Stamps - Other Properties

Lot 5441    Session 19 (4.30pm Friday 25 November)    Stamps - Other Properties

Estimate $5,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $12,500

CHINA, an extensive collection of Nationalist China issues in the post war period 1946-1948 all described and placed on black Hawid mounts, and written up on each page in a green spring back album with 160 album pages, contains martyrs issues, 1c yellow orange half sheet of 50 with O/P $10 (SG 898) other blocks (46 and 2x50) with O/P misplaced another 3c brown block of 2x32 and 3x4 (double surcharges), with O/P $20 with 4 stamps missing O/P, inverted O/P pair with O/P off centred another inverted single (SG unlisted, another blocks of 6 (2) with double surcharge [SG 778x]) and a strip of missing surcharge on stamp 2 of strip; $1000 on $20 with double surcharge (2) (SG 856x); varieties inverted surcharge pair another single (SG 898a, £100 each stamp), block of 4, a pair and single (SG 900a £170/stamp) and double misplaced surcharges (SG 851x unlisted), $2000 on $3 with right stamp imperf at right sheet margin (SG 974x); $10 on 1c double surcharge (SG 903x), inverted surcharges (2) (SG 904a £160); airmail surcharges blocks of 4 with imprints (SG 822, 826); (SG 820c, £400), a pair with missing 6th character; airmail sets (SG 820-824, 825-829), (SG 818 [69], 820 [107] an additional block of 6 with misplaced overprints, 821 [19], 822 [57], 823 [98], 824 [81], 825 [24], 826 [4], 827 [4], 828 [22], 829 [20], 1022 [23]), as large blocks of 4 (2, with imprint), singles, pairs and block of 8 and 9, etc) very rare error imperf between pair (SG 821ax [vertical pair unrecorded, SG 821a horizontal pair £2250, toned gum) (both illustrated) also used block of 4 for set, also varieties of airmails with surcharges misplaced, another missing the $ value 'bok', inverted O/P, double surcharges, double perfs, some with red O/P ; $20 on 8c green misplaced surcharges (3) (SG 869); imperf. on right and left panes for pairs and blocks and at base (SG 856, 857, 858, 876, 974, 975, 1008, etc); horizontal pairs imperf. between (SG 1008x, 1011x, 1015x, 1018a [£200] 1019a [£225], 1019b imperf on all on strip of 4 (illustrated) another vertical strip of 10 top three imperf. between and another horizontal strip of three middle example imperf. both sides, 1020x, also includes offset varieties, Paicheng print $5000/$1 green, (SG 1006), $30,000/90c in red (SG 1024x) only known imperf. pair (illustrated); half sheet of 50 with varieties with imperfs on left side vertically and horizontally in row (SG 858a and b repeated, £170, £325); $20 on 8c (SG 883a-b) with inverted surcharges, double surcharges, misplaced surcharges, offset; $20 on 5c green RRR, unlisted (SG -), a wide range of varieties (SG 904) all rare (includes inverted and double surcharges) another (SG 884a mint £140, unpriced used) a used block of 4 with double surcharge and one at angle; $10/15c Martyr imperf. between (SG 795a), and another pair LHS, (SG 795x); similar 15c/$30/2c imperf between (5 pairs known) and vertical pairs (10 pairs known) (SG 775x); other blocks of Martyrs with imperf missing between etc., including imperf singles or blocks offsets; inverted surcharges on pairs $10 on 8c; assorted varieties with overprints, missing parts and misplaced and upset surcharges; together with a few parcel post issues 1946-1948. An extraordinary accumulation written up 60 years ago by a specialist, some original items previously removed, but appears to be a unique collection on about 160 pages. MUH, mint and used. (1,000s)

Note X after SG number indicates not listed in latest SG catalogue.