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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

Live

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

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

China Dowager Overprint

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

China Republic of China

China Dowager Overprint

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 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。

China Republic of China

Lot 517

400 HKD

Live

1944-1948 Paicheng print SYS and its surch Gold Yuan issues miiltiples in a group of 3. One $10 block of 8 with imperf bottom variety. All

1944-1948 Paicheng print SYS and its surch Gold Yuan issues miiltiples in a group of 3. One $10 block of 8 with imperf bottom variety. All with margin or imprint margin. MNH.1944至1948年百城版孫像及其改值金圓票方連新一組三件，當中一件10元八方連帶底邊漏齒。均帶邊紙或廠銘。無貼。

China Republic of China Bulk lot

China Republic of China Fiscal stamps

Hong Kong

China Republic of China Bulk lot

China Republic of China Fiscal stamps

China Republic of China Bulk lot

Lot 518

1,000 HKD

Live

1940s a group of 4 SYS surch Gold Yuan and CNC double-ovpt variety stamps. All mint.

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.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Queen Victoria

Hong Kong

Lot 1309

1,100 HKD

Live

1972 (13 Mar) The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 10 Dollar (Ma H15), with printing shifted downward variety, serial no.:

1972 (13 Mar) The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 10 Dollar (Ma H15), with printing shifted downward variety, serial no.: 512240RN. PMG Choice About UNC 58. 1972.3.13 香港上海匯豐銀行拾圓，帶套印下移變異。序號512240RN。PMG Choice About UNC 58。

Hong Kong Queen Victoria

Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth Definitives

Hong Kong Queen Victoria

Lot 1555

1,700 HKD

Live

1891 Hong Kong QV surch 20c/30c in horizontal pair and 1898 surch $1/96c black, former right stamp with Chinese character omitted while

1891 Hong Kong QV surch 20c/30c in horizontal pair and 1898 surch $1/96c black, former right stamp with Chinese character omitted while latter with inverted Chinese overprint (Yang 45sf, 51c). High catalogue price. R.N. Gurevitch stated that these two ovpt varieties are probably genuine.1891年香港維多利亞女皇像改值20仙蓋30仙橫雙連及1898年改值1元蓋黑色96仙，前者右方一枚漏中文加蓋，後者中文字倒蓋（楊目45sf, 51c）。目錄價甚高。R.N. Gurevitch指兩款加蓋均可能為真。

Hong Kong Queen Victoria

Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth Definitives

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。

Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth Definitives

Lot 1651

500 HKD

Live

1970-1973 Hong Kong QEII 2nd issue (Annigoni portrait) 30c in corner marginal block of 4, bottom right stamp with paper-folded variety.

1970-1973 Hong Kong QEII 2nd issue (Annigoni portrait) 30c in corner marginal block of 4, bottom right stamp with paper-folded variety. MNH.1970至1973年香港伊麗沙白二世第二組（軍裝圖）3角四方連新，右下一枚帶折白變異。原膠無貼。

Lot 1652

1,200 HKD

Live

1982-1986 Hong Kong QEII 4th series $5 in vertical pair, with portrait shifted variety.

Lot 1653

600 HKD

Live

A group of 3 Hong Kong QEII 2nd series (Annigoni portrait) $2 and $5 variety stamps, showcasing "HONG KONG" or portrait shifted variety.

A group of 3 Hong Kong QEII 2nd series (Annigoni portrait) $2 and $5 variety stamps, showcasing "HONG KONG" or portrait shifted variety. All MNH.一組3枚香港伊麗沙白二世第二組（軍裝圖）2元及5元變異票，展示了“HONG KONG”或肖像移位變異。均為新。

Lot 1654

800 HKD

Live

1982-1986 Hong Kong QEII 4th issue 1st series 40c in block of 4 (Yang 284), with perf shifted variety. MNH.

1982-1986 Hong Kong QEII 4th issue 1st series 40c in block of 4 (Yang 284), with perf shifted variety. MNH.1982至1986年香港伊利沙白二世第四組第一版4角四方連新，帶齒孔移位變異（楊目284）。無貼。

Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth Definitives

Hong Kong

Lot 1655

3,200 HKD

Live

1982 Hong Kong QEII 4th issue 1st series wmk $20 in block of 4, with protrait shifted variety (Yang 295 var), MNH.

1982 Hong Kong QEII 4th issue 1st series wmk $20 in block of 4, with protrait shifted variety (Yang 295 var), MNH.1982年香港伊麗沙白二世第四組第一版有水印20元四方連新，帶肖像移位變異（楊目295 var），原膠無貼。

Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth Definitives

Hong Kong

Lot 1656

300 HKD

Live

ca 1992 Hong Kong QEII 6th issue progressive proof of queen's protrait. Plus a normal 80c block of 4 for reference.

ca 1992 Hong Kong QEII 6th issue progressive proof of queen's protrait. Plus a normal 80c block of 4 for reference.約1992年香港伊麗莎伯二世第六組女皇肖像分色校樣，另附一件正常8角四方連作對比。

Hong Kong

Lot 1657

1,000 HKD

Live

1991 a collection of Hong Kong QEII 5th issue 5th series, marginal block of 4 complete set (Yang 382-397), plus a cover f.w. $5 with yellow

1991 a collection of Hong Kong QEII 5th issue 5th series, marginal block of 4 complete set (Yang 382-397), plus a cover f.w. $5 with yellow colour omitted variety.1991年香港伊利沙白二世第五組第五版四方連新全（楊目382-397），另附一件貼有5元漏黃色變異票之信封。