Sale 1287 — Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 23-24 May, 2023
Category — Albania thru China
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1197
ALBANIA, 1327A-1327E, 1970-71, 10q-80q Factories (1327A-1327E; Michel A1460-E1460). Mint N.H., 25q with one slightly thinned perf, otherwise Very Fine, this set was put on sale at post offices without any notice to the public or philatelic press, so they were not available from new issue dealers, they were withdrawn soon after, they were not listed in the major catalogues until years after they were withdrawn, Scott $1,250.00, Michel €1,200
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E. 300-400
550
1198
ALBANIA, 1327A-1327E, 1970-71, 10q-80q Factories (1327A-1327E; Michel A1460-E1460). Each with light cancel, 10q with faint bend, a couple values with slightly short perf, Fine-Very Fine, in far better condition than most used sets, which are often heavily damaged, since these were only used on commercial mail (this issue was not sold to the trade), Scott $800.00, Michel €750
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E. 200-300
250
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ALBANIA, 1327A-1327E, 1970-71, 10q-80q Factories (1327A-1327E; Michel A1460-E1460). Each on a separate cover, used from 1970 to 1974, 15q is philatelically inspired, the others are clear commercial uses with backstamps of the receiving city, including two registered, 25q cover roughly opened, two registered covers with staple holes, none of these cover faults affect the stamps, which are Very Fine, this issue was limited to post office sales in a very short period of time, so few covers still exist today, and trying to assemble a set of each value on a separate cover is quite a challenge
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E. 500-750
550
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ALBANIA, 1929, 5q-3fr Air Post Overprints (C22-C28; Michel 210-216). Original gum, lightly hinged, fresh, Very Fine, a scarce set, three high (and key) values each with 1985 P.F. certificate (certificates signed by Herbert Bloch), Scott $893.00, Michel €1,800 (as Mint N.H.)
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E. 200-300
250
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ANGOLA, 1951, 5c-50a Birds (333-356). Mint N.H complete. set of 24 values, bright and fresh, Very Fine example of this popular topical set, Scott $502.95
E. 200-300
160
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ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, 1858, 1p ("In Ps") Light Brown (1). Large margins to just touching outer frameline at top, tied by clearly struck "ponchito" cancel on blue 1858 folded letter to Montevideo, Uruguay, internal docketing indicating Dec. 8, 1858 arrivalVERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF THE ONE-PESO "IN PS" BARQUITO ON COVER TO URUGUAY. ONLY TWO COVERS ARE THOUGHT TO EXIST.
Covers franked with the 1p Barquito are quite scarce in general. Only a handful of examples to foreign destinations exist. We are only aware of one other use of this stamp to Uruguay (ex "Islander").
From the Magnolia collection. Ex Seybold. Signed Richter.
E. 2,000-3,000
1,000
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AUSTRIA, 1936, 10sh Dollfuss (380; Michel 588). Mint N.H., exceptional centering, marvelously fresh, immaculate gum, Extremely Fine Gem
E. 400-500
300
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AUSTRIA, 1933, 50g WIPA Souvenir Sheet, Granite Paper (B111; Michel Block 1). Original gum, two light hinge marks in the top selvage, marvelously fresh, Very Fine, Scott $2,500.00, Michel €2,600
E. 400-500
650
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AUSTRIA, 1933, 50g WIPA Souvenir Sheet, Granite Paper (B111; Michel Block 1). Cancelled by WIPA boxed 24 June boxed postmarks, still affixed to the original folder by one of the three dabs of glue that were used to affix (mostly unused) souvenir sheets, Very Fine, used examples of the WIPA souvenir sheet are far scarcer than unused (though Scott does not seem to recognize this in its values), and it is especially desirable to have one still mounted in the original folder, Scott $2,400.00, Michel €4,000
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E. 750-1,000
800
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AUSTRIA, 1946, 5g+3g, 12g+12g Unissued Anti-Fascist (B178 footnote; Michel VI-VII). Mint N.H., fresh colors, 5g+3g particularly well-centered, Very Fine, these two values were never released, Scott $2,100.00, Michel €2,600
Image 2
E. 750-1,000
900
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AUSTRIA, 1946, 1sh-5sh Renner Souvenir Sheets (B185-B188; Michel 772B-775B). Mint N.H., exceptionally fresh, the gum is unusually pristine, with hardly any of the blemishes (streaking, inclusions, etc.) that affect so many, Very Fine and choice set of souvenir sheets, Scott $2,000.00, Michel €2,400
E. 500-750
700
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CAMEROUN, 1962, 20fr-60fr Reunification (352-357; Yvert 329-334). Both the French and the surcharged British sets, Mint N.H., Very Fine, reportedly these were withdrawn after a few days and destroyed, surcharged stamps each with light pencil signature, Scott $587.00, Yvert €581
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E. 200-300
225
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SHANGHAI, 1865, 1ca Blue, Laid Paper, Papermaker's Watermark, Printing 23 (8 var). Unused, without gum as issued, huge margins all around, with a large part of "ONS" of the A. Pirie & Sons' watermark in the top margin, also shows an strong impression of the vertical Chain Line, an unusual variety of a Shanghai Large Dragon, especially on an already scarce stamp, with 2022 Frumkin certificate, Scott $800.00 just for the normal stamp,
E. 500-750
350
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SHANGHAI, 1865, 1ca Blue, Laid Paper, Printing 30 (8). Large garter cancel, small faults and cut into as are all early postally used Large DragonsFINE APPEARANCE. A UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF PRINTING 30 ON LAID PAPER, AS WELL AS AN EXTREMELY RARE POSTALLY USED EXAMPLE OF SCOTT NO. 8.
This stamp was not known to Dr. Chow when he published his book on Shanghai Large Dragons. It made its first public appearance at a 1998 Sotheby's Hong Kong auction, consigned by a general worldwide collector. Prior to it being sold, there was an article about it published in the China Philatelic Society of London's Journal of Chinese Philately, titled "The New Shanghai Dragon". Specialists believed it was from printing 30, but the other two recorded examples (both used) were on wove paper. It is often referred to as printing 30A. This is the only major variety of a Shanghai Large Dragon discovered since Dr. Chow's book was published.
With 2022 Frumkin certificate. Scott $6,000.00 for a generic used No. 8.
E. 3,000-4,000
0
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CHINA, 1949, 4c on $1.00, Gold Yuan Surcharge, Perf 11 (826 var; Williams 1303J). Without gum as issued, well-centered and fresh, Very Fine, one of the key perforation rarities of the Gold Yuan surcharges, with 2022 Frumkin certificate
E. 400-500
0
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CHINA, 1948, 10c on $20.00 Carmine, Inverted Surcharge (837 var; Ma 1260a). Without gum as issued, strong color, lightly overall pinkish bleeding of paper, otherwise Very Fine, the Williams book states only four were produced, and those also have the pinkish paper as this stamp, with 2022 Frumkin certificates, the latest catalogue to price it is the 1998 Ma Catalogue (at $600.00)
E. 500-750
250
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CHINA, Japanese Occupation, Meng Chiang, 1942, 2c on 4c Dull Green, Horizontally Laid Paper (2N84 var). Clear laid lines on soft white paper, fresh and Fine, Japanese Occupation stamps were printed on white paper only during the last year of the war, and no unoverprinted stamps are known on white paper, which helps confirm this stamp's authenticity, an important recent discovery, as it is the only recorded example of any Chinese stamp on soft white laid paper, with 2022 Frumkin certificate
E. 500-750
0
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CHINA, Japanese Occupation, 1942, North China, 8c on 16c Olive Gray, Top Characters "Hwa" and "Pei" Transposed (8N46 var). Partial Peking cancel, Fine, an extremely rare (if not unique) error, transposed-character errors are among the rarest and most desirable of all overprint errors on Chinese stamps, with 2022 Frumkin certificate
E. 500-750
0
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CHINA, People's Republic, 1980, 8f Monkey (1586; Yang T234). Mint N.H. block of four with partial plate no. 524 in the left selvage, usual black offset on backVERY FINE POSITIONAL BLOCK OF THE POPULAR 1980 8-FEN MONKEY.
Scott $7,600.00 as four singles
E. 3,000-4,000
4,500
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