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China Large Dragon

Lot 48

3,000 HKD

Live

1878 thin paper 1ca deep green, horizontal pair, cancelled by "Customs / Chinkiang" dater of "Apl 13 8X".

Lot 49

1,200 HKD

Live

1878 thin paper 3ca red brown, deep color, centrally cancelled by faint but still recognizable “Customs/Shanghai” dater.

1878 thin paper 3ca red brown, deep color, centrally cancelled by faint but still recognizable “Customs/Shanghai” dater.1878年3分銀紅棕色薄紙，居中銷較模糊但可辨之上海海關日戳。

Lot 50

4,000 HKD

Live

1878 thin paper 5ca orange, cancelled by “Customs/Newchwang” dater of “Dec 28 78”, short crease and toned spot at left, fine.

1878 thin paper 5ca orange, cancelled by “Customs/Newchwang” dater of “Dec 28 78”, short crease and toned spot at left, fine. B.P.A. certificate (2012). Chan 31878年5分銀橙色薄紙，銷1878年12月28日牛莊海關日戳。帶有短折痕及左方黃點，中上品。附2012年B.P.A.證書。陳目3。

China Large Dragon

China Dowager

Lot 51

2,500 HKD

Live

1878 thin paper and 1882 wide margin 3ca, a slecetion (3), (2) cancelled by French and (1) cancelled by German transit/arrival cds.

1878 thin paper and 1882 wide margin 3ca, a slecetion (3), (2) cancelled by French and (1) cancelled by German transit/arrival cds.1878薄紙及1882年寬邊3分銀3枚，2枚銷法國日戳，1枚銷德國日戳。

China Large Dragon

China Dowager

Lot 52

3,000 HKD

Live

1883 Large Dragon thick paper 3ca x2 and 5ca, tied by clear strike of Chefoo and Shanghai Chinese seal respectively.

1883 Large Dragon thick paper 3ca x2 and 5ca, tied by clear strike of Chefoo and Shanghai Chinese seal respectively.1883年厚紙大龍3分銀及5分銀共3枚，銷清晰之煙台及上海漢文戳記。

China Dowager

Lot 65

1,800 HKD

Live

1894 Empress Dowager 1st print set of 7, missing 4ca otherwise complete (Chan 22-24, 25-30), tied by patial Chinese seal.

1894 Empress Dowager 1st print set of 7, missing 4ca otherwise complete (Chan 22-24, 25-30), tied by patial Chinese seal.1894年慈壽初版7枚，欠4分銀否則齊全（陳目22-24, 25-30），銷中文戳記。

China Dowager

China Dowager Overprint

China Dowager

China Dowager Overprint

Lot 78

5,000 HKD

Live

1894 Empress Dowager first printing 9ca tête-bêche vertical pair (Chan 28g), cancelled by "Customs / Wuhu" dater of "17 MAR 1895". Pane

1894 Empress Dowager first printing 9ca tête-bêche vertical pair (Chan 28g), cancelled by "Customs / Wuhu" dater of "17 MAR 1895". Pane 4. Very Fine.1894年9分銀對倒直雙連，慈壽初版（陳目28g），銷蕪湖海關1895年3月17日日戳。出自第四盤格。上品。

China Dowager Overprint

Lot 102

2,500 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager 2nd print surch large figure wide spaced complete set (Chan 56-64), all tied by Customs and Dollar cds, including more

1897 Empress Dowager 2nd print surch large figure wide spaced complete set (Chan 56-64), all tied by Customs and Dollar cds, including more scarce Customs Ningpo cds.1897年慈壽再版加蓋大字長距全（陳目56-64），銷海關英文日戳或大圓戳。當中包含較少見之寧波海關日戳。

China Dowager Overprint

China Red Revenue

Lot 103

2,500 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure complete set (Chan 37-46), all tied by Pakua chop. 2024 (Jul) AVA Auctions, lot 222.

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure complete set (Chan 37-46), all tied by Pakua chop. 2024 (Jul) AVA Auctions, lot 222.1897年慈壽加蓋小字全（陳目37-46），銷八卦戳。2024.7 艾華拍賣，拍品號222。

China Red Revenue

China Customs Mail

China Red Revenue

Lot 105

800 HKD

Live

1897 Red Revenue surch large figure 2c mint stamp and Small Dragon surch small figure used complete set, all hinged.

1897 Red Revenue surch large figure 2c mint stamp and Small Dragon surch small figure used complete set, all hinged.1897年紅印花加蓋大字2分新及小龍加蓋小字舊全。背貼。

China Customs Mail

Lot 106

2,000 HKD

Live

A group of about 30 classic Chinese mint and used stamps, including Large Dragon, Small Dragon used complete sets, Empress Dowager odd

A group of about 30 classic Chinese mint and used stamps, including Large Dragon, Small Dragon used complete sets, Empress Dowager odd values etc. Please view.一組約30枚中國古典郵票，包括大小龍舊全、慈壽散票等，請預覽。

Lot 107

1,000 HKD

Live

A group of 15 Imperial classic mint and used stamps, including Small Dragon, Coiling Dragon, Empress Dowager odd values, Red Revenue surch

A group of 15 Imperial classic mint and used stamps, including Small Dragon, Coiling Dragon, Empress Dowager odd values, Red Revenue surch 1c and Hsuan Tung complete set.一組15枚清朝古典新舊票，包括小龍、蟠龍、慈壽、紅印花加蓋大字1分及宣統新全等。

China Dowager Overprint

China Dowager Small Surcharges

China Dowager Overprint

China Dowager Small Surcharges

China Dowager Overprint

Lot 110

18,000 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager small Figures surcharges 1c/1ca, with inverted surcharge variety (Chan 38d), tied by Hankow dollar cds. With signature

1897 Empress Dowager small Figures surcharges 1c/1ca, with inverted surcharge variety (Chan 38d), tied by Hankow dollar cds. With signature of Peter Holcombe. It is believed that 80 of this varieyt stamp exist (2 panes of 40) and only one fourth of them remain mint as most of thm were used by Hankow pakua, dollar or customs cancel.1897年慈壽加蓋小字1分蓋1分銀新，帶加蓋倒蓋變異（陳目38d），銷漢口大圓戳。小字加蓋1分倒蓋票相信存世僅八十枚（兩盤格各四十枚），當中僅約四分一為新票，餘大多銷漢口八卦戳、大圓戳或海關戳。經典之“四複八倒”之一。

China Dowager Small Surcharges

Lot 111

30,000 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure 2c/2ca, with double surch variety (Chan 39c), setting B, tied by pakua cancel and cds. Of the two

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure 2c/2ca, with double surch variety (Chan 39c), setting B, tied by pakua cancel and cds. Of the two sheets (80 stamps) produced with this error, there are less than 35 documented examples. The vast majority are unused and come from what is referred to as the type A surcharge from Setting A. There are approximately five or six examples of the type B surcharge double variety from Setting B, which has the surcharge applied higher than that of type A. All of these are canceled by pakua. Provenance:Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman, Sotheby’s and Corinphila (Hong Kong), (Nov) 1998, lot B81. Reference:Neill Granger, “China: Varieties on the 1897 Small Figure Surcharges. Philatelic Extracts”, Spink (Hong Kong), p. 204-206.1897 Small Figure Surcharges. Philatelic Extracts”, Spink (Hong Kong), p. 204-206. 1897年慈壽加蓋小字2分蓋2分銀，帶加蓋複蓋變異（陳目39c），B版式，銷海關中文戳記及圓戳。此複蓋票僅印製80枚，當中有記錄者不足35枚，當中絕大多數為A版式，B版式僅有五六枚，均銷八卦戳。源流﹕貝克曼伉儷舊藏（1998年11月香港蘇富比及Corinphila，拍品號B81）。參考﹕Neill Granger《China: Varieties on the 1897 Small Figure Surcharges. Philatelic Extracts》第204至206頁。

China Dowager Overprint

Lot 112

30,000 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure 2c/2ca with inverted surch variety (Chan 39d), tied by Shanghai dollar cds. Of the one sheet (40

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure 2c/2ca with inverted surch variety (Chan 39d), tied by Shanghai dollar cds. Of the one sheet (40 stamps) produced with this error, there are less than 25 documented examples which have survived. To date, practically all known examples are canceled by “Shanghai” dollar daters between 20 Sep and 8 Nov 1897. There a number of defective examples, which resulted from the postmaster at Hankow having torn stamps with this error from commercial mail. Reference: Lam Man Yin Collection, Spink (Hong Kong), (Jan) 2019, p.139.1897年慈壽加蓋小字2分蓋2分銀，帶加蓋倒蓋變異（陳目39d），銷上海大圓戳。此倒蓋票僅印製0枚，當中有記錄者不足25枚，並都銷上海大圓戳。部分存世例子有損，原因為漢口郵局局長將這些變異票從封上撕下。參考﹕2019年1月斯賓克香港林文琰專場，第139頁。

Lot 115

40,000 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure 30c/24ca in vertical pair, with imperf between variety (Chan 46b), tied by Customs Swatow cds.

1897 Empress Dowager surch small figure 30c/24ca in vertical pair, with imperf between variety (Chan 46b), tied by Customs Swatow cds. According to Kelleher & Rogers records, there are less than five examples of this variety recorded in which two pairs unused (one is ex Stoloff, the Beckemans, and Huang Ming-Fuang) and two used. The other used pair (Lam Man Yin) is also canceled by the Swatow Customs dater.1897年慈壽加蓋小字3角蓋24分銀直雙連，帶中縫漏齒變異（陳目46b），銷汕頭海關日戳。按Kelleher & Rogers記錄，此票存世不足五例，當中兩件雙連為新票（Stoloff、貝克曼、黃明芳舊藏），兩件為舊票。而另一件舊票雙連則見於林文琰，同樣銷汕頭海關日戳。

Lot 116

120,000 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager 1st printing surch large figure wide spaced 1/2c on 3ca in block of 4, with inverted surch variety (Chan 47b), pane.3,

1897 Empress Dowager 1st printing surch large figure wide spaced 1/2c on 3ca in block of 4, with inverted surch variety (Chan 47b), pane.3, tied by “Customs Shanghai” cds. One of two recorded blocks of four. Only one sheet of forty was produced with this variety, and Tony Kwan has accounted for 35 surviving examples, all of which are canceled to order by the “Customs/Shanghai” dater of “Mar 24 1897”. 2009 (Oct) John Bull, lot 186. Reference: Tony Kwan, “Large Figure 2.5mm Inverted Surcharge Half Cent on Empress Dowager First Printing Stamp”, Asian Philatelist, Vol 4 (September.2013), p. 71-78. Tony.T.W..Kwan,.Tony.T.W..Kwan,.“Introduction.to.the.Four.Double.and.Eight.Inverted.of.Empress.Dowager. Surcharged Issues”, Studies of Classic Stamps of Ching Dynasty,.Vol..17.(2015),.pp..22-25.1897年慈壽初版加蓋大字長距半角蓋3分銀四方連，帶加蓋倒蓋變異（陳目47b），銷上海海關日戳。為存世兩件四方連之一。此票印製僅40枚，關道華已記錄當中35枚，全部銷上海海關1897年3月24日日戳。2009年10月布約翰，拍品號186。參考﹕關道華《慈壽初版大字長距三分銀暫作洋銀半分倒蓋票》《亞洲郵學家2013》第71至78頁。

Lot 121

15,000 HKD

Live

1897 Empress Dowager 3rd printing surch large figure narrow spaced 2c/2ca, with inverted surch variety (Chan 76c), tied by Zhao Tsun

1897 Empress Dowager 3rd printing surch large figure narrow spaced 2c/2ca, with inverted surch variety (Chan 76c), tied by Zhao Tsun tombstone cancel. Only four used examples are recorded, the other three are canceled by “Shanghai” bilingual c.d.s.1897年慈壽後期再版加蓋大字短距2分蓋2分銀，帶加蓋倒蓋變異（陳目76c），銷趙村碑形戳。此票僅見四例舊票，餘三枚銷上海日戳。