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China Large Dragon

China Dowager Overprint

China Dowager Small Surcharges

China Large Dragon

China Dowager Overprint

China Large Dragon

Lot 56

3,000 HKD

Sold

1883 Large Dragon thick paper 1ca x2, one with heavier ink and broken character "Yu" plate fault. MNH.

1883 Large Dragon thick paper 1ca x2, one with heavier ink and broken character "Yu" plate fault. MNH.1883年厚紙大龍1分銀2枚新，當中一枚重墨並帶“郵”字破版。無貼上品。

China Dowager Overprint

Lot 110

19,000 HKD

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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

China Dowager Overprint

China Dowager Small Surcharges

Lot 111

30,000 HKD

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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

Hong Kong Queen Victoria

Macao

China Dowager Overprint

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。

Hong Kong Queen Victoria

Macao

Hong Kong Queen Victoria

Lot 1556

1,700 HKD

Live

1891 Hong Kong QV 5th surch issue 50c/48c and $1/96c, former used, with inverted Chinese character while latter mint, with double Chinese

1891 Hong Kong QV 5th surch issue 50c/48c and $1/96c, former used, with inverted Chinese character while latter mint, with double Chinese character variety (Yang 46sc, 47 var). R N Gurevitch stated that inverted Chinese character at left is probably genuine.1891年香港維多利亞女皇像改值50仙蓋48仙及1元蓋96仙，前者新票，中文倒蓋。後者舊票，中文複蓋（楊目46sc, 47 var）。R.N. Gurevitch指中文倒蓋可能為真。

Macao

Lot 1744

600 HKD

Live

1911 Macau fiscal stamp surch “Postal 1 Avo” on 5r x2, with surch inverted and missing “1” variety respectively (Yang 144a, 144b),

1911 Macau fiscal stamp surch “Postal 1 Avo” on 5r x2, with surch inverted and missing “1” variety respectively (Yang 144a, 144b), former mint while latter used.1911年澳門稅票加蓋改作郵票1仙蓋5厘士變異票2枚，一枚加蓋倒蓋，一枚漏“1”字（楊目144a, 144b），前者新票，後者銷澳門日戳。

Lot 1753

400 HKD

Live

1911 Macao Carlos I surch 2a/4a bisected stamp used on piece, with "2" omitted variety (Yang 145c), with a normal stamp for comparison.

1911 Macao Carlos I surch 2a/4a bisected stamp used on piece, with "2" omitted variety (Yang 145c), with a normal stamp for comparison.1911年澳門加路士一世改值2仙蓋4仙對剖票之舊票剪片，帶加蓋漏“2”變異（楊目145c）。另附一枚正常票作對比。