of 32 Imperial and ROC revenue and postal saving stamp. All mint.

China Dowager Overprint

Lot 113

100,000 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure 4c/4ca in vertical pair, with double surch variety (Chan 40f), setting.B with interpane margin at

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure 4c/4ca in vertical pair, with double surch variety (Chan 40f), setting.B with interpane margin at left and adjoining single. Unused with large part original gum. Of the one sheet of 40 stamps (double pane) produced with this error, the Agnew collection had a nearly complete pane of nineteen which has been split up, so that today only a block of four remains as the largest multiple (ex Beckeman, Lam Man Yin collections). Less than 35 examples of this variety have been recorded to date. Expertization: Signed Herbert Bloch, Lyons Livingston, Peter Holcombe. Provenance:John A Agnew This was originally a pane of nineteen (top left stamp missing).Lyons Livingston, H.R. Harmer (New York), (Dec)1973, lots141 and 142. “Renaissance”, Michael Rogers (Winter.Park), (Feb) 1999,lot 126 (for the pair).Reference Chen.Shih-Jen,.ed.,.Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge. 110 Anniversary of Empress Dowager Jubilee Issue (2004),.pp..296-300.1897年慈壽加蓋小字4分蓋4分銀直雙連新，帶加蓋複蓋變異（陳目39d），B版式，帶左過橋邊紙，另附一枚鄰票。此複蓋票僅印製40枚，當中Agnew 收入了近乎完整的一盤格19枚，後來被拆開散逸，故四方連已是存世最大方連（見於貝克曼及林文琰集藏）。有記錄者不足35枚。帶Herbert Bloch、Lyons Livingston及Peter Holcombe簽署。參考﹕2019年1月斯賓克香港林文琰專場，第139頁。源流﹕John A Agnew舊藏（十九方連）。Lyons Livingsons（1973年12月紐約H R Harmer，拍品號141及142）。Renaissance集藏（1999年2月Micharl Rogers，拍品號126）。請參閱陳仕仁著作第296至300頁。

Lot 114

150,000 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure 10c/9ca, with double surcharge variety (Chan 44f), pane 4, position.10. Unused with large part

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure 10c/9ca, with double surcharge variety (Chan 44f), pane 4, position.10. Unused with large part original gum. Only one sheet was produced with the double surcharge, and Tony Kwan has documented and plated all twenty-five examples (24 unused and one used). Provenance: M.D. Chow, Sotheby’s and Corinphila.(Hong.Kong), (Apr) 1996, lot 249. Huang Ming-Fuang, Zurich Asia (Hong Kong), (Jun) 2003, lot 226. Reference:Chen Shih-Jen,.ed.,.Empress Dowager Jubilee and its Surcharge. 110 Anniversary of Empress Dowager Jubilee Issue (2004), p. 301-312. 1897年慈壽加蓋小字1角蓋9分銀新，帶加蓋複蓋變異（陳目44f），第四盤格，位置10，帶部分原膠。關道華已記錄所有二十五枚（當中二十四枚為新）。源流﹕周今覺舊藏（1996年4月香港蘇富比及Corinphila，拍品號249）。黃明芳舊藏（2003年6月蘇黎世亞洲，拍品號226）。參考﹕陳仕仁著作第29至34頁。關道華《慈壽9分銀加蓋小字暫作洋銀10分複蓋票》《亞洲郵學家2014》第29至34頁。

China Dowager Overprint

China Republic of China

Lot 118

50,000 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager 1st printing surch large figure narrow spaced 10c/9ca in pane of 20 with margin (Chan 71), pane 1. Showcasing

1897 Empress Dowager 1st printing surch large figure narrow spaced 10c/9ca in pane of 20 with margin (Chan 71), pane 1. Showcasing surcharge positions 11, 15 and 19 with surcharges 1mm higher. Unused with original gum. Ex- Jane and Dan Sten Olsson, Interasia (Hong Kong), (Jan) 2010, lot 187.1897年慈壽初版加蓋大字短距1角蓋9分銀盤格二十枚新（陳目71），第一盤格。位置11、15及19可見加蓋高出1毫米。原膠上品。Jane and Dan Sten Olsson舊藏（2010年1月Interasia，拍品號187）。

China Republic of China

Lot 513

200 HKD

Live

1939-1940 Hong Kong Chunghwa Print SYS imperf $5 in block of 4, with portrait shifted variety. MNH.

1939-1940 Hong Kong Chunghwa Print SYS imperf $5 in block of 4, with portrait shifted variety. MNH.1939至1940年香港中華版孫像無齒5元四方連新，帶肖像套印移位變異。無貼上品。

Lot 514

200 HKD

Live

1939-1940 Hong Kong Chunghwa Print SYS imperf $5 with portrait shifted variety, including 10 blocks of 4 and 9 pairs. MNH.

1939-1940 Hong Kong Chunghwa Print SYS imperf $5 with portrait shifted variety, including 10 blocks of 4 and 9 pairs. MNH.1939至1940年香港中華版孫像無齒5元，帶肖像套印移位變異，共包含十件四方連及九件雙連。無貼上品。

Lot 515

300 HKD

Live

1939-1940 a group 3 SYS and Martyrs imperf single and pair. MNH/MH.

China Republic of China

China Republic of China Fiscal stamps

China Republic of China

China Republic of China Fiscal stamps

Lot 516

300 HKD

Live

1944-1946 Paicheng print SYS $5, with imperf bottom variety. MNH.

China Republic of China Fiscal stamps

Lot 523

500 HKD

Live

1944-1945 Postal Saving $100, with partial printing omitted variety (Chan 823 var), MNH.

China Republic of China

Lot 563

2,000 HKD

Live

1946 Hong Kong unwmk airmail surch CNC $23/30c in block of 25, with surcharge shifted variety (Chan 48e), MNH.

1946 Hong Kong unwmk airmail surch CNC $23/30c in block of 25, with surcharge shifted variety (Chan 48e), MNH.1946年香港版無水印航空票改值國幣23元蓋3角二十五方連新，帶加蓋移位變異（陳目48e），無貼。

China Republic of China

China

China Shanghai

Lot 564

500 HKD

Live

1948 airmail stamp surch $10,000/27c and $20,000/25c in rectangular box, both with off-set on reverse. MNH.

1948 airmail stamp surch $10,000/27c and $20,000/25c in rectangular box, both with off-set on reverse. MNH.1948年航空票長框改值1萬蓋2角7分及2萬蓋2角5分新，背面均帶粘印。無貼。

China

China Shanghai

China

Lot 609

5,000 HKD

Live

1950 C4 Inauguration of PRC original print in vertical pair complete set with imprint margin. MNH.

China Shanghai

Lot 1040

80,000 HKD

Live

1866 Shanghai LPO Large Dragon 4ca, CANDAREENS in the plural, antique numeral, on wove paper, with double impression variety. Mint without

1866 Shanghai LPO Large Dragon 4ca, CANDAREENS in the plural, antique numeral, on wove paper, with double impression variety. Mint without gum as issued. With AIEP certificate. No such variety had been recorded by previous Shanghai LPO researcher, i.e. Livingston, Dr. W L Chow, Fortune Wang etc. A rarity.1866年上海工部大龍4分銀新，古式字，英文複數，帶複印變異。無膠上品。附AIEP證書。Livingston、周瑋良、王豐銓等均未記錄此變異，乃一大珍品。