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BANKNOTES

8 December World Banknotes London 1504816 January Banknotes, Bonds & Share Certificates and Coins of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1601127/28 January The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 32312 April The Bruce Smart Collection of Middle Eastern Banknotes London 1603712/13/14 April World Banknotes London 16008

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10 December Bermuda from the Vestey Collection London 1504716 December The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Lugano SW101817 January Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collection, China Customs Post Hong Kong 1601217 January Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1601327/28 January The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale London 1601023 February Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer Collection of Australian States and Commonwealth London 1603823 February A Specialised Collection of Barbados London 1602424 February India, The De La Rue Issues London 16023April/May The Pre-New York 2016 Collector’s Series Sale New York 154June The Jose Castillejo Collection of Guatemala, 1871-86 New York 155

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2 December Celtic Coins from the Geoff Cottam Collection London 150492/3 December Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 1500716 January Banknotes, Bonds & Share Certificates and Coins of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1601127/28 January The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 32322 March The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and

Norman Coins London 1601922 March The Dr Paul Broughton Collection of English Hammered Gold Coins London 1601422/23 March Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 1600429 June The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English coins part 2, Plantagenet,

Lancastrian and Yorkist Coins London 1602029/30 June Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 16005

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27/28 January The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale featuring The Liberty Collection of Medals andArtefacts Relating to the 1916 Easter Rising and Ireland’s Fight for Independance New York 323

21 April Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 16001

BONDS & SHARES

16 December Bonds & Share Certificates of the World Lugano SW101716 January Banknotes, Bonds & Share Certificates and Coins of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1601127/28 January The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 32327 May Bonds & Share Certificates of the World London 16017

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THE CHINESE CUSTOMS POST

The essay for the famous Large Dragon stamp is very similar to the design of the final, issued stamp.Here the fine detail of the brushwork design can be fully appreciated


Meiso Mizuhara

Meiso Mizuhara had a lifelong passion for philately. Hebelieved that there was no pleasure in collecting stamps byoneself so was ready to share his collection and experienceswith fellow collectors. Keen to rekindle stamp collecting inJapan, he was instrumental in the founding of theJapanese Philatelic Society (JPS) in 1946. This is now oneof the largest such societies in the world.

The scope of Chinese philately is vast and complex.Here is a diverse subject that can be divided into manyseparate specialist areas and few collectors attempt tocover more than a few of these different aspects. Overthe years he built up of the great collections of China,unrivalled in its strength and breadth since therenowned collection of Sir Percival David, which wassold in the 1960’s. In some areas, Meiso’s collection iseven stronger than that of Sir Percival David.

The desire to share his collection as widely as possibleled to him being a prodigious exhibitor and he wasoften travelling around the world to attend variousinternational exhibitions. From the large collection hewas able to compile many different exhibits andentered these successfully in numerous competitiveexhibitions for over twenty-five years.

The Philatelic Museum, Tokyo

The Philatelic Museum in Mejiro is the culmination ofhis dedication to the hobby, it is a centre for theencouragement of stamp collecting at all levels anddevotes space from new or inexperienced collectorswanting to learn more about the hobby to specialistcollectors who use the museum’s facilities for meetings,study and research, using the philatelic library. Herethe special prizes which were awarded at theexhibitions are proudly displayed. The museum is alsohome to many other agencies, including offices for theJPS, Japan Philatelic Publications and the JapanPhilatelic Agency

Spink are honoured to be able to present this catalogueas a fitting tribute to a great philatelist. Thispublication allows a new generation of collectors toexplore and appreciate the intricacies of the postalhistory of Korea and provides some with anopportunity to acquire philatelic treasures from thisinteresting country.

Previous Exhibition Collections sold by Spink

German Post Offices in China November 2001Tibet October 2002United States Post Offices in China December 2003Mongolia January 2011Korean Postal History, 1884-1905 January 2013


The Customs Post ExhibitThis collection of the customs post is of particular importance because it charts the development of the modern postal service inChina and this is clearly demonstrated by the exhibit frames.

Opening with some highly significant pre-stamp covers, this exhibit includes some of the first postal marks used in China. Forexample, there are items of early nineteenth century mail from Macao, the first trading port in China. In 1842 the Britishmilitary expedition based in Ningpo produced its own postmark, one of the first to be used in mainland China, and this exhibitdisplays a cover that is one of only three recorded.

Robert Hart, a British employee of the Imperial Maritime Customs at Shanghai, was responsible for developing the customspost to extend it to all mail with China. This exhibit presents the first group of essays and proofs for the first postage stampsproduced for this service and most of them are unique.

Several frames concentrate on the Large Dragon stamps, the design that was selected for the first stamps. Many important sheetsand blocks of these stamps demonstrate the several different plate settings that were used in printing. There were few errors onthe stamps but the exhibit includes the rare imperforate between variety on the 1ca and 3ca.

Britain, France, Japan, Russia, America and Germany all went on to establish their own post offices in Shanghai. This aspect ofpostal history is also represented by one exhibit frame that focusses on particularly prized covers displaying combinations ofChinese and foreign stamps. Among them, there is the earliest such cover sent from America.

In 1897, the Chinese currency was changed to dollars and cents and therefore new stamps were required. When delays at theprinters meant that the stamps would not be available in time, as an emergency measure, existing stamps were overprinted withthe new currency values. One particular stamp selected for overprinting was an unused 3c. stamp. The final, very important,frame in this exhibit concentrates on these revenue surcharges. Highlights feature an unsurcharged block of four; two examplesof the legendary small $1 (which form a pair from the top left corner of the pane); a small 4c. with double surcharge (black andviolet); and the small 2c with the rare errors of surcharge double and surcharge double and inverted (represented by a pair). Inaddition to the stamps, there is also an impressive selection of eleven covers.

In summary, this magnificent exhibit includes some of the finest and most important items of Chinese philately and the auctionopens up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire such fabulous historically significant rarities.

List of the Awards for This Exhibit1979 Belgica Large Gold1984 Philakorea Large Gold and Special Prize1985 Italia Large Gold and Special Prize1986 Stockholm Championship Class Large Gold1989 Bulgaria Championship Class Large Gold1990 Stamp World London Championship Class Large Gold2015 Taipei Court of Honour

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Macao, 1854 by William Heine, showing the Praya Grande

THE CHINESE CUSTOMS POST

THE FORERUNNER PERIOD

Boat Office Macao

1501 * 1832 (11 July) entire letter to Augustine Heard in Canton bearing a fine strike of the“Boat OFFICE/MACAO/10 Cents” handstamp in a deep shade of scarlet, well struck onthe address side and carried on the “St George”. With the original letter from Macao,from the wife of his agent, who could not write himself as he had been taken ill onthe passage over. The wrapper with two brush stoke delivery characters on thereverse.A rare cover, this being the earliest of only two covers recorded originating fromMacau. This is a very important example of this marking as it has been applied to thefront of the cover as a despatch postmark, it is usually found on the reverse of the mail(when it was applied as an arrival marking). HK$15,000-20,000

PROVENANCE:Warren G. Attwood, October 1952

This postmark was used either as a despatch and arrival mark. The Boat office wasoriginally located in Markwick’s Tavern at the eastern end of the Praya Grande. In1834 the post office operation was established under the management of RichardMarkwick of Markwick and Lane and the Boat Office became part of the officialoperation

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1 1831 June 16 -2 1831 November 3 London - Canton3 1832 July 10 Canton - Macao4 1832 July 11 Macao ST GEORGE - Canton5 1834 August 22 Macao - Canton6 1834 Sept-Oct Canton - Macao7 1834 October 4 Canton UNION No.7 Macao8 1834 November 3 Canton SYLPH No. 27 Macao9 1834 November 4 Canton HASCH BOAT No. 57 Macao10 1834 November 28 Canton ST GEORGE No. 51 Macao11 1835 January S Canton EDWARD BOAT Macao20 1835 January 12 Canton UNION Macao13 1835 February 17 Canton SYLPH No.11 Macao14 1835 April 21 Canton ST GEORGE No. 7 Macao15 1835 April 25 Canton SYLPH No. 11 Macao16 1835 May 1 Canton SYLPH - Macao17 1835 May 4 Canton ST GEORGE No. 17 Macao18 1835 May 11 Canton ST GEORGE No. 23 Macao19 1835 June S Canton EDWARD BOAT No. 87 Macao20 1835 July 8 Canton - Macao21 1835 July 9 Canton SYLPH No. 6 Macao22 1835 July 12 Canton COMET No. 21 Macao23 1835 July 15 Canton UNION No. 7 Macao24 1835 September 28 Canton ST GEORGE No. 5 Macao25 1835 October 1 Canton ST GEORGE - Macao26 1835 October 10 Canton SYLPH - Macao27 1835 October 13 Canton ST GEORGE - Macao28 1835 October 24 Canton SYLPH No.1 Macao29 1835 October 26 Canton ST GEORGE No. 2 Macao30 1835 October 29 Canton UNION - Macao31 1835 November S Canton No. 8 Macao32 1835 November 10 Canton UNION No. 12 Macao33 1835 November 21 Canton SYLPH No. 18 Macao34 1835 December 1 Canton Macao35 1835 December 7 Canton ST GEORGE No. 26 Macao36 1835 December 15 Canton ST GEORGE - Macao37 1836 January 9 Canton SYLPH - Macao38 1836 January 11 Canton - Macao39 1836 January 27 London Macao40 1836 January 29 (1) Canton Macao41 1836 January 29 (2) Canton - Macao42 1836 February 24 Canton - Macao43 1836 March 8 Canton SYLPH No. 11 Macao44 1836 March 15 Canton ST GEORGE No. 12 Macao45 1836 March 18 Canton SYLPH No. 14 Macao46 1836 March 19 Canton SYLPH - Macao47 1836 June 20 Canton BOMBAY - Macao48 1836 July 2 Canton UNION Canton49 1836 July 14 Canton JAKE Macao50 1836 October 10 Canton - Macao51 1836 October 27 Canton UNION Macao52 1836 October 28 (1) Canton UNION Macao53 1836 October 28 Canton SYLPH Macao54 1836 November 14 Canton ST GEORGE No. 18 Macao55 1836 December 3 Canton SYLPH Macao56 1836 December 8 Canton UNION No. 4 Macao57 1836 December 11 Canton SYLPH No. S Macao58 1836 December 13 Canton SYLPH Macao59 1837 August 2 Singapore Macao60 1838 May 20 Canton MARWICK SMITH Macao61 1838 May 25 Canton Macao

A List of “BOAT OFFICE / 10 CENTS / MACAO” CoversNo.

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The Forerunner Period - contd.

Canton Factories c.1810

“Lord Napier Post”

1502 * 1835 (13 Jan.) an entire letter bearing “China 13. Jan 1835” to London fromCanton and carried on the “Marquis Camden”; bears a neat strike of the boxed“INDIA LETTER/RAMSGATE” and a superb strike of the straight-line “CHINA” in redwith London arrival struck over the flaps (11.5), with “2/2” rate mark in ink; lightvertical filing crease.An exceptionally fine example of this rare handstamp struck in London on mail fromChina. This mark is only recorded used between 12 September 1834 and 24 March1835. Only about nine examples have been recorded. HK$15,000-20,000

PROVENANCE:Robson Lowe auction, March 1974Philip Ireland, May 1989

LITERATURE:Imerial China, History of the Posts to 1896, Major Richard Pratt, 1994 (illustratedpage 55)

Lord Napier arrived in Canton in July 1834, sent by the British Government with thebrief to extend trade with China and to arrange direct diplomatic relations. However,this caused a direct challenge to the one-sided arrangement when Napier, as instructedby his superiors, sought to communicate directly, by letter, with the imperialrepresentative at Canton, Governor Lu. This resulted in his mission being a failure asdirect contact with the Chinese authorities was forbidden to foreigners

Lord Napier did organise a British post office in Canton, working without fee or postagein Canton

The list of recorded covers

1834 (13 Nov.) Canton to London with Lymington Ship Ltr handstamp in redDr Chang Min Sheng1834 (9 Dec.) Canton to London with India Letter PortsmouthRecorded by Webb.1834 (21 Dec.) Recorded by Webb1834 (25 Dec.) Recorded by Webb1835 (12 Jan.) Canton to London with Weymouth Ship Letter in blackRyohei Ishikawa1835 (13 Jan.) - Lot 1502 1835 (24 Frb.) Canton to Scotland with India Letter PortsmouthGeorge E Burghard, Ryohei Ishikawa1835 (26 Feb.) Canton to London with India Letter PortsmouthRyohei Ishikawa1835 (1 Mar.) Recorded by Webb

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Macao Crowned Circle

1503 * 1844 (Sept.) opened-out envelope to Paris “Viá Southampton” bearing fine strikes ofboth of the rare “PAID/AT/MACAO” Crowned Circle and, on the reverse, “BRITISHGOVERNMENT AGENCY OFFICE/MACAO” double-circle, both in red, the reverse withHong Kong (3.9) and faint Paris (3.1) c.d.s. The top right corner shows the rate calculations with “20” (avos) in red inkoverwritten with “2/10” “1/8” making a total of “4/6”, there is a bold, stylised “44”(decimes) in the centre of the address. The top of the cover is marked “No.9 - BoccaTigris”, the Bouge of the Canton River.A rare and important cover, there are only four recorded examples of the CrownedCircle and only a few more of the Government Agency handstamp, this is possiblythe only cover bearing both of these handstamps. HK$300,000-400,000

PROVENANCE:C. Derek Houston, October 1955

LITERATURE:Hong Kong & the Treaty Ports of China & Japan, F.W. Webb; 1961. Plate 58(illustrated)

Derek Houston reported that he acquired this cover in 1951 “after lying in the stock of aParis dealer for about fifteen years, who did not appreciate what it was”. Originally itcontained a sixteen page letter which appeared to have been from a French diplomat ona mission to China

The postage rate of 4/6d. is for a double rate cover being the British rate of 1/- times 2,plus twice the Medierranean rate of 5d. making 2/10d; plus four times the French rateof 5d., making 1/8d


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Military Post Office China1504 * 1842 (20 Apr.) entire soldier’s letter from Ningpo to Scotland, from William Meikle

of the 26th Regiment and correctly countersigned by his commanding officer, LieutCol. Mott. The flap bears a very fine strike of the oval “Military/Post Office/China”handstamp in cursive script in black, and which opens out well for display. Otherpostal markings are “CALCUTTA/SHIP LETTER/FREE” c.d.s. in red, “INDIA” in oval,London transit (13.10) overstruck by Paisley arrival the following day and the frontbears a handstruck “2” in black for postage due.The letter gives a graphic account of the closing part of the campaign, “ ... this citywas attacked on the 10th of last month during the night by about 4000 Chinese but theywere gallantly repulsed with the loss of one half of their number and not one of ourstouched, we then went out about 30 miles on the 16th and met them in the field ...”There is some creasing and age wear to the paper which has been reinforced in places.Nevertheless this is believed to be the finest of only three covers recorded.

It is thought that this postmark was used aboard one of H.M. ships which formedpart of the expedition. HK$250,000-300,000

PROVENANCE:Major A.E. Hopkins, January 1956Richard CanmanRyohei Ishikawa, December 1980W.H. Lu, February 1985,Opening of China, November 1987

The regiment arrived off Chusan on 4 July, capturing it with little resistance thefollowing day. The 26th was camped on a hill just inside the city, where heavy work, badterrain and poor provisions soon caused illness to set in. Eventually two hundred andsixty men were evacuated to Manila in November, and by the end of the year twohundred and forty men had died, with a hundred and sixty-three sick in Chusan and amere hundred and ten able-bodied men

All available able-bodied men were moved north to support the attack on the Bogue forts,which fell on 7 January 1841. Whilst resting at Hong Kong, the 26th made anexpedition against Amoy in August, before being moved up the coast to Ningpo at theend of December aboard HMS Jupiter, equipped with newly modified percussion muskets

They arrived at Ningpo on 7 February 1842, and took up garrison there. The town wasattacked on the night of 9-10 March, though the 26th were not involved in the defence,and a few days later participated in an expedition to attack two fortified camps nearby.In early May Ningpo was evacuated, and the 26th moved northwards again to supportan attack on Chapu. Here, the 26th saw heavy fighting, with three men killed before thetown was taken

The other covers are dated 1842 (31 Jan.), a wrapper from Lieut. Mitchell to his sistersin Plymouth. The strike of the Military Post Office is applied across the flap. Ex SirPercival David and Ryohei Ishikawa collections

A letter dated 1842 (3 Apr.) from Col. Clem Edwards to Ceylon. The strike of theMilitary Post Office is on the reverse, just transversing the flap. Ex Richard Chancollection


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Shanghai Post Office

1505 * 1856 (Oct.) envelope to South Carolina “Via Southampton” bearing a light strike ofthe first postmark of Shanghai, the large Crowned “SHANGHAI POST OFFICE/PAID”struck in red. The cover bears “1/2” and “16” rate marks with good strike of LondonPaid (8.12) and New York (25.12) transit c.d.s., the reverse with Hong Kong(12.10) c.d.s. in black. Light creasing and ageing and one of only three such coversrecorded as posted to U.S.A. HK$50,000-60,000

This postmark was in use between 1852-57

This is an unusual rate, which should have been 1/8d. to U.S.A. via Southampton

This is the first postal marking of the Shanghai British Post Office which was establishedin 1844. The Hong Kong Philatelic Society have now recorded 17 covers. In addition,there are at least four pieces of the Large Crown Shanghae Paid known.

1. October 1851 to Rochester 2. 29 June, 1852 to Bombay, part cover only. Ex Perrin3. July 1853 mourning covers to Philadelphia. Ex. Major Richard Pratt 4. dateline 6 November 1955 to Paris 5. April 1856 to London via Marseilles 6. August 1856 to West Maitland, Sydney via Singapore. Ex Norman Bennett7. 12 Sept. 1856 to Swansea, South Wales. Ex Beckeman 8. October 1856 “Overland via Marseilles” to Valreas, France. Paris 9. 6 Oct. 1856 to Paris via Marseilles. Ex John Parker10. 6 Oct. 1856 to Lyon, France via Marseilles Guerin correspondence.

Ex. Percival David and James Riddell.11. Oct. 1856 to Charleston, South Carolina USA. Lot 150512. Oct. 1856 to Paris, France 13. 20 June 1857 to Sydney via Ceylon. Ex Richard Chan14. July 1857 to New Haven, Connecticut, via New York

Ex. Rose-Hutchinson and Ishikawa15. July 1857 to Sydney via Ceylon, ex Ishikawa and D’Almada16. 13 April 1858 to “The Oaks, near Bolton-le-Moor”, England via Marseilles17. 24 April 1858 via HK to Birmingham


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United States Post Office

1506 * 1868 (16 Jan.) Augustine Heard Printed Circular to Connecticut bearing 1862-662c. black tied by the rare segmented cork cancellation in blue and showing a goodstrike of the very rare “U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL P.O.D./SHANGHAI” c.d.s. also inblue. Only two examples of this postmark have been recorded, both used on the samedate.The adhesive has been affixed between the wrapper and the printed sheet, but hasonly suffered minor creasing. The wrapper is exceptionally fresh and fine. A rare andhighly desirable printed paper rate cover. HK$150,000-200,000

The United States Post Office opened on 10th June 1867 from the Consulate rooms at 12Chinkiang Road in Shanghai. Early mail from this offices was cancelled by modifiedconsular datestamps until the new cancelling devices were received

The second cover is addressed to New York via San Francisco, bearing 10c. green tied bythe segmented cork obliterator in blue with a part strike of the the Consulate Generalc.d.s. alongside. From the Drucker Family collection, February 2003


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Custom House, Shanghai

1507 * 1872 (22 Feb.) envelope to Madame Louise Garrier in Paris, bearing a very fine strikeof the dated double-oval “CUSTOM HOUSE/SHANGHAI/PAID” in red, beautifullypresented by being applied in the lower left corner of the front of the cover, clear ofany other marking. The envelope with France 10c. (2) and 80c. Laureated NapoleonHeads (one 10c. torn) cancelled by “5140” gross chiffres with “SHANG-HAI/CHINE”c.d.s. alongside with small boxed “PD” and octagonal Suez transit datestamp (8.4).The envelope is signed in the lower corner “Ch. Vapereau”.Not only is this the first postmark used by the Customs Postal Service of China butthis is also the earliest recorded example of this postmark. The importance anddesirability of this cover is enhanced by the fact that the postmark has, unusually,been applied on the address side. This is the only cover with this postmark applied onthe front.An exceptional and highly desirable example, the earliest postmarked Custom Postcover. HK$250,000-300,000

PROVENANCE:Sir David Roseway, November 1963Sir Percival David, March 1975Robson Lowe auction, June 1983

Seventeen examples of this datestamp have been documented, many having been sent bya French teacher at the Language Institute in Peking, Mr Vapereau

The Imperial Maritime Customs had been given responsibility for the transmission oflegation mail. The letters for foreign areas were managed by the Peking Head Office ofCustoms and were then sent to Shanghai for the affixing of stamps and passing to therelevant Foreign Post Office


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1508 * 1873 (13 Mar.) opened out envelope to Madame G. Vapereau in Paris bearing, onthe flap, a fine strike of the “CUSTOMS HOUSE/SHANGHAI/PAID” dated double oval inred, sent via the British Post Office and bearing Hong Kong 1863-71 6c. and 30c.(applied over the edge of the envelope) tied by a single strike of “S1” in turquoise-blue with the despatch c.d.s. on the reverse, with Hong Kong (18.3), Montauban(28.4) where the letter was redirected to Paris, with other appropriate transit andarrival marks including diminuative “7/11” inspector’s mark. Some light creasing atleft.This is the sixth cover of the seventeen recorded. HK$150,000-180,000

PROVENANCE:Robson Lowe auction, March 1974Ryohei Ishikawa, December 1980

The list of recorded covers

1. 1872 (22 Feb.) - lot 15072. 1872 (25 May) to Madame Louis Garnier, Paris3. 1872 (29 June) bearing US adhesives to Chicago4. 1872 (14 Nov.) to Monsieur G. Vapereau, Paris5. 1872 (12 Dec.) to Madame G. Vapereau, Paris6. 1873 (13 Mar.) - lot 15087. 1873 (17 May) bearing HK adhesives to Paris8. 1873 (17 June) bearng HK adhesives to London9. 1873 (21 June) to Monsieur G. Vapereau, Paris10. 1873 (26 July) to Madame L. Garnier, Paris11. 1874 (5 Sept.) - lot 150912. 1874 (15 Oct.) to Madamoiselle H. Vapereau, Paris13. 1875 (15 Mar.) bearing US adhesived to Massachusetts, struck in blue14. 1875 (25 Mar.) bearing HK adhesives15. 1875 (17 May) bearing HK adhesives16. 1875 (29 May) to Madame Louise Garnier, Paris17. 1875 (5 July) incoming letter from Ireland to Peking


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1509 * 1874 (5 Sept.) opened-out envelope to Monsieur G Vapereau in Paris “Via Brindisi”bearing, on the reverse, a very good strike of “CUSTOMS HOUSE/SHANGHAI/PAID”dated double oval in red. Sent via the British Post Office it bears Hong Kong1863-71 30c. mauve well tied by a good strike of “S1” in bright blue with theassociated despatch c.d.s. on the reverse, with Hong Kong (9.9), French Brindisi andpart Paris arrival. There is also a mirror image of the dated oval on the address sidereceived from another letter in this mailing.This is the eleventh letter recorded. Clean and fine HK$100,000-120,000

PROVENANCE:Warrren G. Kauder, May 1972


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Japanese Postal Agency

1510 * 1876 (26 July) opened-out red band envelope to Nagasaki bearing, on the reverse,Japan 1876 Koban 5s. brown cancelled by crossroads obliterator with the type 1“I.J.POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” double-ring c.d.s. alongside and with the arrivalc.d.s. (28.7) on the address side. Soiled and some worm damage on the address side.A very early Japanese Post Office cover as well as early use of the Koban issue. HK$5,000-10,000

The Postal Agency was opened on 15th April 1876

The Koban issue was first released on 23rd June 1876

The operations of the Japanese Postal Agency were secured after the purchase of ThePacific Mail Company’s Yokohama to Shanghai branch by the Mitsubishi SteamshipMail Company in March 1875

The circular datestamp was prepared by Mr Samuel Bryan of the United States PostalDepartment, hence the similarity of the datestamps from these two post offices


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Customs Datestamp

Chefoo

1511 1875 (13 July) opened-out Hancock envelope to Chefoo “Via Marseilles” thenredirected to Peking, bearing G.B. 1873-80 3d. plate 16 and 1/- plate 10 tied by asingle Lurgan Irish duplex and bearing, on the reverse, faint Hong Kong (23.8) anda fine strike of the “CUSTOMS/CHEFOO/SEP 6/75” datestamp. This is the secondearliest example of any Customs datestamp and unusually applied on an incomingletter because it was readdressed and required redirection.A few peripheral imperfections, nevertheless a highly desirable and important cover. HK$120,000-150,000There are about sixty Customs datestamps recorded before the Large Dragon stamps wereissued. The earliest is from Shanghai dated 7th August 1875. Only four covers withChefoo datestamp, the first two are from the Hancock correspondence, although writtenon 15th July and 22nd July, they both arrived in the same mail and bear the same dateChefoo c.d.s. This example is considered the finer of the two


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Customs Datestamp

Kiukiang

1512 * 1876 (1 Apr.) opened-out Lovatt envelope to Minnisota, U.S.A. “Via San Francisco”bearing U.S. 1875 Taylor 5c. blue tied by cork obliterator with a fair strike of“U.S.POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” c.d.s. (14.4) and San Francisco transit (20.5)alongside. The reverse bears a very fine strike of “CUSTOMS/KIUKIANG” c.d.s. in adeep red shade with a good strike of similar Shanghai Customs c.d.s. (13.4)alongside; there is some faint manuscript added which does not detract from thisearly Customs cover. The earliest example of the Kiukiang datestamp HK$80,000-100,000


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Kiukiang

1513 * 1877 (21 Oct.) opened out envelope to Massachusetts “(viâ San Francisco)” bearingJapan 1875-76 Cherry Blossom 5s. green cancelled by crossroads obliterator with“I.J.POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” c.d.s. (24.10), Yokohama (5.11) and San Francisco(25.11) transit c.d.s. alongside, the reverse bearing a fine strike of“CUSTOMS/KIUKIANG” despatch c.d.s. in red with a faint strike of similar for Shanghai(21.10) alongside. A fine and attractive cover. Scarce use of the Cherry Blossom stamp in China HK$50,000-60,000

PROVENANCE:Sir David Roseway, November 1963


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1878-83 THE LARGE DRAGON ISSUE

Design Essays and Proofs

1514 �E Two preliminary watercolour designs which were prepared for the approval of theInspector-General of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, Sir Robert Hart.The first is on laid paper, 7.2 x 5 cm, the design features a central ying-yang in blackand yellow with a depiction of the Night-shining Pearl above; the supporters being aphoenix and dragon on an ground of cycas the scroll beneath containing the motto,“ta ch’ing i t’ung wan nien”. The colours of the supporters are azure, light green andred with highlights in gold. There are vertical creases each side of the design (verylight on the left) and some hinge remainders on the reverse as is to be expected.The second design is on a high quality wove paper and is more ambitious in both size and scope. Framed within a double-lined black border with incurved corners,10.6 x 6 cm, the central ying-yang is in yellow and carmine which shades into a palecolour, the Night-shining Pearl in grey and gold with a more elaborate flames aboveand below. Both supporters are dragons which are tinted in pale and dark blue withtheir scales in gold, whiskers in grey and gold and tongues and flames behind theirheads in scarlet. The scroll beneath is without content and filled in with a wash ofgrey and gold. There are some glue marks on the reverse, but these do not showthrough to the design.These two highly important essays draw on Chinese symbolism and introduce thedragon and Night-shining Pearl which were eventually used in the design of theissued stamps. HK$800,000-1,000,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Robert Hart,John A. Agnew,Sir Percival David, October 1970

LITERATURE:The London Philatelist, February 1928 (a paper presented by J.A. AgnewThe London Philatelist, March 1949, (a paper presented by Sir Percival David)The Large Dragons, Philip Ireland, 1978

Note that these publications feature most of the following essays

These designs were submitted to Sir Robert Hart when he was Inspector General ofCustoms; although they were rejected, he included them in his collection. Philip Irelandsuggested that these designs are too large and complex to be made into stamps, however,an artist unfamiliar with the constraints of printing stamps would be concentrating onthe design concept, wanting to make his designs as pleasing as possible. The fact that thesewere kept by Sir Robert Hart in his stamp collection is strong evidence that they weregenuine proposals for a design for the new stamps

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1515 �E A pair of se-tenant design in fine brush painted on stout wove paper.

The first features the dragon guarding the Night-shining Pearl in black (paling togrey) with Chinese characters in black in a brown frame with country and value(mace) also in brown. To the left are the characters for the other values in formalstyle, for 1m., 2m., 3m. and 4m. Below the dragon the ground is indicated in pencil,plus some additional clouds, showing much of the shape of the finally accepteddesign.The adjacent design is of a six-storied pagoda (indicating a foreign hand unfamiliarwith Buddhist iconography) and with value in candarin. The design and frame is inblack whilst the country and value are in brown. Again, to the left, are the charactersof the alternative values.There is a small drawing pin hole at the very top of the paper, presumable made bythe artist, and a light horizontal crease or bend at the very top. A delightful andhighly important pair of essays, the dragon being extremely close to the accepteddesign HK$800,000-1,000,000PROVENANCE:Sir Robert Hart,John A. Agnew,Sir Percival David, October 1970These stamps were designed by a Chinese artist. For a long time it was thought that thedesigner was Hosea Ballou Morse, an American who served in the Chinese ImperialMaritime Custom Service, though he denied any involvement. It is thought that thepagoda is a representation of the Dragon Flower Temple and Pagoda located about sixmiles to the south of the old city of Shanghai. Pagodas are built with an odd number ofstories.

1516 �E The Elephant Essay: the third fine brush design in this series with the design andChinese characters in black with the frame, country and value (cash) in brown. The alternative values are written to the left.The design features a ceremonial elephant carrying a pot of growing cycas and thereare two bats flying in the sky. These are auspicious symbols, the elephant signifiesgreat happiness and the Chinese name for a bat is fu, which sounds similar to theword for happiness. The cycas convey the significance of perpetual change.The legs on the elephant in the sketch are rather wrinkly. Here is another unique anddesirable example of this charismatic design which was put forward for furtherrefinement and trials HK$700,000-900,000PROVENANCE:Sir Robert Hart,John A. Agnew,Sir Percival David, October 1970

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Dragon Design

1517 �E 1 mace copper plate die proof in vermilion-red on soft pelure paper, large margins allround. The design is in more detail and shows the dragon and background closelymatching that of the issued stamp. There is a small thin spot behind the dragon whichis a result of the natural variance in this thin paper. Unique HK$500,000-600,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Robert Hart,John A. Agnew,Sir Percival David, October 1970Richard Canman, October 1972

It is worth observing that the design has been developed and the modifications made arenow much closer to the issued design

Pagoda Design

1518 �E 1 candarin in black on wove paper, large margins; fine. Although the design is veryclose to the brush stroke essay, the lines are now quite heavily printed. Unique HK$400,000-500,000


Elephant Design

1519 �E 5 cash die proof in scarlet on pelure paper, large margins; fine. This design closelyfollows that of the brush stroke essay. A delightful colour proof of this popular andevocative design. Unique HK$600,000-700,000


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Elephant Design

1520 �E 5 cash die proof in black on wove paper, 60 x 36 mm; there is a small spot to theright of the design. This appears to be a different cliché from the previous lot. Unique HK$700,000-800,000

PROVENANCE:Gerald Gilbert, 1947Lyons F. Livingston, 1971

Perforated Elephant Essay

1521 �E �+ A left margin block of four being from the fourth and fifth rows of the original blockof fifty, printed on thin ‘cigarette’ paper. The block has been folded through thehorizontal perforations, there is some additional bending or creasing and a smallwater stain around a hinge remainder. The use of this thin paper was to enhance the printing, however, the ink was notevenly spread and there are variations in the black printing across this block. A veryimportant item from this design as few blocks now remain intact. HK$750,000-850,000


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The Dragon Proofs with Extra Circle

1522 �P 1 ca. die proof in black on stout wove paper, 48 x 68 mm; fine and rare. This has now developed to the accepted design and the dragon shows the three dotsfor each eyebrow. Only two examples have been recorded (both at one time in theSir Percival David collection), however, the other example has been cut down. HK$800,000-1,000,000

PROVENANCE:John N. Luff, March 1922E.H. Finegan, October 1937,Sir Percival David, October 1970,Richard Canman, October 1972

When a new seal was sent to an official, it was traditional for him to select and removea small point in the seal (without damaging the characters). A print of his adopted sealwas then filed with the central government in Peking. In this way, any unauthorised useof the seal before it was delivered to the correct person could be identified. It is believedthat, following this tradition, the extra circle in the design (in the lower left corner) wasplaced there as a security device to detect any stamps which may have been fraudulentlyproduced. A circle was removed by the official to whom the dies, or clichés, were sent. Thisone official decided which of the circles would be removed.


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1523 �P 1ca. coloured plate proof in light yellow-green on thin paper, an upper right cornerpair [4-5] on ungummed paper. Fresh and fine HK$50,000-60,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Percival David, October 1967

1524 �P 1ca. coloured plate proof in light yellow-green on thin paper, a right marginhorizontal pair [9-10] on ungummed paper; light corner bend in the upper rightcorner and a couple of minor tone spots. An attractive pair HK$40,000-50,000

PROVENANCE:Warren G. Kauder, May 1972

Only three sheets of twenty five of this value were produced, one remains intact

1525 �P 3ca. imperforate colour plate proof in red on thick paper, without gum. Fresh andfine. Small “S.R.” handstamp on the reverse HK$20,000-25,000

PROVENANCE:Warren G. Kauder, November 1971

It is estimated that five sheets of twenty five were produced, of which two remain intact

1526 �P 5ca. imperforate colour plate proof in brownish ochre [13] on thin paper, withoutgum. A fine and desirable example of this scarce proof. It is thought that only oneimperforate sheet was produced in this shade HK$40,000-50,000


It is estimated that five sheets were produced of which three remain intact; one of these iswith trial perforations

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The Dragon Proofs, Extra Circle Removed

1527 �P 1ca. deep green, [6-7] horizontal pair from Setting I with left margin, good marginsand large part original gum. Fresh and fine HK$40,000-50,000

1528 �P 3ca. pale red, [10/15] vertical pair from Setting I, with right margin; without gum.Fine HK$40,000-50,000

PROVENANCE:Saul Newbury, February 1962

1529 �P 5ca. orange-yellow, [21-22] lower left corner pair from the first setting; withoutgum; large margins and trivial paper wrinkle. Fine HK$40,000-50,000

On European Laid Paper

1530 �P 1ca. sage-green [4] with part top margin, without gum. Fine and rare. There areabout five examples recorded of this value. HK$50,000-60,000

1531 �P 3ca. rose-red [5] with part top margin, without gum; large to very large margins.Faint mark on the reverse from a few fibre adherences. Fine and rare. Only aboutseven examples recorded HK$45,000-50,000

1532 �P 5ca. chrome-yellow, [13] showing the distinctive proof dots, without gum. Largemargins, particularly at top. Fine and rare, only four examples recorded HK$80,000-100,000

Little is know about these proofs, which are in the colours of the 1883 issue on thickerpaper. Most of the examples recorded are from the top row of the sheet. This 5ca. does notgive any good clues; it appears to be from the top of the sheet, but this cliché was not usedin the later settings

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Other Essays

1533 �E The American Bank Note Company: a die proof in black on India paper, sunkmounted on card (118 x 152 mm). The image (25mm diameter) is of a finelyengraved dragon chasing the Night-shining Pearl, below is “CHINA” and “NATIONALBANK NOTE CO. N.Y.”. Fine HK$5,000-10,000

PROVENANCE:Richard W. Canman, October 1972


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1534 �E A printed 20 cash essay in a dull rose-red shade (19 x 24 mm) featuring two ratheremaciated dragons chasing the Night-shining Pearl and Chinese characters. Withsmall margins and printed on wove paper; there is a light horizontal crease There is little information known about this design; it appears to have been locallyproduced. Unique HK$10,000-20,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Percival David, October 1970Richard W. Canman, October 1972

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1905 Mencarini Presentation Proofs

1535 �P �+ 1ca., 3ca. and 5c. in sheetlets of four printed in deep blue-black on thicker wovepaper. Fine and rare, only two sets of sheetlets remain intact.The 1 candareen is in the format [11-3/1-13] and clearly show the positionalvarieties break in left value tablet [13], break in top left corner [3], dent in left frame[1] and broken “C”, “I” and “1” [13].The 3 candareen is in the format [13-10/18-1] and clearly show the positionalvarieties thick bottom frameline [13], thin “3” [10], broken top left corner and proofdot [18] and broken fin [1].The 5ca. is in the format [3-25/8-7] and show the varieties proof dot [3], dot underright leg of dah [8] and broken “C” [7]. HK$250,000-300,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Percival David, July 1970,Warren G. Kauder, November 1971

Mr Juan Mencarini was a member of the Statistical Department of the Customs Officein Shangahai. He discovered, in a department safe, some clichés which he made into thethree blocks of four stamps and was given permission to make some impressions. Heprinted three sheets of each value. Only two sets of complete sheets are known, the other setwas included in the Starr collection, and there must be four sets of singles.


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1878 Thin Paper

1536 � 1ca. green [11], 3ca. brown-red [18] and 5ca. yellow [22], unused (1ca.) to largepart original gum; well centred and very fresh colours. An attractive and appealing set.S.G. 1-3 HK$10,000-15,000

1882 Wide Setting

1537 � 1ca. sage-green [4], 3ca. pale brown-red [16] and 5ca. light yellow-ochre [12], partto large part original gum. Well centred and fresh colours, the 5ca. shows printingsmudge in lower left value tablet, there is a light horizontal crease in the lowermargin, a very fresh and a most desirable set. S.G. 4-6 HK$80,000-100,000

Note this supply of paper was in a different size to that of the earlier printings and thisrequired the clichês to be arranged in a new format to fit the paper

1883 Thick Paper

1538 � 1ca. bright green [9], 3ca. red [13] and 5ca. chrome-yellow [3], part to large partoriginal gum. The colours are extremely fresh, the 5ca. is particularly fine and is anexquisite example of this bright shade HK$12,000-15,000

This supply of paper was similar to that of the first printings and the sheet format of fiverows of five stamps was resumed, except for the 3 candareens stamps which were printedin smaller sheets as some of the clichês had become rather worn

The numbers printed are recorded as follows

Thin Paper and Wide Setting1ca. 89,0113ca. 288,8285ca. 137,856

Thick Paper1ca. 117,4753ca. 269,0405ca. 101,745

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1539 � A small piece bearing 1ca. deep green, 3ca. vermilion [10] and 5ca. yellow [22]neatly arranged in value order and cancelled by two neat strikes of Peking sealobliteration in dark blue. Fine and attractive. A scarce and desirable set on piece HK$10,000-12,000

1540 � 1880 (31 Mar.) 1ca. green, 3ca. vermilion [18] and 5ca. yellow used on a singlepiece, cancelled by “CUSTOMS/CHINKIANG” c.d.s. Fine and a very scarce and desirablefranking HK$10,000-15,000

1882 Wide Setting

1541 � 1883 (11 July) large piece from the reverse of a cover bearing 1ca. light green [18],3ca. pale brown-red [23] and 5ca. yellow-ochre [12] tied by good strikes of the“CUSTOMS/NEWCHWANG” c.d.s., Customs Shanghai (17.7), Exeter, Bristol andCleveland (4.9) British c.d.s. A rare combination of the large setting HK$15,000-20,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Percival David, December 1964 Paul Hock, October 1983

Note the 9ca. rate to general overseas countries was introduced in 1882, this rate givesthe correctly used sets on pieces or covers.


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1542 � 1ca. yellow-green [1-2] in a top left corner pair, full original gum; horizontal creaseat the top of the margin and showing large perforation holes. Fresh and fine HK$5,000-8,000

1543 � �+ 5ca. orange-yellow block of four [13-6/15-14] from Setting II, each cancelled by acentral strike of “CUSTOMS/NINGPO” 1888 (20 July) c.d.s. in light blue; a couple ofshort perfs. but still with much gum on the reverse. Attractive HK$15,000-20,000

1882 Wide Setting

1544 � 5ca. yellow [2], part original gum with some redistribution; there is a small thin spot.A fresh and attractive example. Also 1ca. light green which is heavily inked;regummed and some thinning HK$25,000-30,000

1883 Thick Paper

1545 � �+ 1ca. bright green block of four [20-12/24-14] from Setting V cancelled by lightstrikes of “CUSTOMS/NINGPO” 1888 (20 July) c.d.s. in pale blue; with much originalgum and a few light age marks on the reverse. A good multiple from this scarcesetting HK$30,000-40,000

1546 � �+ 3ca. vermilion block of four, [10-25/20-11] from Setting XII, part original gum;small mark at top from an old hinger remainder. Patches of weak printing, especiallyat the top of [15]. A fine and desirable block and a valuable setting piece HK$70,000-90,000

1547 � 1ca. bright green [4], 3ca. pale red [6] showing various cliché defects, and 5ca.chrome-yellow [8] showing long stroke of dah, with neat seal cancellations; 3ca.trimmed perfs. at foot. Also 3ca. vermilion [4] showing semi-circle next to lower left“3”, small split at foot HK$6,000-8,000


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1548 � Chefoo: 3ca. vermilion and 5ca. yellow bearing large part strikes of“CUSTOMS/CHEFOO” (Sept.) 1880 c.d.s.; good to fine. (2) HK$3,000-4,000

1549 � Chinkiang: 3ca. brown-red [3] cancelled by a central strike of “POSTOFFICE/CHINKIANG” 1879 (7 Mar.) double-ring datestamp; a fair strike and a coupleof irregular perforations HK$3,000-4,000

1550 � Chinkiang: 1ca. green to deep green, 3ca. wide setting and 5ca. orange-yellow [8],each with a fine and central strike of “CUSTOMS/CHINKIANG” c.d.s. dated either 1879or 1883; good to fine. (4) HK$6,000-8,000

1551 � Kiukiang: 1ca. green [17], 3ca. pale red [11] and 5ca. yellow-orange [3] eachcancelled by readable strikes of “CUSTOMS/KIUKIANG” in red, dated 1888 (11 June),1883 (24 May) and 1888 (12 Oct.) respectively. A few irregular perforations andsome age marks including tone spot on 5ca. A good set. (3) HK$5,000-8,000

1552 � Newchwang: 3ca. pale red [25] and 5ca. orange-yellow [15] baring fine and centralstrikes of “CUSTOMS/NEWCHWANG” c.d.s. dated 1881 (4 May) and 1879 (23 Sept.)respectively; a few irregular perforations. (2) HK$3,000-4,000

1553 � Newchwang: Thick paper 1ca. bright green, 3ca. pale red and 5ca. chrome-yellow[18] cancelled by fine and central strikes of “CUSTOMS/NEWCHWANG” c.d.s. withoutyeardate (1885-87); fair to fine. (3) HK$5,000-8,000

1554 � Shanghai: 5ca. orange-yellow [6-8] strip of three cancelled by two good strikes of“CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI” 1879 (18 Jan.) c.d.s. in red; the left stamp has been rejoined,otherwise fresh and fine. An early date. (3) HK$10,000-12,000

1555 � Wuhu: A group bearing double-oval “CUSTOMS-HOUSE/WUHU” in black with thinpaper 1ca. pale green [11] and 3ca. brown-red; wide setting 3ca. (2) and thick paper3ca. ; the 1ca. with unusual offset of left margin on the reverse. One wide setting withperf. faults at top; fair to fine. (5) HK$8,000-10,000

1556 � Chefoo: A group of 5ca. with thin paper orange-yellow, thick paper with clean cutperforations bright yellow, struck in blue and on rough perforations chrome-yellow[3]. An attractive group, good to fine. (3) HK$5,000-8,000


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1557 � �+ Peking: 5ca. yellow-orange block of four [24-13/23-15] from Setting II cancelled byneat strikes of the Peking seal in blue; the block has been strengthened along thehorizontal perforation, [24] with slight thinning and [23] with paper split at top. An attractive block from this setting HK$10,000-15,000

1558 � Peking: Thin paper 5ca. orange [13] with the seal struck in pale blue (trimmed perfs.at foot) and thick paper 5ca. chrome-yellow [15] with the seal struck in dark bluewith part of the Peking Customs c.d.s. at right (corner crease) and showing part offseton the reverse. (2) HK$2,500-3,000

1559 � Shanghai: Thin paper 5ca. yellow-orange with the seal struck in blue and thick paper5ca. chrome-yellow with the seal struck in black; good to fine. (2) HK$2,500-3,500

1560 � Ichang: thin paper 5ca. dull orange-yellow [7] with left margin from Setting IIbearing a fine and upright strike of the scarce Ichang seal in black. A very goodexample HK$4,000-6,000

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1561 � Tientsin: A selection of the different seal cancellations withType A: Thin paper 1ca. green [5], 3ca. brown-red and 5ca. yellow-orange [3]Type B; on thin paper 1ca. bright green, wide setting 3ca. brown-red [18]and thin paper 5ca.Type C on thick paper 1ca. bright green [3] and 3ca. brown-redType D on thick paper 3ca. vermilion struck in blue and in blackType E on wide setting 3ca. red [17], thick paper 3ca. vermilion-red pair struck in blue-black and 5ca. chrome-yellow (2)A good group. (16) HK$15,000-20,000

For type A on cover, please see lot 70

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1562 � A range of shades with pale green, yellow-green, green and deep green (2), displayingdifferent intensiy of inks; traces of gum to part original gum, a couple of tone spots.(5) HK$8,000-10,000

1563 � Yellowish green [11] showing partial offset on the reverse, large part original gum HK$2,000-2,500

1564 � Deep green [8-9] cancelled by readable strikes of “CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI” 1879 (9 Jan.). Fine and an early date HK$4,000-5,000

PROVENANCE:E.H. Finegan, October 1937

1565 � A group of shades with pale green [19] and [9], yellow-green (2) with Customs c.d.s.one with 1879 Chinkiang, green, bright green [11] and deep green (2) one with faintNewchwang Customs c.d.s. Good to fine. An interesting group which demonstrateshow the different ink mixes were absorbed into the paper. (8) HK$10,000-12,000

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1 Candareen Imperforate

1566 � �B A complete sheet of twenty five from Setting I in deep green on thin paper, with fulloriginal gum. light horizontal crease in the top margin and part hinge remainders inthe corners, there is some light thinning in the upper right corner.

A fine and important sheet in a fine state of preservation. It is thought that there areonly five complete sheets remaining intact HK$500,000-600,000

It appears that there were ten imperorate sheets of Setting I produced. Of these five havebeen split into blocks and singles

The records of the five complete sheets are as followsAdolphus Diercking, Mocchi, A and S Beckerman, Lam Man YinJames StarrSir Percival David, October 1970Warren G. Attwood, Richard Canman October 1972. Philip Ireland May 1989Meiso Mizuhara

Philip Ireland records the imperforate 1 candareen from Settings I and II from shadesbetween yellow-green to dark green, both with and without gum

For a horizontal pair, please see lot 1527


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1567 � �B 1ca. yellow-green in a complete sheet of twenty five from Setting I, with full originalgum. There are some small marks in the corners from old hinges and a small part ofthe top left corner margin is reduced. A good sheet, unusual in this shade HK$200,000-250,000

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1568 � �B 1ca. deep green in a block of twenty [6-25], with full original gum and both sidemargins; some signs of light gum aging. The printing is not well defined and this is an example of the slightly ‘watery’ inkwhich is typical of this shade. A scarce block in this shade HK$80,000-100,000

PROVENANCE:E.H. Finnegan, October 1937

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1569 A reconstructed sheet in shades of green which includes a left margin block of four[1/7] and a double margin block of ten [16/25]; four are used including [4/9] inyellow-green. The unused are generally large part original gum, a couple of light tonemarks noted, otherwise fine. (25) HK$40,000-60,000


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1570 * 1879 (14 Oct.) opened-out Hall & Holtz envelope to Shanghai bearing horizontalstrip of three 1ca. green [6-8] with side margin and cancelled by two neat strikes ofthe Tientsin seal type A and bearing, on the reverse, a good strike of the“CUSTOMS/TIENTSIN” despatch c.d.s. and blue “SHANGHAI/LOCAL POST” arrival(18.10) with delivery characters in orange crayon. A couple of minor age spots,nevertheless an attractive and appealing cover which is quite scarce with the small sealobliterator.It is unusual to find this franking made up of 1ca. stamps as it was usual to use a single3ca. stamp. HK$60,000-80,000

PROVENANCE:Alan Gokson, 1944Warren G. Kauder, November 1971

LITERATURE:James Whang Large Dragon Covers, number 44

The 3 candareens rate was used in 1878 and 1879, Richard Pratt recorded 21 of these3ca. covers including fourteen from the Henry Everall collection.

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1 Candareen, Setting II

1571 � �B 1ca. deep green, a spectacular block of twenty with margins both sides, large partoriginal gum. These are many split and reinforced perforations and the upper leftcorner block has been rejoined, there is a tone spot in the right margin and a coupleof creases. The appearance is fresh and fine and exhibits the typical ‘watery’ ink of thisshade.This is the largest block from Setting II and it is a very important item of the highestexhibition standard and a fantastic companion block to lot 1568 HK$250,000-300,000

PROVENANCE:Lyons F. Livingston

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1572 � �+ 1ca. bright green in a left margin block of four [4-14/25-15] from the lower leftcorner of the sheet bearing a light and central strike of “CUSTOMS/NEWCHWANG”c.d.s. dated 1883 (17 Feb.) with a part Tientsin Customs transit c.d.s. at right andpart of Edinburgh arrival c.d.s. in the left margin. There is small fault in the marginat top, otherwise a fine and important block HK$25,000-30,000

1573 � �B 1ca. green in a block of six [3-23/9-24/20-5], large part original gum; some lightcreasing around the lower pair. A fresh and very important block from the foot of thesheet HK$40,000-50,000

1574 � 1ca. bright green, a horizontal strip of three [20-5-10] tied by neat“CUSTOMS/CHINKIANG” 1881 (8 Dec.) c.d.s. on large part “ON SERVICE” coverfront to Chunking; a few vertical creases, well away from the adhesives. A fresh andattractive strip from the foot of the sheet showing the right margin.A rare setting strip on cover HK$20,000-25,000

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1 Candareen, Setting III

1575 � �B 1ca. bright green [25/13] block of twenty from the foot of the sheet with the lowermargin, with full original gum; a couple of faint tone spots do not detract from thishighly important and desirable block. It is believed that only one complete sheetremains intact but is not so fine as this HK$400,000-500,000

1576 � �B 1ca. pale bright green [4-21/25-18] in an upper margin block of four, large partoriginal gum; part hinge remainder at top which reinforces a few split perforationsand there are a few light tone spots. A good positional block which is enhanced withthe margin HK$50,000-80,000


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1577 � 1ca. pale green [23] showing part “ON” watermark, part Peking seal; horizontalcrease at foot and the watermark has been pencilled over HK$5,000-6,000

1578 � 1ca. bright green showing part “KE” watermark, well centred and with lightShanghai seal HK$8,000-10,000

1579 � 1ca. full green showing part “ON” watermark; light seal cancellation; minor cornerbend HK$7,000-9,000

1580 � 1ca. pale green [8] showing part “TO” watermark, part original gum. Scarce unused HK$15,000-18,000

1581 � 1ca. green showing part “T” watermark, with a part and neat strike of Customs c.d.s.;pulled perf. at right HK$4,000-6,000

1582 � 1ca. deep green [20-6] with lower margin, the right stamp showing part “CK”watermark, cancelled by a light strike of Shanghai Customs 1882 (3 Aug.) c.d.s. inred. A scarce combination HK$25,000-30,000

1583 � 1ca. deep green showing part “CK/EN” watermark, cancelled by Peking seal in blue;good HK$8,000-10,000

1584 � 1ca. green [16] and [5] showing part “N C H” perfin (North China Herald), bothwith Shanghai seal cancellation in black. Unusual. (2) HK$3,000-4,000

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1585 A reconstruction of the setting which includes a vertical strip of three [11-16-3] withtop margin and Shanghai seal in black, horizontal pairs [4-21] with top margin andneat Shanghai Customs 1882 (24 Nov.) c.d.s., [22-17] with top margin andShanghai Customs 1882 (2 Oct.) c.d.s. in red, [23-10], [7-12] and [1-15] in palegreen with red Shanghai Customs c.d.s., vertical pairs with [18/14], [8/7] and[9/20] with indistinct reddish c.d.s.; [19] and [6] are unused. Mostly good to fineand some on thicker paper. (26) HK$60,000-80,000


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1 Candareen, Setting IV

1586 * 1883 (8 June) large part envelope to Munich, Germany bearing, on the reverse, anirregular block of six 1ca. green [19-24/3-25-18-16] with additional 3ca. thick papercancelled by Peking seal in blue and transit c.d.s. including “LINGE N/PAQ. FR. NO. 4”. Re-addressed on arrival to Erding. The French stamp on the address side hasbeen cut off and there are a few age marks.All multiples of Setting IV are scarce, larger multiples rare. This is still believed to bethe only cover bearing a multiple from this setting HK$100,000-120,000

PROVENANCE:Allen GoksonPaul Hock, October 1983

LITERATURE:James Whang, Large Dragon Covers, number 221

This is believed to be the earliest known cover bearing thick paper 1ca. and 3ca.

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1587 � �B 1ca. pale green in a block of twenty from the top of the sheet with margins on threesides, with full original gum, a few hinge remnants in the top margin and some lightageing. A fine and rare setting block.Only one complete sheet is recorded HK$400,000-500,000

1588 � �+ 1ca. pale green [9-8/13-6] in a lower left corner block of four, with full original gum;minor bend at top. An attractive and a good block from this scarce setting HK$60,000-80,000

For a used block of four, please see lot 1545

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1589 � �+ 1ca. light green in an irregular block of thirteen from the top of the sheet, withoriginal gum; clean cut perforations; a couple of light age marks and a hingereinforcement at left.

An important setting block; it is thought that there is one reconstructed sheet(without margins) in two blocks of ten and one complete sheet with roughperforations. HK$150,000-200,000

1590 � 1ca. light green [22-20] horizontal pair with right margin, unused with traces ofgum; clean cut perforations. A fresh and attractive pair from this setting HK$10,000-15,000


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1591 � 1ca. green shades, a large part used reconstruction of this setting comprisinghorizontal pairs (7) and a strip of three [13-23-6]. Mixed with either clean cut orrough perforations. All bearing seal cancellations in either black or blue. A goodreconstruction to attempt to complete. (17) HK$40,000-50,000

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1592 � �+ 1ca. deep green, rough perf. block of four [4-1/13-23] cancelled by two strikes ofShanghai seal in black with part 1886 (17 Dec.) Shanghai Customs c.d.s. Fresh andattractive HK$15,000-20,000

1593 � �+ 1ca. green [13-23/11-8] block of four cancelled by two good strikes of 1886 (3 July)Customs Chinkiang c.d.s. There is a tiny thin spot in the centre. Attractive HK$12,000-15,000

1594 � �+ 1ca. pale green [3-7/24-19] block of four, large part original gum. One pulled perf.at foot. A fresh and attractive multiple showing some of the later changes to theclichés including the bent upper right corner of [19] HK$25,000-30,000

1595 � 1ca. deep green [10-25] horizontal pair, rough perforations and cancelled by twostrikes of Peking seal in blue; fine. [25] shows breaks in the outer frame under “AN” HK$5,000-6,000

1596 � 1ca. green horizontal pair [10-25] with rough perforations, cancelled by Peking sealsin blue; faint tone spot in centre. Note that [25] now has the lower outer frame withthe breaks in the line repaired HK$4,000-6,000


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1597 � A range of shades from pale vermilion to brownish red from clichés [1], [12] showingdefective corner, [2] on thick paper and [4]; part to large part original gum, [4] islightly toned. (4) HK$8,000-10,000

1598 � 3ca. red [22] from Setting III showing the open top left corner; part original gum.A fine example of this later variety HK$3,000-4,000

1599 � 3ca. pale red [2] on very thin paper, large part original gum. Fresh and very fine HK$2,000-3,000

1600 � 3ca. brown-red [10] cancelled by Tientsin seal type B. Well centred and an unusuallydeep shade HK$1,000-1,500

1601 � �+ 3ca. vermilion-red block of four [23-18/19-20] from Setting III, neatly cancelled bytwo strikes of Peking seal in blue; a couple of minor tone spots, otherwise clean andfine HK$15,000-20,000

It is believed that there are no larger blocks recorded from settings III or IV

1602 * 1879 (3 Oct.) envelope to Shanghai “Pr ‘Kiangfoo’” bearing 3ca. scarlet-red [11]with left margin cancelled by a fine strike of “CUSTOMS/CHINKIANG” c.d.s. with theShanghai arrival for the following day in the lower left corner; some minor ageing.An attractive and early cover paying the short-lived 3ca. rate HK$30,000-40,000

PROVENANCE:Allen Gokson, 1944

LITERATURE:James Whang, The Large Dragon Covers, number 41

The 3 candareen rate was used in 1878 and 1879. Richard Pratt recorded twenty oneof these 3ca. covers, including fourteen from the Henry Everall collection

For other 3ca. covers from this period, please see lots 1570 and 1606

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1878 Thin Paper

3 Candareens, Setting I, Imperforate

1603 �P �B 3ca. vermilion-red in a complete sheet of twenty five from Setting I, including theweak corner [12] and showing patches of over inking, particularly on [18-20]. Withfull original gum and with some hinge remainders in the upper and lower margins.There is some trivial soiling in the lower margin but this does not detract from thisfine sheet HK$400,000-600,000

Complete imperforate sheets of the 3 candareens are not as scarce as the 1 candareen,however, it is thought that there may only be about eight complete sheets of the first settingextant

The sheets recorded areRichard Canmand and BeckermanPhilip IrelandSotheby and Corinphila, November 1998James Starr and ChowSir Percival David and ‘Twyste’Sir Percival David, January 1964A. Mocchi, October 1984Meiso Mizuhara


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1604 � �B 3ca. brownish red in a complete sheet of twenty five with full original gum. A fineand attractive sheet in a distinctive rich colour HK$200,000-250,000

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1605 � �B 3ca. bright red-brown in a sheet to twenty five from the first setting, with full originalgum. The margins have been a little reduced at top and foot, there is some lightoverall ageing and a couple of tone marks. A good sheet in this unusually deep colour HK$120,000-150,000

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3 Candareen, Early Inland Mail

1606 * 1879 (2 Apr.) opened out envelope from the Peruvian Legation in Peking bearing3ca. deep red [12] showing the weak corner positional variety, cancelled by Pekingseal in blue and bearing, on the reverse, “I.G. OF CUSTOMS/PEKING” c.d.s. in blue,Tientsin Customs c.d.s. (4.4) and (5.4) plus Shanghai Local Post arrival (10.4) andpencil delivery characters plus most of the legation red wax seal. A fine and appealingcover HK$80,000-100,000

PROVENANCE:Saul Newbury, February 1962Warren G. Kauder, November 1971

LITERATURE:Imperial China, History of the Posts to 1896, Major Richard Pratt(illustrated page 203)James Whang, The Large Dragon Covers, number 13

The 3 candareens rate was used in 1878 and 1879. Richard Pratt recorded twenty oneof these 3ca. covers, including fourteen from the Henry Everall collection

For other examples of this early 3ca. rate, please see lots 1570 and 1602


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3 Candareens, Overseas Mail

1607 * 1880 (27 Oct.) small envelope to Gloucester, England bearing, on the reverse, 3ca.vermilion-red pair [22-23] with 5ca. yellow [12] tied by “CUSTOMS/NEWCHWANG”c.d.s. and Gloucester Station arrival (14.12) with Hong Kong transit alongside(8.11); the address side with British Post Office Shanghai c.d.s. (4.11), unfortunatelythe Hong Kong stamp has been cut off. The envelope was a little roughly opened,nevertheless and attractive and appealing franking paying the 11 ca. rate HK$60,000-80,000


LITERATURE:James Whang, The Large Dragon Covers, number 84

The 11ca. rate was the premium rate to England via Brindisi in Italy, although there isno indication of this route written on the cover. This rate became effective from 15thNovember 1879

This cover was sent by the Winter Overland Service from Newchwang to Shanghai viaTientsin

It is believed that there are eight covers recorded bearing this franking. Another coverfrom the same writer, to Wakefield was sold in the Beckemann collection (May 1997),that example bearing the Hong Kong 10c. purple adhesive

3 Candareens, Incoming Mail

1608 * 1882 (21 June) envelope from Tokyoto the Japanese Legation in Pekingbearing 3ca. deep red [18] tied byTientsin seal type B with Tokyo c.d.s.at left, the sender’s seal in orange-vermilion and straight-line handstampin red alongside the adhesive; thereverse with “CUSTOMS/TIENTSIN”(4.7) c.d.s.; unfortunately the Japaneseadhesives have been cut off. Shows theaddress handstamp struck in redAn appealing and very desirableincoming cover paying the 3ca.internal rate HK$100,000-150,000

LITERATURE:The Revenue Surcharges China 1897,vol. II (illustrated page 920) James Whang, The Large DragonCovers, number 146

This is the only recorded incomingJapanese-Chinese combination.Additionally, incoming covers withLarge Dragon stamps affixed inTientsin are rare; James Whangrecorded only two such covers


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1609 � 3ca. reconstruction of this setting which includes three pairs, [17/6], [15-2] and[19/25], [8] and [5] with right margins and [14] and [12] apparently showing thelower margin. Some better postmarks including [5] with 1881 (12 Aug.) Customsc.d.s. (yeardate inverted) which is, apparently the earliest recorded date (this could besetting I, though the shade suggests the later setting), [23] with part “POSTOFFICE/CHINKIANG” c.d.s. plus others with Chinkiang c.d.s. Also [12] and [22] fromthe first setting showing the weak corner and unbroken corner. Generally good tofine. (27) HK$35,000-45,000

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1610 � �B 3ca. scarlet in a compete sheet of twenty, without margins as usual. With full originalgum showing the typical light gum ageing but still in brilliant condition for this sheet.The new cliché 26 is in position [10] HK$300,000-400,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Percival David, December 1964

It is thought that there are only five or six complete sheets of this setting

The other sheets areSir Percival David, July 1970Warren G. Kauder, November 1971,Paul Hock October 1983, A. Mocchi October 1984 and James WhangPhilip Ireland, May 1989 and Beckeman H.B.R. Clarke, April 1953


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1882 Wide Setting

3 Candareens, Setting VI

1611 � 3ca. shades in a reconstruction of this setting, includes three pairs [10-17], [11-3]and [14-6], the lower row cancelled by Customs Chinkiang c.d.s. Generally good tofine. Fresh. (15) HK$30,000-35,000

1612 � 3ca. brownish red [10] with upper margin and cancelled by part Tientsin type B seals.A good example on slightly bluish paper HK$1,500-2,000


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1613 � 3ca. a reconstructed sheet of singles stamps, one with fine Chinkiang Customs c.d.s.,two with top margin, good to fine. (15) HK$20,000-25,000

1614 � 1883 (21 Nov.) back of envelope to Cheltenham bearing 3ca. light red vertical stripof three [23/5/21] with small top and full bottom margin, tied by“CUSTOMS/NEWCHWANG” c.d.s., a light strike of Shanghai Customs c.d.s. in red,“LIGNE N/PAQ. FR. NO.10” c.d.s. and the Cheltenham arrival c.d.s. (7.1). The piecewith rough edges in places and some creasing away from the adhesives. Scarce to findthe wide settings with lower margin HK$30,000-40,000

PROVENANCE:Paul Hock, October 1983

Note that the companion strip [13/4/14] was on a similar piece sold in the JamesWhang sale in 1994 and another strip on cover back, with margins, in the Mocchi salein October 1984

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1615 * 1882 (10 Nov.) envelope to a German merchant in Tientsin bearing 3ca. brownishred tied by Peking seal in blue and bearing, on the reverse “I.G. OF CUSTOMS/PEKING”c.d.s. in blue with pencil delivery characters. The recipient’s name has been partlyremoved and covered over, otherwise a fine cover HK$25,000-30,000

Note that another cover from the same correspondence, dated 1882 (22 Nov.) was offeredin the Saul Newbury collection

PROVENANCE:C.S. Tsou


1616 * 1883 (27 Oct.) envelope from the Italian Consulate in Shanghai bearing wide margin3ca. red [19] tied by Shanghai seal in blue and bearing, on the reverse, CustomsShanghai c.d.s. in blue. A fine and attractive internal cover HK$25,000-30,000



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3 Candareens, Setting VIII

1617 � �+ 3ca. bright scarlet block of four [18-6/8-1], large part original gum. Well centredand brilliant colour. An extraordinarily fresh and desirable block HK$50,000-60,000


1618 � 3ca. scarlet-red horizontal pair [17-26] cancelled by a central strike of Peking seal inblue with part Customs c.d.s. across top right corner; a few short and one pulled perf.Fresh and fine appearance HK$5,000-6,000

3 Candareens, ‘Setting X’

1619 � 3ca. vermilion in a vertical strip of three [21/5/24] on piece and cancelled by Pekingseal in blue; [24] shows part of the right side margin. A very important setting pieceand the largest multiple recorded for this setting HK$20,000-30,000

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1620 � �B 3ca. vermilion and 3ca. red in blocks of fifteen and ten making a complete sheet ofthis setting with margins all round, large part original gum; a couple of tone spotsand light gum toning and some reinforced perforations between the second and thirdrows. An important lot as only one complete sheet is recorded HK$300,000-400,000


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1621 � �+ 3ca. deep red in a block of four [10-25/20-11] cancelled by two neat strikes ofPeking seal in blue; a couple of light tone spots and a few irregular perfs. A fresh block HK$20,000-25,000

1622 � �B 3ca. light red in a block of four [11-3/4-8] cancelled by Tientsin type E seal in darkblue with a part strike of 1886 Tientsin Customs c.d.s. across one corner; some tonespotting but still an appealing block HK$12,000-15,000

1623 � �B 3ca. dull red, two blocks of four which join to make the bottom two rows of thesheet, cancelled by faint 1888 (20 July) Customs Ningpo c.d.s. in pale bluish. Someminor ageing does not detract from this fine setting piece HK$60,000-80,000

It seems that a few sheets of Large Dragon stamps were cancelled by favour in Ningpo atthis time and similarly cancelled blocks of 1ca. and 3ca. may be found in past auctioncatalogues

For other blocks used on the same day, see lots 1543, 1545

3 Candareens, Setting XVI

1624 � �B 3ca. light vermilion in a block of eight [2-1/24-26/3-21/8-18], rough perforations,large part original gum. There are some hinge reinforcements along the centralperforations and the right perforations suggest this is the side of the sheet. A rare andhighly important setting block in the distinctive shade of this setting HK$150,000-200,000

PROVENANCE:Godfrey Mellor, May 1969

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1625 3ca. shades in a reconstruction of this setting including a vertical strip of three[17/25/11] and a vertical pair [26/21], the vertical strip of three with 1884 (5 Oct.)Customs Chinkiang c.d.s. and the pair with rough perforations and Tientsin sealcancel type E in blue. Five examples are with part original gum and two with redCustoms c.d.s., condition is mixed in places thought the multiples are good to fine. HK$25,000-30,000

The vetical strip of three is with the earliest recorded date known for this setting. Anexceptional multiple

For a mint block of four, please see lot 1546 and for an imperforate between pair, pleasesee lot 1640


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1626 � Two cover fronts to Peking, the first beaing 3ca. bright orange-vermilion [15]cancelled by a light strike of Tientsin type E seal in black.

1886 (2 Feb.) (received) mourning cover front bearing 3ca. scarlet-vermilion [15]tied by Shanghai seal in black. Both pieces with the name excised. The adhesives arein exceptionally bright, fresh colours HK$15,000-20,000


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1627 � 3ca. orange-red in a horizontal strip of four [21-8-26-1] cancelled by Newchwangc.d.s. (26 Sept.) without yeardate; a few irregular perforations. An important and raresetting piece being the largest recorded multiple of this setting HK$30,000-40,000


There is only one other strip of four recorded from this setting, coincidentally also the sameclichés, which was offered in the Philip Ireland and Beckeman collections. It has not beenestablished whether this is the top or lower row of this setting

This very scarce setting only seems to be found cancelled by Newchwang c.d.s. withoutyeardate and used between April and October, one pair also bears part of an arrivaldatestamp for 1885

1628 � 3ca. orange-red in a horizontal pair [17-18] cancelled by Newchwang (31 July) c.d.s.A few irregular perforations. Scarce. HK$12,000-15,000

3 Candareens, Setting XIV

1629 � 3ca. vermilion [4] showing the semi circle on the left inner frame line, part to largepart original gum. Well centred and a fine example of this popular late positionalvariety HK$15,000-20,000

3 Candareens, Setting XVI

1630 � ` 3ca. scarlet-vermilion in a horizontal strip of three [23-4-8], the central stampshowing the extra semi-circle variety, with rough perforations and cancelled byPeking seal in blue; [8] with part corner missing but still an important piece from thisscarce setting HK$15,000-20,000


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[19/1] [13/17] [9/4]

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1631 � 3ca. shades in a reconstruction of this setting, many multiples overlapping including[19/1], [13-14], [13/17], [18-1], [20/11/15], [9/4], [21-10] and [11-4/15-26]block of four; rough perforations and all with seal cancellations in either black orblue. A good reconstruction. (25) HK$50,000-60,000

1632 � 1886 (27 Sept.) 3ca. vermilion-red [15] cancelled by a fine strike of TientsinCustoms c.d.s. in grey-blue with part seal at left; cut from the sheet on three sides byscissors resulting in a stamp of generous proportions. Reported to be the earliest datefor this setting HK$5,000-8,000


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1633 � �B 3ca. vermilion-red in a block of six [23-1-19/14-18-1] with rough perforations andcancelled by Peking seals in blue. Exceptionally fresh and fine making a delightful andhighly appealing block HK$30,000-35,000


1634 � 3ca. pale red in a horizontal strip of three [21-10-11] rough perforations andcancelled by Tientsin seal in black; some tone spotting and a few irregularperforations HK$6,000-8,000


1635 � 3ca. vermilion in a horizontal strip of three [3-8-15] rough perforations andcancelled by two fine strike of Tientsin seal in dark blue; a few split perfs. at top witha slanting tear into the corner of [3]. Attractive HK$6,000-8,000


1636 � 3ca. vermilion-red in an irregular block of three [11/15-26] rough perforationscancelled by Peking seals in blue; [11] is thinned. Fresh and attractive HK$5,000-8,000

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1637 � 3ca. dull scarlet in a horizontal pair [10-25] with clean cut perforations, part originalgum. A few irregular perforations at foot. A rare and important setting pair, still onlysix positions have been identified from this setting HK$20,000-25,000


1638 � �+ 3ca. vermilion-red in a block of four [26-5/24-18] rough perforations, large partoriginal gum. A rare an highly important setting block. Only two unused blocksrecorded (both the same position) HK$60,000-80,000


The second block of four was offered in the James Starr and Beckeman collections


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1639 � 1ca. pale green [15/10] variety imperforate between, from Setting VII, large partoriginal gum on fresh white paper. There are two short perforations at top and oneat left. Very fresh and a fine example of this rare error. S.G. 7b, £95,000 HK$600,000-800,000

PROVENANCE:Adolphus Diercking, November 1956Warren G. Kauder, May 1972

There are only five pair recorded with perforations on all four sides

1640 � 3ca. brownish red [26/21] variety imperforate between, from Setting XII withclean cut perforations and light seal cancellations in black; there are a few irregularperforations and a light horizontal bend between the two stamps. One of the mostimportant varieties of the Large Dragons, only four imperforate between pairs of the3ca. recorded, all are used. S.G. 8d, £140,000 HK$1,000,000-1,500,000


This variety exists from two settings. Examples in this shade are from setting XII

Also [26/8?] Ferrari, Hind and Starr

The other examples are in a vermilion shade on rough perforated paper and are froman unknown setting

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1643 � 5ca. pale yellow [21] showing double impression at left, cancelled by part Tientsintype C seal in black. A couple of short perfs. at top. A dramatic and scarce stamp HK$80,000-100,000

PROVENANCE:Richard Canman, October 1972Paul Hock, October 1983


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5 Candareens

1641 � 5ca. in a group of four shades from lemon-yellow to orange-yellow, unused to largepart original gum. (4) HK$10,000-12,000

1642 � 5ca. ‘bistre’ [7] cancelled by part Tientsin seal type A; good to fine. CSS 3c HK$1,500-2,000

Wide Setting

1644 � 5ca. pale yellow [9] unused with traces of gum; tiny thin spot, well centred. Freshand fine appearance HK$30,000-40,000


1645 � 5ca. orange-yellow [15], large part original gum; faint tone spot at foot and smallpaper fault at top. Well centred and a good example of this stamp HK$40,000-50,000


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1878 Thin Paper5 Candareens, Setting I

1646 � �B 5ca. orange-yellow in a complete sheet of twenty five, with full original gum showinglight hinge marks in the margins only. The margins have been trimmed a fraction topand bottom, otherwise a superb sheet in this lovely resplendent colour HK$350,000-400,000


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1647 � 5ca. yellow in a reconstructed sheet of twenty five consisting of a strip of five [1-5],strip of three [6-8], pairs [11/16], [18-19], an irregular block of six [12-15/17, 20]and a strip of four [22-25] cancelled by either Peking or Tientsin seals in either blackor blue. Five stamps with side margins, generally good to fine. (25) HK$50,000-60,000



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1649 1651

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5 Candareens, Setting II

1648 � �+ 5ca. bright yellow in two blocks of four making an original fine used block of eight[5-4-12-8/24-13-6-19] with right margin, cancelled by light and neat strikes ofTientsin seal type B in black; there are a few light age marks on the left block,otherwise fresh. A choice and rare multiple HK$50,000-60,000

1649 � �+ 5ca. pale yellow block of four [23-25/2-9] cancelled by Tientsin seal type B in black;a few small tone spots and perf. reinforcement in centre, well centred and still a goodblock from this setting HK$20,000-25,000

1650 � �+ 5ca. bright yellow block of four [14-20/17-21] cancelled by a single and centralstrike of Peking seal in blue. An exceptionally fresh and fine block of outstandingquality HK$25,000-30,000

1651 � �B 5ca. pale yellow block of six [1-2-9/10-18-11] cancelled by Tientsin seal type C inblack. A good block with large perforation holes HK$40,000-50,000

1652 � 5ca. light yellow horizontal pair [3-25] cancelled by Tientsin seal in black with partCustoms c.d.s. for January; small tear to top of [25] HK$3,000-4,000

For other Setting II blocks of four, please see lots 1543 and 1557.

For a Setting II block used on cover, please see lot 1687


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1653 � 5ca. yellow-ochre in an irregular block of six [7-5/19-6/24/22] on original piececancelled by superb strikes of Newchwang 1883 (17 Feb.) Customs c.d.s. The blockhas been poorly cut from the parcel and the stamps with various faults includingbeing cut into. A good dated piece HK$30,000-40,000

1654 � �+ 5ca. yellow-ochre in a top margin block of four [4-12/20-13] cancelled by Shanghaiseals in black; showing significant portions of [23-15] below. There are numerouswrinkles and some reinforced perforations, [20] with defective corner and tear. A good setting multiple HK$40,000-50,000

1655 � �+ 5ca. pale yellow-ochre block of four [6-20/16-23] cancelled by Tientsin seals type Bin black; there is a light horizontal crease at foot, otherwise a fine and well centredblock HK$60,000-80,000

1656 � �+ 5ca. bright yellow-ochre block of four [24-16/22-1] cancelled by Shanghai seal inblue with part Customs c.d.s. at left; three stamps with tears of varying severity butstill with good visual appeal HK$25,000-30,000

1657 � 5ca. yellow-ochre horizontal pair [15-17] cancelled by Tientsin type E seal in black;left stamp with long repaired tear HK$4,000-6,000This pair was mistakenly attributed to [12-8] in the reconstruction

1658 � �+ 5ca. yellow block of four [15-17/9-21] cancelled by Tientsin type B seal; [21] withsmall pin hole in the margin and a repaired tear, a few reinforced perfs. at left. A beautiful and well centred block HK$40,000-60,000PROVENANCE:Sir David Roseway, November 1963Paul Hock, October 1983

1659 � �B 5ca. pale yellow-ochre in an irregular block of seven [1-2-9/10-18-11-3] cancelledby Chefoo seal in black; some clipped and trimmed perfs. at foot and some reinforcedperfs. A magnificent and very important multiple form this difficult setting HK$80,000-100,000

1660 � 5ca. pale yellow-ochre horizontal pair [3-25] cancelled by Tientsin type B seal; a fewweak perfs. between; fair to good HK$6,000-8,000

1661 � 5ca. yellow-ochre, two singles [2] and [14] cancelled by Tientsin type B seals inblack; the first with tone spot and slight thinning at top, the second is good to fine.(2) HK$4,000-5,000


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1662 � 5ca. pale lemon strip of four [7-19-11-22] cancelled by Peking seal in blue; a fewperforation irregularities and a few reinforced perforations in the centre and slightcreasing in the lower left corner. A fresh and striking multiple in an extremely brightshade HK$20,000-25,000

PROVENANCE:Godfrey Mellor, May 1969Paul Hock, October 1983

1663 � �B 5ca. bright pale lemon block of six [24-10-9/5-6-16] cancelled by Shanghai seals inblack; a few small perforation irregularities and some reinforced perforations. Freshand attractive HK$30,000-40,000

1664 � �B 5ca. bright pale lemon in an irregular block of nine [23-14-17-25/4-20-2-13-15]cancelled by blue Peking seals; some irregular perforations as is to be expected and afew perf. reinforcements. A large and important block. Signed Holcombe on thereverse HK$50,000-60,000


1665 � 5ca. lemon-yellow and chrome-yellow shades with [23/4] cancelled by Peking sealin blue, [4] is defective; also singles [3] (2), [7] (rough perfs.) and [22]; someimperfections in places. (6) HK$8,000-10,000


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1666 � �B 5ca. pale greenish lemon in a block of six [7-19/12-10/5-6] cancelled by bluePeking seals; small paper split to left of [5] and some perf. reinforcements. An attractive block. Signed Holcombe HK$30,000-40,000


1667 � �B 5ca. pale lemon block of six [5-6-16/23-14-17] cancelled by Shanghai seal in black;some clipped perfs. at right. Fresh and attractive HK$25,000-30,000


1668 � �B 5ca. pale lemon block of six [23-14-17/4-20-3] cancelled by fine strikes of Chefooseal in blue; some light horizontal wrinkling. A magnificent multiple HK$35,000-45,000



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5 Candareens, Setting VA

1669 � �B 5ca. lemon-yellow in a complete sheet of twenty, with full original gum; part hingeremainders at top and there is a small surface deposit on [17]. A fine and very raresheet in post office appearance. A highly important setting sheet without margins asare all the known sheets HK$500,000-600,000

The difference between Setting V and VA is seen on cliché [22]. It was during thisprinting that the two breaks in the left frame line appeared. Setting VA shows the brokenframe lines

Beckeman’s study found only two sheets of setting V and two of setting VA. Our surveyfound the following three setting V sheets (other than the setting VA offered here)

Sir Percival David, October 1967Warren Kauder, November 1971 and May 1972Philip Ireland, May 1989Beckeman, November 1996BeckemanLam Man YinA. Mocchi, October 1984



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1670 � 5ca. pale lemon strip of three [4-5-3] cancelled by neat Peking seal in blue, pulledperf. at left. Fresh and fine HK$10,000-15,000

1671 � 5ca. lemon-yellow vertical pair [6/9] with blue Peking seal cancellations; slightlyrough perforations; a couple of minor bends or wrinkles HK$5,000-6,000

1672 � �+ 5ca. bright pale lemon block of four [22-9/1-8] cancelled by light strikes of bluePeking seal. A superb block in a very vibrant shade from Setting V HK$20,000-25,000

1673 � 5ca. lemon-yellow horizontal pair [12-14] cancelled by Peking seal in blue; one shortperf. at right and a faint tone spot at top HK$5,000-6,000

1674 � �B 5ca. bright lemon-yellow in a block of six [15-17/10-21/7-2] cancelled by bluePeking seals; [15] with some perfs. torn off at left, otherwise fresh and fine HK$25,000-30,000

1675 � �B 5ca. in bright lemon in a block of six [12-14/15-17/10-21] cancelled by neat Pekingseals in blue; there is a light horizontal crease through the lower pair. A fresh and veryattractive block HK$30,000-40,000

1676 � 5ca. lemon-yellow in a vertical strip of three [22/1/16] showing the broken framelines of Setting VA, cancelled by Newchwang Customs c.d.s., 10 January, withoutyeardate, slightly rough perforations; a couple of imperfections, nevertheless a veryattractive strip HK$8,000-10,000

1677 � 5ca. in a small group with a horizontal pair [3-11] bearing Peking seals in blue(creased and soiled) plus two singles [3] (small thin) and [21] (some reperfing atright). (4) HK$2,000-2,500


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1678 � �+ 5ca. yellow block of four [7-24/15-1] rough perforations and cancelled by Pekingseal in deep blue; folded through the horizontal perfs. and some minor ageing HK$15,000-20,000

1679 � �+ 5ca. bright chrome-yellow in a block of four [24-8/1-9], rough perforations andcancelled by Shanghai seal in black; weak top right corner and a few minor perf.tones, otherwise and fine and striking block HK$20,000-25,000

1680 � �B 5ca. pale lemon in a spectacular block of fifteen [24-8-16/1-9-12/19-14-6/11-3-4/18-5-22] with clean cut perforations and neat strikes of the Shanghai seal inblack; the top right corner is blunted and there are some reinforced perforations inthe centre plus a couple of insignificant creases or wrinkles. A highly important blockfrom this setting, the largest extant used multiple of this setting with clean cutperforations HK$100,000-120,000

Some references are shown with the clichés [2] and [16] transposed. The correct order iswith [16] in the top right corner, as exemplified by this block


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1681 � A ‘reconstruction’ of this setting which includes the rough perforation block of four[17-7/10-22] and the irregular block of six [15-9/19-2-21-14] cancelled by Pekingseals in blue. The block of four is in a pale lemon shade, is fine and signed byHolcombe; the block of six in in chrome-yellow, there are a few perf. faults at top,otherwise fine. The single stamps have not been correctly identified and include onevery fine stamp cancelled by part “I.G. OF CUSTOMS/PEKING” c.d.s. HK$60,000-80,000

PROVENANCE:Paul Hock, October 1983 (both blocks)


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1682 * 1878 (20 Dec.) neat envelope from Warren, U.S.A. to Shanghai bearing 1875 5c.Taylor tied by the despatch duplex. The 5ca. inland mail is made up of 1ca. deepgreen [18] and [19] with 3ca. brownish red [15] with right margin (trimmed perfs.at foot) tied by “CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI” 1879 (6 Feb.) c.d.s. in red with a further, clearstrike on the lower corner.A delightful and very important cover with many desirable attributes including beingthe earliest incoming cover bearing Large Dragon stamps and the only 5ca. rate coverwith 1ca. and 3ca. franking.Believed to be the only incoming U.S. Plus Large Dragon combination coverAn exhibition item of the highest calibre HK$1,500,000-2,000,000

PROVENANCE:Warren G. Attwood, October 1952

LITERATURE:James Whang Large Drgon covers, number 5

The 5ca. rate was employed in 1878-79. Richard Pratt records thirteen covers, eightbeing internal covers addressed to Messrs Hall & Holtz. The 3ca. and 5ca. rates seemedto have been used at the same time and it is still unclear the exact reason for thedifference though it is believed that the 5ca. represents the inland registered rate

There are eleven Large Dragon covers relating to the U.S.A., only two of these areincoming

J.F. Oiesen joined the I.M.C. in July 1877

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British Post Office

1683 * 1880 (9 Mar.) opened-out envelope to Germany bearing, on the reverse, thin paper3ca. brown-red [16] with 5ca. yellow [2] cancelled by a single strike of the largeTientsin seal type B with the Customs despatch c.d.s. in black alongside plus CustomsShanghai (9.3), Hong Kong (15.3) and Ausg c.d.s. (24.4); the address side withHong Kong 1880 10c. on 12 c. tied by the “S1” obliterator in black with British PostOffice Shanghai c.d.s. (11.3). A fine cover paying the 8ca. rate to foreign countries.This is the earliest recorded date of use of any of the Hong Kong 1880 surchargestamps used outside of Hong Kong (these stamps were issued in Hong Kong on 1stMarch).Thought to be the earliest cover bearing Tientsin type B seal cancellation. HK$300,000-400,000

PROVENANCE:C.S. Tsou

LITERATURE:James Whang Large Dragon covers, number 58

There are only ten complete covers bearing Hong Kong stamps in combination withLarge Dragon stamps


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1684

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1684 * 1881 (5 Jan.) opened-out envelope from the British Legation in Peking toBlandford, Dorset bearing, on the reverse, 5ca. yellow [12-13] and [11] tied byPeking seal in blue and other transit marks of Customs Shanghai (29.1), Hong Kong(31.1) and Sturminster Newton (7.3); the address side with Hong Kong 1880 10c. on 12c. blue tied by “S1” obliterator with British Post Office Shanghai (27.1)c.d.s. alongside; one of the 5ca. just overlaps the edge of the envelope.

An unusual rate which is probable made up of 3ca. local delivery, 8ca. overseas viaBrindisi (making the premium 11c. rate) and 4ca. winter overland rate. An attractiveand appealing cover HK$200,000-250,000


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Japanese Post Office

1685 * 1881 (19 Jan.) opened-out envelope to U.S.A. bearing, on the reverse, 3ca. light red[8] and [9?] tied by a single strike of Peking seal in blue with “I.G. OFCUSTOMS/PEKING” despatch c.d.s. alongside, with Tientsin (20.1) and Shanghai (2.2)Customs c.d.s. Sent through the Japanese Post Office bearing 5s. Koban (2) tied bycork ‘cross road’ obliterators with “I.J. POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” c.d.s. andYokohama (11.2) transit, additional U.S. postmarks are on the reverse.

A double rate cover paying the internal rate; the Japanese stamps affixed at despatch HK$150,000-200,000

PROVENANCE:Saul Newbury, February 1962 C.S. Tsou



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1686 * 1881 (15 Mar.) opened-out envelope from the United States Consulate in Tientsinto North Carolina bearing, on the reverse, 1ca. green strip of three [18-19-20] withright margin cancelled by a light strike of Tientsin type B seal in black with theCustoms despatch c.d.s. alongside, tied by Shanghai Customs c.d.s. (19.3) and SanFrancisco transit (17.4), the address side with U.S. 1875 5c. Taylor tied by corkobliterator with “U.S.POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” type IIa c.d.s. alongside. Theenvelope has been marked “Immediate”. Fine and attractive.The 3ca. paying the internal post only, the international being prepaid by the U.S.stamp, applied at the time of posting.This is the earliest recorded outgoing combination of U.S. and Large Dragon stamps HK$200,000-250,000



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Ballaradcliffe House, Andreas, I.O.M.

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French Post Office

1687 * 1881 (6 Aug.) opened-out envelope to the Isle of Man bearing, on the reverse, 1c. yellow-green pair [11-12] with left margin and 5ca. light orange-yellow block offour [16-24/22-23] with left margin from Setting II tied by Customs Newchwangc.d.s. (yeardate inverted); the address side bearing France 35c. pair tied by “5104”gross chiffres obliterator with “SHANG-HAI/CHINE” c.d.s. (12.8) alongside with “MOD A PARIS” c.d.s. in red. The reverse with Shanghai Customs, Liverpool (26.9)and Ramsey c.d.s. The lower tip of the 1ca. stamps overlap the edge of the envelopeand there is some typical light soiling.An unusual and stunning franking paying double the 11ca. rate to U.K. via Brindisi.The 5ca. block is a rare multiple to find on cover HK$800,000-1,000,000


LITERATURE: James Whang Large Dragon covers, number 106

Note a similarly franked cover (one 1ca. cut off) from Newchwang to Cheltenham wasoffered in the Kauder and Whang auctions

The inverted year “18” for “81” is recorded used in August 1881


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1688 * 1881 (13 Sept.) opened-out envelope to Boston “Viâ San Francisco” bearing, on thereverse, 1ca. dark green strip of three [3-5] with right margin and 5ca. light orange-yellow pair [5-4] and single [8] with right margin from Setting II, cancelled byCustoms Newchwang c.d.s. with Shanghai Customs (19.9) alongside and tied by SanFrancisco and U.S. transit c.d.s.; the address side with 1875 Cherry Blossom 10s. ultramarine, syllabic 4, tied by cork crossroads obliterator with “I.J. POSTALAGENCY/SHANGHAI” (28.9) and Yokohama (11.10) c.d.s. A delightful and appealing 18ca. franking. Despite the normal size envelope, the 10s.franking indicates double rate (14ca.) and, although this seems very early in thewinter, there is an additional 4ca. winter rate. It is very unusual to find the Cherry Blossom stamps used on these coversThis is the only extant cover sent from Newchwang to U.S.A. HK$500,000-600,000




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1689 * 1881 (5 Dec.) envelope from the United States Consulate in Tientsin to Californiabearing, on the reverse, 1ca. pale green in a vertical pair [13/19] with right marginfrom Setting II with 5ca. orange-yellow [13] cancelled by Tientsin type B seal inblack, with Tientsin and Shanghai (9.12) Customs c.d.s. alongside. The address sidebearing Japan Koban 5s. brown tied by cork crossroads obliterator with “I.J. POSTALAGENCY/SHANGHAI” c.d.s. (14.12) and Yokohama c.d.s (26.12) with further SanFrancisco transit (11.1) on the reverse. Some light soiling and small fragment of theflap missing.

An attractive 7ca. franking to America HK$200,000-250,000



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S.S. City of ‘Peking’ at Pier 42, North River, New York in 1874

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1690 * 1882 (30 Aug.) opened-out envelope to U.S.A. “Via San Francisco. Per S.S. City ofPeking” bearing, on the reverse, wide setting 1ca. deep green pair [7-12] fromSetting III with 5ca. buff-yellow [25] cancelled by a fine strike of Tientsin type B sealin black with the despatch c.d.s. alongside with faint Customs Shanghai c.d.s. (3.9)in red. The address side with U.S.A. Taylor 5c. blue cancelled by segmented corkobliterator with a faint strike of “U.S. POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” type IIb c.d.s. (anoffset ties the adhesived on the reverse) and with San Francisco (13.10) and Westfield(20.10) c.d.s. on the reverse.

Very fine and attractive, fully prepaid (7ca.) at Tientsin HK$300,000-400,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Percival David, February 1975




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1691

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Incoming Mail via the British Post Office

1691 * 1882 (16 Sept.) opened-out envelope to Imperial Customs, Shanghai (recipient’sname excised) bearing Great Britain 1881 1d. lilac with 1880-83 4d. brown (perfin“S/CLS/S”) tied by London “SW 51” duplex with wide setting 3ca. vermilion-red[19] showing broken claw tied by “CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI” c.d.s. in bright red (2.11)with a further strike on the reverse along with Hong Kong transit (28.10). A rare andappealing incoming cover with 3ca. paying the internal postage. Scarce use of the wide margin stamp on an incoming letter HK$150,000-200,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Percival David, November 1965

LITERATURE: James Whang Large Dragon Covers, number 162


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French Post Office

1692 * 1883 (13 Jan.) opened-out envelope to Exeter bearing, on the reverse, wide margins3ca. red [17] with part top margin, 5ca. light orange-yellow [6] with thick paper 1ca.emerald-green [20] of Setting VI or VII with wide right margin tied by good strikesof Customs Newchwang c.d.s., Customs Tientsin (20.1), Customs Shanghai in red(5.2) and Exeter arrival (19.3); the address side with France 25c. tied by “SHANG-HAI/CHINE” c.d.s. (7.2) with a second strike alongside. Some thin paperreinforcements at side and along part of the fold. A good cover with all three valuesand scarce use of the wide margin 5ca. on cover.

Paying the single rate 9ca. to Europe which was increased in the 1882 postal tarriffs HK$300,000-400,000

PROVENANCE:C.S. Tsou, 1972


Note that the ink on the 1ca. stamp is quite shiny

Part of the Bandinel correspondence. Rev. James Bandinel was born in 1814 in London,the only son of James Bandinel, of the foreign office, and Marian Eliza Hunter. Poorhealth led Bandinel to give up his living and retire to Exeter where he died in 1893.



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1693 * 1883 (23 Feb.) opened-out envelope to New York “Via Japan” bearing, on thereverse, wide margin 3ca. red [13] tied by blue Peking seal with the despatch c.d.s.alongside, faint Tientsin (6.3) and Shanghai (11.3) with New York arrival duplex(21.4); the address side with Japan Koban 5s. brown cancelled by cork crossroadsobliterator with “I.J.POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” (14.3) and Yokohama thimble(22.3) c.d.s. Good to fine with the 3ca. paying the internal rate with the Japanese stamp appliedbefore departure HK$100,000-150,000


Note that the Customs Shanghai c.d.s. is black insead of the normal red


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French Post Office

1694 * 1883 (28 Feb.) opened-out envelope to Oxford bearing, on the reverse, wide margin3ca. dull scarlet [16] cancelled by a central strike of Chefoo seal in black with thedespatch c.d.s. alongside, Customs Shanghai (2.3) in red plus Oxford arrival (16.4);the address side with France 25c. (showing a dramatic pre-printing fold) tied by aslightly smudged strike of “SHANG-HAI/CHINE” c.d.s. with a second strike alongside.Fine and scarce mail from Chefoo.The 3ca. pays the internal rate, the French stamps applied by the sender.This is the earliest recorded Large Dragon combination cover sent from Chefoo HK$250,000-300,000




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1695 * 1884 (29 Aug.) opened out envelope to Paris bearing official “I.G./Mail Matter” inoval in blue partly covered by French 25c. cancelled by part “SHANG-HAI/CHINE”c.d.s. (8.9) with a second strike alongside and bearing, on the reverse, the despatchc.d.s., Customs Shanghai (4.9) and Paris arrival. There is also thick paper 3ca.orange-vermilion [11] cancelled by blue Peking seal but this does not belong to theenvelope and the edge of the postmark filled in with blue crayon HK$10,000-20,000


Note that this cover was sent by Mr G. Vapereau, see also lots 1507-1509


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1885-88 THE SMALL DRAGON ISSUE

The printing plates of the Large Dragon stamps began to wear and needed replacing;here was an opportunity to introduce a more conventional size stamp.

The design is very similar to the first issue, though with more detail on the dragon. At the same time, watermarked paper was introduced as an additional security measure.The watermark was the ta-chi symbol, which remained in use until 1902.

The Small Dragon stamps were issued in November 1885

The new stamps were printed in sheets of forty, divided into two panes. Similar to theLarge Dragon stamps, the sheets were constructed of individual clichés which were fixedtogether. These printing plates were periodically cleaned and the sheets are found inseveral different settings, or arrangements of the individual clichés

1696 � 1ca. green, 3ca. mauve and 5ca. olive-yellow, three unused sets from both perforationsizes with clean cut and rough perforation on the perf.121⁄2; most are part to largepart original gum. Generally fresh and clean. S.G. 10-15; Chan 13-31. (9) HK$5,000-8,000

Numbers issued1 candareen 508,6773 candareen 850,7115 candareen 348,161


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1697 �P �B 3ca. pale lilac-mauve in a complete imperforate pane of twenty, left pane Setting VIII;without gum. A scarce proof which is rare as a complete pane HK$150,000-200,000

These proofs were produced on either gummed or ungummed paper. One complete pane,also from Setting VIII, was sold in the Starr auction in 1991 and a pane of twenty(gummed paper) in the M.D. Chow sale in 1996


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1698 * 1886 (4 May) commercial envelope to Bordeaux “Via Brindisi” bearing, on thereverse, 3ca. mauve (original defect at foot), paying the internal rate, tied by Pekingseal in blue with the despatch c.d.s. alongside, also with Customs Tientsin (5.5) andShanghai (10.5) and Bordeaux arrival (26.6); the address side with France 25c.(defect) applied by the sender and tied by “SHANG-HAI/CHINE” c.d.s. with “MODANEA PARIS” transit c.d.s. (25.6) in red. The envelope with central vertical fold and is alittle soiled in places. A very early Small Dragon combination cover HK$40,000-50,000

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1699 * 1888 (23 Jan.) opened-out envelope to Paris bearing, on the reverse, 1ca. green onyellowish, 3ca. lilac (with interpanneau margin at left) used in combination withLarge Dragon 5ca. bright orange-yellow [18] with wide margins, cancelled by twostrikes of the Peking seal in grey-blue with a fine strike of the “I.G. OFCUSTOMS/PEKING” type 2 despatch c.d.s. (with serif letters) alongside, with CustomsShanghai (7.2) c.d.s. and the adhesives tied by two Paris c.d.s. (8.3); the address sidewith France 25c. tied by “SHANG-HAI/CHINE” c.d.s. with “MODANE A PARIS” transitin red. There is a tiny fault at the top of the envelope, otherwise exceptionally freshand fine.Paying the 9ca. rate to Europe.A cover of considerable beauty and importance. A magnificent and very rare three-colour combination of first and second issues. Very few Large and Small Dragoncombination covers are known, this being even more desirable as it includes the widemargin 5ca.An exhibition item if the highest calibre HK$1,000,000-1,200,000


Early use of this Customs Peking datestamp which was only employed between January1888 and April 1889


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1700 * 1890 (8 Jan.) opened-out envelope to Vermont, U.S.A. bearing, on the reverse, 3ca. pale purple tied by Peking seal in blue with the despatch c.d.s. alongside, withCustoms Tientsin (9.1) and Shanghai (23.1) with San Francisco and Rutland arrival;the address side with U.S. 1887-88 Garfield 5c. indigo with black bars cancellationwith the double-oval “U.S. POSTAL AGENCY/SHANGHAI” dated oval in purple (31.1)alongside. A little roughly opened at top and some strengthening on the reversearound the adhesive, nevertheless a clean and attractive cover.The 3ca. only covered the inland mail, the U.S. stamp also affixed by the sender HK$50,000-60,000

There are only about twenty U.S. combination covers recorded


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French Post Office

1701 * 1890 (7 Sept.) large envelope registered to Germany bearing, on the reverse, 1ca.,3ca. (4) and 5ca. (13) cancelled or tied by Tientsin seal in violet with the despatchc.d.s. alongside. The 5ca. include an interpanneau block of twelve from Setting X.With Shanghai Customs (12.9) and Berlin arrival (21.10) alongside. The address sidewith France 1f. Peace and Commerce tied by “SHANG-HAI/CHINE” c.d.s. (the 25c.has been removed; the envelope has been reduced on the open side and there are twovertical creases, one going through the adhesives. An incredible 72ca. franking being eight times rate plus 6ca. registered HK$150,000-200,000



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French Post Office

1702 * 1892 (11 May) opened out (and rejoined) envelope registered to Paris bearing, onthe reverse, 5ca. yellow-ochre (3) tied respectively by Peking seal in blue, Customsc.d.s. and the Peking boxed registered handstamp with Customs Shanghai (15.5) andFrance c.d.s. alongside. The address side with two France 25c. tied by “SHANG-HAI/CHINE” c.d.s. and the Peking boxed registered handstamp with the Frenchboxed “R” in red and “MODANE A PARIS” transit c.d.s. (25.6). Fresh and fine,Paying the 9ca. international rate plus 6ca. registration. HK$50,000-60,000



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1703

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1703 * 1894 (22 July) opened-out envelope registered from the U.S. Consulate in Tientsinto New Hampshire “Via Yokohama” bearing, on the reverse, 3ca. reddish purpleblock of four cancelled by Tientsin seal in script writing in black with the despatchc.d.s. alongside plus Customs Shanghai (26.7) in blue, Yokohama (1.8), Montreal(23.8), large oval Boston registered (24.8) and Nashua arrival datestamps; theaddress side with Japan Koban 5s. and 10s. tied by “I.J.P.O. SHANGHAI/MEIJI 27” c.d.s.with red “R” in oval and I.J.P.O. registration label. A fine cover and an unusual routevia Montreal and Boston. The script obliterator is quite scarce.Pays 12ca. being 6ca. rate to U.S.A. via Japan plus 6ca. registration HK$60,000-80,000

PROVENANCE:Robson Lowe auction, March 1974



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1894 DOWAGER ISSUE

The 1, 3 and 5 candareen values proved to be inadequate to cope with the increase in the amount of mail beingsent through the Customs Post. Additional values were required and Sir Robert Hart, the Inspector General ofthe Imperial Maritime Customs, suggested a completely new set of stamps. The proposed issue was to consist of

nine stamps with values up to 24 candareens. November 7th 1894 was the 60th birthday of the EmpressDowager and it seemed appropriate to have the new stamps issued in time to commemorate this event.

Mr R.A. de Villard, a French designer working for the Statistical Department of Customs, was appointed tocreate the designs. He had previously been involved with the design and printing of some of the Shanghai Local

Post stamps, so was well qualified for this task

The first ever commemorative stamp had been issued in 1891 by Hong Kong, therefore it is tempting to thinkof this set as a commemorative issue. However, although this set was issued to coincide with the Empress

Dowager’s birthday, it is more of a celebration issue

1704 � 1ca. to 24ca. set of nine with some additional shades; part to large part original gum,most are fresh with vibrant colours. There are some varieties including 9ca. dot byfun [12] (all panes), dots to left of fun [1] (all panes), 12ca. retouched corners and24ca. with watermark almost omitted. (13) HK$15,000-20,000

The Nummber of stamps issued are1ca. 100,0772ca. 78,4043ca. 188,4944ca. 44,6895ca. 32,7796ca. 54,2479ca. 56,18212ca. 33,50924ca. 34,035


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1709 1710 1711

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Second Printing

1705 � 1ca. bright orange, 2ca. bright yellow-orange, 3ca. bright lemon and 4ca. pale rose-pink, part to large part original gum; generally well centred, 3ca. and 4ca. with extrawide margins at right. Fresh and especially fine. (4) HK$15,000-20,000

1706 � 3ca. bright lemon, large part original gum; with large interpanneau margin at footand showing the lower perforations quite high which is typical on this value. Freshand fine HK$4,000-6,000

1707 � 5ca. bright yellow, lightly mounted large part original gum, from the lower rightcorner with interpanneau margins; a few short perfs. in the right margin. Very wellcentred and exceptionally fresh; an exquisite example of this stamp. Signed A.Diena HK$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Percival David, June 1966

1708 � �+ 6ca. red-brown in a right interpanneau margin block of four, large part original gum.Well centred and a very fine multiple HK$25,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Percival David, January 1964

1709 � 9ca. apple-green with top sheet margin, large part original gum, mounted in themargin only; a few faint tones in the margin. Well centred and a fine example of thisstamp. Signed A.Diena HK$20,000-25,000


1710 � 12ca. orange-yellow with interpanneau margin at top, with full original gum,mounted in the margin only. Well centred and very fine. A superb example of thisscarce stamp. Signed A.Diena HK$30,000-35,000


1711 � 24ca. carmine-red, large part original gum; with exceptionally large even margins allround, which is very unusual for this value. A magnificent and delightful stamp,Signed A.Diena HK$15,000-20,000


It is estimated that about 300 each of the low values and 180 of each high value werereleased

First Printing

1712 � 12ca. yellow and 24ca. pale rose-red; first with traces of gum, 24ca. part to large partoriginal gum and fresh. (2) HK$5,000-8,000


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Covers


1713 * 1896 (6 Aug.) commercial envelope to San Francisco bearing 3ca. orange-yellow and9ca. bright green cancelled by Tientsin seal in blue with pair of Japan 1894Emperor’s Silver Wedding 5s. ultramarine tied by “SHANGHAI/I.J.P.O.” c.d.s., thereverse with Customs Tientsin and Shanghai (22.8) c.d.s., Yokohama (4.9) and SanFrancisco arrival (22.9) c.d.s. Some light soiling and corner imperfections it top left. A good cover paying the double 6ca. rate to U.S.A. via Japan. R.Calves guaranteehandstamp HK$40,000-60,000


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French Post Office

1714 � 1896 (“13” Nov.) cover front registered from the French Legation to France bearing9ca. bright green and vertical pair of 24ca. deep red (pane 4 [5/10] showing breakin frame above “Cn” [10]) cancelled by Peking seal in blue with France “Chine” 1f.and 75c. alongside tied by “SHANG-HAI/CHINE” c.d.s. (20.11) with Peking straight-line “REGISTERED” in blue and French “R” in square in red. Some creases, oneaffecting the 9ca. adhesive and some arrival notes written on the address. Letter 32from the Berteaux correspondence.A magnificent triple 9ca. rate plus 6ca. registration. It is thought that there are onlytwo other covers bearing multiples of the 24ca. stamp HK$30,000-50,000


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CUSTOMS POST IN KOREA

1885-88 Small Dragon

1715 � �B Seoul: 1891 (25 June) 3ca. pale reddish lilac in a block of nine with interpanneaumargin at right cancelled by light yet clear strikes of “H.O. OF CUSTOMS/SEOUL”double-ring c.d.s. in purple. The top left corner stamp with some defects,nevertheless a rare and important block being a very early date of use HK$10,000-15,000

1894 Dowager Empress

1716 � Seoul: A small group with 3ca. on piece tied by 1893 (1 May) c.d.s. with partTientsin Dollar chop in blue on part of flap, 6ca. rejoined pair with 1898 (19 Jan.)c.d.s. and 9ca. with part 1892 (21 Dec.) c.d.s. Fair to fine. (4) HK$3,000-4,000


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Unoverprinted

1717 � 3c. red lightly mounted with full original gum; brilliant rich colour and superbcentring; there are a few patches of dried gum. A stunning example of this rare andbeautiful stamp; without doubt one of the best centred of these stamps HK$250,000-300,000

1718 � �+ 3c. red in a top margin block of four [7-8/17-18], lightly mounted with full originalgum; there are a couple of small thin spots where old hinges have been removedwhich are confined to [7] and [18]. A beautiful and fresh block in a very rich colourand a worthy addition to any collection or exhibit HK$1,200,000-1,500,000

PROVENANCE:Sir Percival David, March 1975

LITERATURE:The Revenue Surcharges of China 1897 (vol. I), page 2 (illustrated)

Approximately eighty unsurcharged 3c. stamps have been recorded. We record only threeblocks of four and two blocks of six. A larger block has been discovered but the conditionof this is very poor


1897 REVENUE SURCHARGES

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1719 1720

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The Small One Dollar

1719 � $1 on 3c. red [1] large part original gum, bright colour on white paper; there are afew light perf. tones which are of little consequence and an old hinge mark is apparenton the reverse. There is a thin spot under yu. A good example of this legendary rarity.

The basic stamps shows the characteristic weakness near the foot of the left outerframe line, which confirms this as position [6] on the original sheet, or the first stampof the pane of twenty five. On this example the letter “a” of “dollar” is broken,though it is difficult to be sure if this is a constant positional variety or a local failureof the printing. The break in the character cheng is fairly normal though morepronounced by the white part of the design underneath; there is also a spur or dottowards the foot of the character ta. HK$1,200,000-1,500,000

PROVENANCE:Adolphus Diercking, November 1956Warren G. Kauder, November 1971

REFERENCES:Number A-12 in Huang Kuang Sheng, A Treatise on the extant copies of the SmallOne Dollar, 1975Type I 8 in The Revenue Surcharges China 1897, 1987

Two panes, or fifty stamps, were produced. One pane was acquired by a collector (deVillard?) and all twenty five have been recorded. The second pane was sold at a post officeand several of these have been lost. This second pane is easily identifiable as the surchargeis much higher. Both of these panes come from the top right quarter of the originalunsurcharged sheet of one hundred.

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The Small One Dollar

1720 � $1 on 3c. red [2] part to large part original gum with part hinge remainders at top.Fresh, bright colour on white paper; there is small patch at the top of the stamp whichshows slightly greater transparency. It is difficult to tell whether this is a slightthinning of the paper or a small area where oil from the hinges has affected the paper.This does not detract from its magnificent appearance. A very good example of thislegendary rarity.There is a dot joining the central parts of the character one. HK$2,000,000-2,500,000

PROVENANCE:McCleaveW. K. Gee, 1957

REFERENCES:Number A-19 in Huang Kuang Sheng, A Treatise on the extant copies of the SmallOne Dollar, 1975Type III 8 in The Revenue Surcharges China 1897, 1987

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1721 � A group with 1c. [8], both 2c. [7] broken kun and [9] and 4c. [21] on 3c. red, partto large part original gum. Good appearance. (4) HK$5,000-6,000

1722 � A group with 1c. [13], both 2c. [2] (torn) and [9] and 4c. [3] on 3c. red, neatcancellations, 4c. bearing Shanghai bilingual c.d.s. in blue. (4) HK$2,500-3,000

1723 � $1 on 3c. red [11] large part original gum. Wide margin at right. Very fresh and fine,a delightful stamp which is lightly mounted HK$25,000-30,000

1724 � $1 on 3c. red [16] tied on registered piece by a full strike of Woosung bilingual c.d.s.,1899 (19 June). The stamp with traces of the left margin. A rare postmark onRevenue Surcharge stamps, particularly on the $1 value (the earliest recorded date ofthis postmark being 2 May 1899) Photo on page 230 HK$30,000-40,000

1725 � $5 on 3c. red [23] large part original gum; unusually well centred for this stamp.There is a small thin spot at top, lightly mounted, fresh and particularly attractive HK$200,000-250,000

1726 � $5 on 3c. red [14] cancelled by a part strike of Dollar chop; centred well to left andshowing fragments of the stamp on the right. Fresh. F.Z.Chun handstamp on thereverse HK$150,000-200,000

1727 � Small 4c. on 3c. red [11] from pane i, part original gum; hinge remainder. Fresh,bright colour and well centred on white paper. A very attractive example of this scarcestamp HK$150,000-180,000


1728 � Small 4c. on 3c. red [18] from pane l (the used pane) with part Shanghai Dollar chopdated 1898 (17 Mar.); bright colour and very fine. Rare and desirable used in suchfine condition HK$180,000-240,000


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One Dollar Reconstruction

1729 � $1 on 3c. red a large part reconstruction of twenty five stamps, missing posititions[10] and [21] but with additional [12] and [25]; a few imperfections but a clean andfresh group.

[1] without gum, fresh and fine; [2] part original gum; [3] without gum; [4] partoriginal gum; [5] large part original gum, wide side margins; [6] part original gum;[7] part original gum, old hinge remainders; [8] and [9] part original gum; [11]regummed; [12] both part original gum; [13] large part original gum; [14] part tolarge part original gum, fresh and well centred; [15] without gum; [16] part originalgum; fresh white paper; [17], [18], [19] and [20] part original gum; [22] withoutgum trimmed perfs. from the bottom of the pane; [23] without gum; [24] partoriginal gum. [25] both part to large part original gum, one with some clipped perfs.at foot HK$300,000-400,000




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Small Two Cent Surcharge Errors

1730 � 2c. on 3c. red [7] variety surcharge double; part to large part original gum showingthe wide top and bottom margins from the upper row. A fresh example on whitepaper. A rare stamp with only twenty examples sold. S.G. 93b, £100,000; Chan 84q HK$600,000-800,000

PROVENANCE:Robert C.H. Lee, November 1963Warren G. Kauder, November 1971

LITERATURE:The Revenue Surcharges of China 1897, volume 1, 1984; illustrated (page 18)

This error was made on the top two rows on sheet “1000”, all twenty stamps have beenidentified

1731 � �+ 2c. on 3c. red variety surcharge inverted, surcharge [9/20] block of four, part tolarge part original gum; some adherences on the gum where this block had becomestuck to the sheet below and there are a couple of small thins; some hinge remnantsalso strengthen some split perforations. An exceptionally well centred block withfresh colour and white paper. Only nine blocks of four recorded. S.G. 93a, £192,000;Chan 84i HK$600,000-800,000


It is estimated that 180 stamps were issued, these derive from sheets “1004” and “1245”.The colour and centring suggests that this block came from sheet “1004”

1732 � 2c. on 3c. red variety surcharge inverted [5] with comma for stop, cancelled by pa-kua (Canton or Swatow?); diagonal crease. S.G. 93a, £40,000 HK$80,000-100,000

1733 � 2c. on 3c. red variety surcharge double, inverted [11-12] rejoined pair, part originalgum; hinge remainders; a couple of patches of dry gum and there is a tiny thin spot.Strong colour and bright paper colour, showing the centring associated with the leftside of this sheet. A highly desirable and important multiple, the only recorded pairof this variety. Only eleven examples have been recorded of this error from theoriginal setting of twenty. S.G. 93c, £400,000; Chan 84r HK$1,500,000-2,000,000


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Small Four Cents Surcharge Double

1734 � 4c. on 3c. red [11] variety surcharge double in violet and in black, part originalgum. Centred slightly left as are all stamps from the left side of the pane, fresh colourand white paper. There are a few patches of thinned gum with a couple of spots whichgo into the paper. The stamp shows the small plate scratch outside the lower leftcorner of sheet position [26]. Holcombe signature and Senf handstamp on thereverse.Only one pane of twenty five stamps was printed. There are only 17 unused and 4 used stamps recorded. An important rarity of the Revenue Surcharge issue. S.G. 94a, £250,000; Chan 85a HK$500,000-600,000

Five Dollars Surcharge Inverted

1735 � $5 on 3c. red [2], unused and regummed. Bright colour and very well centred forthis value. A fine example of this variety. S.G. 92a, £225,000; Chan 91a HK$300,000-400,000




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Covers


1736 * 1897 (23 Mar.) opened-out envelope registered to Yokohama bearing, on thereverse, Revenue Surcharge 1c. (2) and Small Figures 2c. vertical pair used incombination with Dowager Small Figures 1⁄2c. on 3ca. pair and 4c. on 4ca. (2) andSmall Figures 5c. on Small Dragon 5ca., all tied by fine strikes of“CUSTOMS/HANKOW” c.d.s. with Shanghai Customs c.d.s. (26.3) alongside. Theaddress side with a faint strike of Hankow large “R” struck in red with Japan Koban5s. and 10s. applied each side tied by “SHANGHAI/J.P.O” single-ring c.d.s. (28.3), theassociated red registration label, Yokohama arrival (3.4) and a further Hankowdespatch. Paying the correct 10c. plus 10c. registration.A magnificent and beautiful franking with all of the stamps displaying particularly richcolours.The only registered Revenue Surcharge cover from Hankow to Japan and one of onlythree such overseas covers cancelled by the Hankow Customs c.d.s. The SmallDragon surcharged stamp is very scarce used in combination with the RevenueSurcharged stamps HK$100,000-120,000

LITERATURE:The Illustrated Covers ... of Revenue Surcharges, Benjamin Y.K. Hwa, 2003 (page 68)



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French Post O ffice

1737 * 1897 (30 Apr.) illustrated ladies envelope in gold and red registered to Austriabearing Revenue Surcharge 1c. tied by Peking pa-kua in blue with“CUSTOMS/PEKING” type III c.d.s. and bearing fabulous strikes of bilingual “PAID”handstamp and large “R” in black, France “Chine” 50c. tied by “SHANG-HAI/CHINE”c.d.s. with a second strike over the Peking datestamp, and the French “R”registration handstamp in red. The reverse with Customs Shanghai (9.5), “LIGNEN/PAQ. FR. NO.1” and part Graz arrival; there are three repair patches on the reverse.A remarkable envelope being the only example bearing a Revenue cancelled byPeking pa-kua additionally this is the only combination with the Paid handstamp HK$80,000-100,000


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1738 * 1897 (7 May) envelope to I.M. Customs, Canton bearing vertical pair of Large 2c.on 3c. tied by a good strike of Customs Shanghai c.d.s. and, bearing on the reverse,a good strike of the large double-oval “IMPERIAL POST OFFICE/CANTON” dated oval(13.5) in bluish and delivery characters. The envelope has a couple of folding creasesat the very left and top. Fresh and attractive. The Canton oval datestamp is extremelyscarce HK$40,000-50,000


1739 * 1897 (23 Aug.) red band envelope to Canton bearing, on the reverse, Large Figures2c. with Dowager Small Figures 8c. on 6ca. pair tied by Hankow Dollar chop withfaint Canton Dollar chop alongside (1.9) and a fine strike of straight-line PostageAlready Paid in Hankow struck in red. A high franking internal cover HK$40,000-50,000




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1740 * 1897 (15 July) opened-out envelope to U.S.A. “via Japan” bearing 1c. on 3c. withvertical pair of Large Figures, Narrow Setting 2c. on 2ca. yellow-olive tied byFoochow Dollar chops, with Japan 5s. Koban alongside tied by “SHANGHAI/J.P.O.”c.d.s.; the reverse bearing Shanghai Dollar chop (17.7), Yokohama (24.7) Boston(15.8) and New Lenox arrival. A fresh and attractive cover.One of only nine Revenue Surcharge covers cancelled by the Foochow Dollar chop. HK$60,000-80,000


Paying the 5c. rate to U.S.A. via Japan which was employed until 30 September 1897

French Post Office

1741 * 1897 (6 Oct.) underpaid envelope to Berlin bearing 1c. on 3c. [20] and Small 2c. on3c. horizontal pair [1-2] tied by Chinkiang Dollar chop with France “Chine” 25c.alongside tied by “SHANG-HAI/CHINE” c.d.s., the reverse with smudged ShanghaiDollar chop in blue-black (7.10), “LIGNE N/PAQ. FR. NO.2” c.d.s. and German arrival.Clean and fine.A very scarce 5c. franking and one of only two overseas covers with the ChinkiangDollar chop (there are only 5 Chinkiang covers in total) HK$80,000-100,000

PROVENANCE:Brum Pedersen, February 1980

LITERATURE: The Illustrated Covers ... of Revenue Surcharges, Benjamin Y.K. Hwa, 2003 (page 297)

Prior to 1st October 1897 covers franked with 5c. were almost all via the Japanese PostOffice to either Japan or U.S.A. This cover was sent via the French Post Office toGermany. The Foreign Post Office collected 5c. silver dollar for a 25c. French stamp, thusany mail with 5c. shortage was accepted by the Chinese Post Office



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German Post Office

1742 * 1897 (21 Sept.) opened-out envelope to Berlin bearing, on the reverse, Small Figures2c. on 3c. with Large Figures 2c. on 3c. vertical pair and 4c. on 3c. tied by superbstrikes of Hankow pa-kua in black with Shanghai Dollar chop (24.9) and Berlinarrival alongside; the address side with Germany 20pf. tied by Shanghai c.d.s. and agood strike of the Hankow Dollar chop. Fresh and fine.A highly desirable cover bearing the three-value franking on the reverse paying the10c. international rate.This is the only Revenue Surcharge cover cancelled by the Hankow pa-kua. Both theSmall 2c. and the 4c. stamps are very scarce used in Hankow HK$100,000-120,000




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1743 * 1898 (18 Jan.) opened-out envelope to U.S.A. bearing 1c. on 3c. strip of four [6-10] with I.C.P. 10c. tied by Tangshan Post Office c.d.s. with Japan Koban 10s.alongside tied by “SHANGHAI/J.P.O.” c.d.s. with Tientsin Dollar chop (24.1) at foot;an array of backstamps with Shanghai Dollar chop (3.2), Yokohama (14.2), SanFrancisco and San Diego arrival (2.3). A very fine and scarce cover paying the 10c.international rate with the 4c. winter service surcharge.This is the only overseas cover sent from Tangshan and one of only two coversrecorded from Tangshan.A very important Revenue Surcharge cover HK$100,000-120,000





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Internal Covers

1744 * 1898 (16 Sept.) O.H.M.S. envelope from the British Consulate to the GermanConsul in Shanghai bearing Large Figures 2c. on 3c. pair [25-21] with I.C.P. 4c. andC.I.P. 2c. cancelled by Chinkiang pa-kua with a fine strike of the Chinkiang despatchDollar chop in the lower left corner, the reverse with Shanghai Local Post c.d.s.(17.9) and pencil delivery characters. A fine and attractive cover. Pays the 10c. ratefor an internal letter weighing under 11⁄2 ouncesThis is the earliest non-philatelic cover bearing a C.I.P. adhesive used with theRevenue Surcharge stamps.An appealing three-issue combination with the I.C.P. stamp HK$60,000-80,000



Note the 2c. on 3c. pair is from the lower part of the sheet where the stamps from the fifthcolumn are raised. [25] includes the variety raised stop. An unusual interpane pair.



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Internal 2c. Rate

1745 * 1898 (24 May) small red-brown envelope to Shanghai paying printed paper rate,bearing Large Figure 2c. on 3c. [23] tied by Chungking Dollar chop and, on thereverse, Shanghai Local Post c.d.s. (3.6). Fine HK$30,000-40,000


British Post Office

1746 * 1899 (31 Jan.) envelope to London bearing 4c. on 3c. pair [23-24] with I.C.P. 2c.tied by Chungking Dollar chop, Hong Kong 10c. purple on red at left tied byShanghai c.d.s. (17.2) and, on the reverse, smudged Shanghai Dollar chop overstruckby London arrival (27.3). Flap missing and some peripheral soiling.A good franking paying the 10c. international rate HK$60,000-80,000




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2.2 The contract for the sale of the Lot will be between you and the Seller. 3 BEFORE THE SALE 3.1 Examination of goods You are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which you are interested, before the auction takes place. Condition reports are usually available on request. We provide no guarantee to you other than in relation to Forgeries, as set out in clause 5.10 of these Terms and Conditions. 3.2 Catalogue descriptions 3.2.1 Statements by us in the catalogue or condition report, or made orally or in writing elsewhere, regarding the authorship, origin, date, age, size, medium, attribution, genuineness, provenance, condition or estimated selling price of any Lot are merely statements of opinion, and are not to be relied on as statements of definitive fact. Catalogue and web illustrations are for guidance only, and should not be relied on either to determine the tone or colour of any item. No lot shall be rejected on the grounds of inaccurate reproduction. No lot illustrated in the catalogue and online shall be rejected on the grounds of cancellation, centring, margins, perforation or other characteristics apparent from the illustration. Catalogue illustrations are for guidance only, and should not be relied on either to determine the tone or colour of any item or to reveal imperfections. Estimates of the selling price should not be relied on as a statement that this price is either the price at which the Lot will sell or its value for any other purpose. 3.2.2 Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and the absence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. 3.2.3 Other than as set out in clause 5.8, and in the absence of fraud, neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents, are responsible for the correctness of any statement as to the authorship, origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness or provenance of any Lot nor for any other errors of description or for any faults or defects in any Lot. Every person interested should exercise and rely on his own judgment as to such matters. 3.3 Your Responsibility You are responsible for satisfying yourself as to the condition of the goods and the matters referred to in the catalogue description. 3.4 Extensions – Stamps only 3.4.1 If you wish to obtain an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity on any Lot (other than a mixed lot or lot containing undescribed stamps) you must notify us in

writing not less than forty-eight hours before the time fixed for the commencement of the first session of the auction. If accepted by us, such request shall have the same effect as notice of an intention to question the genuineness or description of the Lot for the purposes of clause 5.9 of these Terms and Conditions and the provisions of clause 5.9 shall apply accordingly. 3.4.2 Notice of a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity must give the reason why such opinion is required and specify the identity of your proposed expert which will be subject to agreement by us. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to refuse a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity including (without limitation) where the proposed expert is not known to us. 3.4.3 If we accept a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity we will submit the Lot to the Expert Committee. You acknowledge and accept that the length of time taken by an Expert Committee to reach an opinion will vary depending on the circumstances and in any event is beyond our control. 3.4.4 We will not accept a request for an extension on account of condition. Any Lot described in the catalogue as having faults or defects may not be returned even if an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity cites other faults or defects not included in the catalogue description, other than in the case of a Forgery. 3.4.5 Should Spink China Limited accept a request for an extension under the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the fact may be stated by the Auctioneer from the rostrum prior to the sale of the Lot. 3.4.6 It should be noted that any stamp accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity is sold on the basis of that Certificate only and not on the basis of any other description or warranty as to authenticity. No request for an extension will be accepted on such a stamp and the return of such a stamp will not be accepted. 3.4.7 If you receive any correspondence from the Expert Committee in relation to the Lot, including but not limited to a Certificate of Authenticity, you must provide us with copies of such correspondence no later than 7 days after you receive such correspondence. 4 AT THE SALE 4.1 Refusal of admission Our sales usually take place on our own premises or premises over which we have control for the sale, and we have the right, exercisable at our complete discretion, to refuse admission to the premises or attendance at an auction. 4.2 Registration before bidding You must complete and sign a registration form and provide identification before making a bid at auction. Please be aware that we usually require buyers to undergo a credit check. If you have not bid successfully with Spink in the past, or you are registering with us for the first time, we reserve the right to require a deposit of up to 50% of the amount you intend to spend. Such deposit will be deducted from your invoice should you be successful. If you are unsuccessful at auction, your deposit will be returned by the same means it was paid to Spink.


Some lots may be designated, prior to the auction, as “Premium lots”, which means a deposit may be required before placing a bid on the item for sale. Information will be posted on our website in such an event. 4.3 Bidding as Principal When making a bid (whether such bids are made in person or by way of telephone bids operated by Spink, commission or online or email bids), you will be deemed to be acting as principal and will be accepting personal liability, unless it has been agreed in writing, at the time of registration, that you are acting as agent on behalf of a third party buyer acceptable to us. 4.4 Commission Bids If you give us instructions to bid on your behalf, by using the form provided in our catalogues or via our website, we shall use reasonable endeavors to do so, provided these instructions are received not later than 24 hours before the auction. If we receive commission bids on a particular Lot for identical amounts, and at auction these bids are the highest bids for the Lot, it will be sold to the person whose bid was received first. Commission bids are undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the sale, and the conduct of the auction may be such that we are unable to bid as requested. Since this is undertaken as a free service to prospective buyers on the terms stated, we cannot accept liability for failure to make a commission bid. You should therefore always attend personally if you wish to be certain of bidding. All commission bids should be sent to 4&5/F, Hua Fu Commercial Building, 111 Queen’s Road West, Hong Kong up till 24 hours prior to the sale. 4.5 On-line Bidding We offer internet services as a convenience to our clients. We will not be responsible for errors or failures to execute bids placed on the internet, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by (i) a loss of internet connection by either party for whatever reason; (ii) a breakdown or problems with the online bidding software and/or (iii) a breakdown or problems with your internet connection, computer or system. Execution of on-line internet bids on www.spink.com and Spink Live is a free service undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the auction and we do not accept liability for failing to execute an online internet bid or for errors or omissions in connection with this activity. Buyers who acquire lots on the-saleroom.com will have a fee of 3% on the hammer price added to their invoice for using this facility. 4.6 Telephone Bids If you make arrangements with us not less than 24 hours before the sale, we shall use reasonable endeavors to contact you to enable you to participate in bidding by telephone, but in no circumstances will we be liable to either the Seller or you as a result of failure to do so. 4.7 Currency Converter At some auctions, a currency converter will be operated, based on the one month forward rates of exchange quoted to us by HSBC or any other appropriate rate determined by us, at opening on the date of the auction. Bidding will take place in a currency determined by us, which is usually Hong Kong dollars for auctions held in Hong Kong. The currency converter is not always reliable, and errors may occur beyond our control either in the accuracy of the Lot number displayed on the converter, or the foreign currency equivalent of Hong Kong dollar bids. We shall not be liable to you for any loss suffered as a result of you following the currency converter. 4.8 Video images At some auctions there will be a video screen. Mistakes may occur in its operation, and we cannot be liable to you regarding either the correspondence of the image to the Lot being sold or the quality of the image as a reproduction of the original. 4.9 Bidding Increments Bidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in the following order although the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction. The normal bidding increments are: HK$100 to HK$2,000 by HK$100 HK$2,000 to HK$3,000 by HK$200 HK$3,000 to HK$5,000 by HK$200 or HK$300 HK$5,000 to HK$10,000 by HK$500 HK$10,000 to HK$20,000 by HK$1,000 HK$20,000 to HK$30,000 by HK$2,000 HK$30,000 to HK$50,000 by HK$2,000 or HK$3,000 HK$50,000 to HK$100,000 by HK$5,000 HK$100,000 to HK$ 200,000 by HK$10,000 HK$200,000 to HK$300,000 by HK$20,000 HK$300,000 to HK$500,000 by HK$20,000 or HK$30,000 HK$500,000 and up at Auctioneer’s discretion 4.10 Bidding by the Spink Group 4.10.1 We reserve the right to bid on Lots on the Seller’s behalf up to the amount of the Reserve (if any), which will never be above the low estimate printed in the auction catalogue.

4.10.2 The Spink Group reserves the right to bid on and purchase Lots as principal. 4.11 The Auctioneer’s Discretion The auctioneer has the right at his absolute discretion to refuse any bid to advance the bidding in such manner as he may decide to withdraw or divide any Lot, to combine any two or more Lots and, in the case of error or dispute, to put an item up for bidding again. 4.12 Successful Bid Subject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the striking of his hammer marks the acceptance of the highest bid, provided always that such bid is higher than the Reserve (where applicable), and the conclusion of a contract for sale between you and the Seller. 4.13 After Sale Arrangements If you enter into any private sale agreements for any Lot with the Seller within 60 days of the auction, we, as exclusive agents of the Seller reserve the right to charge you the applicable Buyer’s Premium in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, and the seller a commission in accordance with the terms of the seller’s agreement. 4.14 Return of Lot 4.14.1 Once your bid has been accepted for a Lot then you are liable to pay for that Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. If there are any problems with a Lot then you must notify us within 7 days of receipt of the Lot, specifying the nature of the problem. We may then request that the Lot is returned to us for inspection. Save as set out in clause 5.8, the cancellation of the sale of any Lot and the refund of the corresponding purchase price is entirely at our sole discretion. We will not normally exercise that discretion if the Lot is not received by us in the same condition that it was in at the auction date. 4.14.2 No lot may be returned on account of condition if the condition was stated by a third party grading company (including, but not limited to PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG, PMG, WBG). 5 AFTER THE AUCTION 5.1 Buyer’s Premium In addition to the Hammer Price, you must pay us the Buyer’s Premium at a rate of 20% of the final Hammer price of each lot, a fee of 3% on the hammer price total for using the-saleroom.com and a fee for paying by credit card. 5.2 Payment 5.2.1 You must provide us with your full name and permanent address and, if so requested, details of the bank from which any payments to us will be made. You must pay the full amount due on your invoice within seven days after the date of the sale. This applies even if you wish to export the Lot and an export license is (or may be) required. 5.2.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts due to us have been paid in full. This includes instances where special arrangements were made for release of Lot prior to full settlement. 5.2.3 Payment should be made in Hong Kong Dollars by one of the following methods: (i) Direct bank transfer to our account details of which are set out on the invoice. All bank charges shall be met by you. Please ensure that your client number is noted on the transfer. (ii) By cheque or bank draft made payable to Spink China Limited. Please note that the processing charges for payments made by cheques or bank drafts drawn on a non-Hong Kong bank shall be met by you. Please ensure that the remittance slip printed at the bottom of the invoice is enclosed with your payment. (iii) By Visa or Mastercard. A fee of 3% will be applied. By American Express, a fee of 4% will be applied. We are not responsible for any foreign exchange losses or charges that you may incur in connection with such card payments. 5.2.4 Payments should be made by the registered buyer and not by third parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registration that you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party. 5.3 Notification We are not able to notify successful bidders by telephone. While Invoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not accept responsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. You are requested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possible after the auction to obtain details of the outcome of your bids to avoid incurring charges for late payment. 5.4 Collection, Packing and Handling of Purchases


5.4.1 Unless specifically agreed to the contrary, we shall retain lots purchased until all amounts due to us, or to the Spink Group, have been paid in full. Buyers will be required to pay for their lots when they wish to take possession of the same, which must be within 7 days of the date of the sale, unless prior arrangements have been made with Spink. Without prior agreement, lots will not be released until cleared funds are received with regard to payments made by cheque. 5.4.2 Lots may be collected from 4&5/F, Hua Fu Commercial Building, 111 Queen’s Road West, Hong Kong. In the event where a cheque or bank draft payable to Spink China Limited has been presented to us, unless we specifically agree to the contrary, no Lots shall be released before the cheque or bank draft has cleared where such funds have been credited into our bank account. 5.4.3 A purchased Lot shall be at your risk in all respects from the time of collection or the expiry of seven days from the date of sale, whichever is sooner, and neither Spink China Limited nor its employees nor agents shall thereafter be liable for any loss or damage of any kind, whether caused by negligence or otherwise, while any Lot is in or under their respective custody or control. 5.4.4 If required our shipping department may arrange shipment as your agent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, our suggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of such parties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whom we have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the third parties concerned. 5.4.5 We shall use all reasonable endeavors to take care when handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that after seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, the Lot is entirely at your risk. 5.4.6 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any Import Duties that may be incurred upon importation to the final destination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order to avoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of any Customs import restrictions that prohibit the importation of certain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) under these circumstances. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s) seized or destroyed by Customs. 5.4.7 If the Buyer requires delivery of the Lot to an address other than the invoice address this will be carried out at the discretion of Spink. 5.5 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases 5.5.1 If you fail to make payment within seven days of your stipulated payment date set out in your invoice, we shall be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights or remedies: 5.5.1.1 to charge interest at the rate of 2% per month compound interest, calculated on a daily basis, from the date the full amount is due; 5.5.1.2 to set off against any amounts which the Spink Group may owe you in any other transaction the outstanding amount remaining unpaid by you; 5.5.1.3 we may keep hold of all or some of your Lots or other property in the possession of the Spink Group until you have paid all the amounts you owe us or the Spink Group, even if the unpaid amounts do not relate to those Lots or other property. Following fourteen days’ notice to you of the amount outstanding and remaining unpaid, the Spink Group shall have the right to arrange the sale of such Lots or other property. We shall apply the proceeds in discharge of the amount outstanding to us, and pay any balance to you; 5.5.1.4 where several amounts are owed by you to the Spink Group in respect of different transactions, to apply any amount paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular transaction, whether or not you so direct; 5.5.1.5 to reject at any future auction any bids made by you or on your behalf or obtain a deposit from you before accepting any bids. 5.5.2 If you fail to make payment within thirty-five days, we shall in addition be entitled: 5.5.2.1 to cancel the sale of the Lot or any other item sold to you at the same or any other auction; 5.5.2.2 to arrange a resale of the Lot, publicly or privately, and, if this results in a lower price being obtained, claim the balance from you together with all reasonable costs including a 20% seller’s commission, expenses, damages, legal fees, commissions and premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales or otherwise, incurred in connection with your failure to make payment; or 5.5.2.3 when reselling the Lot, place a notice in our catalogue stating that you successfully purchased the Lot at auction but have subsequently failed to pay the Hammer Price of the Lot; or

5.5.2.4 take any other appropriate action as we deem fit. 5.6 Failure to collect Where purchases are not collected within fourteen days after the sale, whether or not payment has been made, you will be required to pay a storage charge of HKD30 per item per day plus any additional handling cost that may apply. You will not be entitled to collect the Lot until all outstanding charges are met, together with payment of all other amounts due to us. 5.7 Use of Default Information If you fail to make payment for a Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions 5.7.1 we reserve the right to refuse you the right to make bids for any future auction irrespective of whether previous defaults have been settled; and 5.7.2 you consent to us disclosing details of such default to other auctioneers and live bidding platforms, which will include your name, address, nature of the default and the date of the default. Auctioneers or live bidding platforms who receive details of the default may rely on such information when deciding whether to enter into a transaction with you in the future. 5.8 Export License 5.8.1 You should always check whether an export licence is required before exporting. 5.8.2 Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the fact that you wish to apply for an export license does not affect your obligation to make payment within seven days nor our right to charge interest on late payment. 5.8.3 We will not be obliged to rescind a sale nor to refund any interest or other expenses incurred by you where payment is made by you despite the fact that an export license is required. 5.9 Refund in the case of Forgery 5.9.1 A sale will be cancelled, and the amount paid refunded to you if a Lot (other than a miscellaneous item not described in the catalogue) sold by us proves to have been a Forgery. We shall not however be obliged to refund any amounts if either (a) the catalogue description or saleroom notice at the auction date corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars or experts at that time, or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of opinions, or (b) it can be demonstrated that the Lot is a Forgery only by means of either a scientific process not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which at the date of the auction was unreasonably expensive or impracticable or likely to have caused damage to the Lot. Furthermore, you should note that this refund can be obtained only if the following conditions are met: 5.9.1.1 you must notify us in writing, within seven days of the auction date, that in your view the Lot concerned is a forgery; 5.9.1.2 you must then return the item to us within fourteen days, in the same condition as at the auction date; and 5.9.1.3 as soon as possible following return of the Lot, you must produce evidence satisfactory to us that the Lot is a Forgery and that you are able to transfer good title to us, free from any third party claims. 5.9.1.4 you must provide to us all evidence obtained by you that a Lot is a Forgery no later than 7 days after you receive such evidence. 5.9.2 In no circumstances shall we be required to pay you any more than the amount paid by you for the Lot concerned and you shall have no claim for interest. 5.9.3 The benefit of this guarantee is not capable of being transferred, and is solely for the benefit of the person to whom the original invoice was made out by us in respect of the Lot when sold and who, since the sale, has remained the owner of the Lot without disposing of any interest in it to any third party. 5.9.4 We shall be entitled to rely on any scientific or other process to establish that the Lot is not a Forgery, whether or not such process was used or in use at the date of the auction. 6 LIABILITY Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes our liability for: 6.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or 6.2 any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.


7 USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION 7.1 We will use the personal information you provide to us to: 7.1.1 process the bids you make on Lots (whether successful or otherwise) and other auction related services we provide; 7.1.2 process your payment relating to a successful purchase of a Lot; 7.1.3 arrange for delivery of any Lot you purchase, which will include passing your details to shipping providers and, on overseas deliveries, to customs where they make enquiries regarding the Lot; 7.1.4 inform you about similar products or services that we provide, but you may stop receiving these at any time by contacting us. 7.2 In accordance with clause 4.2, you agree that we may pass your information to credit reference agencies and that they may keep a record of any search that they do. 7.3 In accordance with clause 5.11, you agree that where you default on making payment for a Lot in accordance with these terms and conditions we may disclose details of such default to other auctioneers and live bidding platforms. 7.4 We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, other auctioneers and live bidding platforms) and may receive information about you from them. 8 COPYRIGHT 8.1 We shall have the right (on a non-exclusive basis) to photograph, video or otherwise produce an image of the Lot. All rights in such an image will belong to us, and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit. 8.2 The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material relating to a Lot is and shall remain at all times our property and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit. You shall not use or allow anyone else to use such images, illustrations or written material without our prior written consent. 9 NOTICES All notices given under these Terms and Conditions may be served personally, sent by 1st class post, or faxed to the address given to the sender by the other party. Any notice sent by post will be deemed to have been received on the second working day after posting or, if the addressee is overseas, on the fifth working day after posting. Any notice sent by fax or served personally will be deemed to be delivered on the first working day following dispatch.

10 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 10.1 Limitation of Liability Subject to clause 6, we shall not be liable, whether in tort (including for negligence) or breach of statutory duty, contract, misrepresentation or otherwise for any: 10.1.1 loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss of contract, loss of use, loss of corruption of data or information; or 10.1.2 any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses. 10.2 Severability If any part of these Terms and Condition is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part may be discounted and the rest of the conditions shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. 10.3 Force majeure We shall have no liability to you if we are prevented from, or delayed in performing, our obligations under these Terms and Conditions or from carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond our reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our workforce or the workforce of any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors. 10.4 Waiver 10.4.1 A waiver of any right under these Terms and Conditions is only effective if it is in writing and it applies only to the circumstances for which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right or remedy under these Terms and Conditions or by law shall constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, nor preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that (or any other) right or remedy. 10.4.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under these Terms and Conditions are cumulative and do not exclude rights provided by law. 10.5 Law and Jurisdiction 10.5.1 These Terms and Conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with Hong Kong laws. 10.5.2 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of Hong Kong shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of, or in connection with, Terms and Conditions or their subject matter.


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GROUP CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Olivier D. Stocker

YOUR SPECIALISTS

STAMPS

UK - Tim Hirsch FRPSL Guy Croton David Parsons Nick Startup Neill GrangerPaul Mathews Dominic Savastano Tom Smith Ian Shapiro (Consultant)

USA - George Eveleth Richard Debney Kimberlee FullerEUROPE - Guido Craveri Fernando MartínezCHINA - Doris Lo George Yue (Consultant)

COINS

UK - Richard Bishop Tim Robson Jon Mann Lawrence Sinclair Barbara Mears John PettUSA - Greg Cole Stephen Gol dsmith (Special Consultant)

CHINA - Kin Choi Cheung Paul Pei Po ChowBANKNOTES

UK - Barnaby Faull Andrew Pattison Monica Kruber Thomasina SmithUSA - Greg Cole Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant)

CHINA - Kelvin Cheung Paul Pei Po ChowORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS & MILITARIA

UK - Mark Quayle Oliver Pepys John HaywardBONDS & SHARES

UK - Mike Veissid (Consultant) Andrew Pattison Thomasina SmithUSA - Greg Cole

EUROPE - Peter ChristenCHINA - Kelvin Cheung

BOOKS

UK - Philip Skingley Jennifer Mulholland Nik von UexkullAUTOGRAPHS

USA - Greg Cole Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant)WINES

CHINA - Guillaume Willk-Fabia Angie Ihlo Fung

YOUR EUROPE TEAM (LONDON - LUGANO)

DirectorsTim Hirsch Anthony Spink

Auction & Client Management TeamMira Adusei-Poku Rita Ariete Grace Hawkins Dora Szigeti Tatyana Boyadzhieva Nik von Uexkull

John Winchcombe Tom Mathews Maurizio ScheniniFinance

Alison Bennet Marco Fiori Mina Bhagat Dennis Muriu Hemel Thakore Veronica MorrisIT & Administration

Berdia Qamarauli Michael Addo Liz Cones Curlene SpencerTom Robinson Cristina Dugoni Giacomo Canzi

YOUR AMERICA TEAM (NEW YORK)

Managing DirectorCharles Blane

Auction Administration and Marketing & DesignAmit Ramprashad Kimberlee Fuller

Finance & AdministrationAleena Nieves

AuctioneerStephen Goldsmith

YOUR ASIA TEAM (HONG KONG - SINGAPORE)

AdministrationAngie Ihlo Fung Newton Tsang Sue Pui Arthur Chan Doris Lo Gary Tan

Ken Imase [email protected]

BANKNOTES

8 December World Banknotes London 1504816 January Banknotes, Bonds & Share Certificates and Coins of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1601127/28 January The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 32312 April The Bruce Smart Collection of Middle Eastern Banknotes London 1603712/13/14 April World Banknotes London 16008

SALE CALENDAR 2015/16

The above sale dates are subject to change

Spink offers the following services:– VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE AND PROBATE FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –

– SALES ON A COMMISSION BASIS EITHER OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –

STAMPS

10 December Bermuda from the Vestey Collection London 1504716 December The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Lugano SW101817 January Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collection, China Customs Post Hong Kong 1601217 January Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1601327/28 January The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale London 1601023 February Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer Collection of Australian States and Commonwealth London 1603823 February A Specialised Collection of Barbados London 1602424 February India, The De La Rue Issues London 16023April/May The Pre-New York 2016 Collector’s Series Sale New York 154June The Jose Castillejo Collection of Guatemala, 1871-86 New York 155

COINS

2 December Celtic Coins from the Geoff Cottam Collection London 150492/3 December Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 1500716 January Banknotes, Bonds & Share Certificates and Coins of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1601127/28 January The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 32322 March The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and

Norman Coins London 1601922 March The Dr Paul Broughton Collection of English Hammered Gold Coins London 1601422/23 March Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 1600429 June The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English coins part 2, Plantagenet,

Lancastrian and Yorkist Coins London 1602029/30 June Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 16005

MEDALS

27/28 January The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale featuring The Liberty Collection of Medals andArtefacts Relating to the 1916 Easter Rising and Ireland’s Fight for Independance New York 323

21 April Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 16001

BONDS & SHARES

16 December Bonds & Share Certificates of the World Lugano SW101716 January Banknotes, Bonds & Share Certificates and Coins of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1601127/28 January The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 32327 May Bonds & Share Certificates of the World London 16017

AUTOGRAPHS

27/28 January The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 323

WINES

10 December An Evening of Great Whiskies and Spirits Hong Kong SFW1715 January An Evening of Great Whiskies and Spirits Hong Kong SFW18


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Documents

Meiso Mizuhara, The Exhibition Collection - 16012