Stamps

Lot 3102    SESSION 12 (11.30AM THURSDAY 30TH MARCH)    Stamps

Estimate $7,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $7,600

CHINA, an extensive collection of Nationalist China, issued during the war and in the later period during the post-war inflation covering the period 1944-1949, all are described and placed on black Hawid mounts, each page written up and held within a brown spring back album with 167 album pages. It contains a study collection of 100s of issues some as sheets, many are briefly described below. Dr Sun Yat Sen series including a block of 2x10 $50 (SG 709) with misplaced perfs and imperf base; 5 imprint blocks of 8-15 stamps for $2 and varieties including a sheet of 50 (SG 758), imprint blocks of 1945 isues (SG 808-813) and varieties with misplaced perfs; 1947 issues (SG 947-950) including used in blocks etc; 1946 imprint blocks, other blocks and varieties, imperf., at base, double perfs etc. (SG 906A-911A, 906B-911B, 912-5), 1947 1st anniv. Nanking return, set with imprint and plate blocks etc (SG 942-6), 1947-8 set, imprint blocks and blocks of $150-$500,000 (SG 955-971, with high CV £1000s, also includes unissued values $100, $700, $350, (all illustrated), another (illustrated a printing fold on $1000); others to $5 million, includes imprint blocks, flaws etc., (SG 1032-1043), 1949 set imprint blocks (SG 1152 - 1160) including imperf., blocks and pairs with off centre and edge margins and folded paper flaws (one block $20 illustrated), others with imperf. varieties ($20 imperf used unlisted, illustrated), misplaced perfs, double perfs and prints, (including SG 885a CV £500); pages of multiples blocks etc (SG 759-761) together with imperf on edges, printing flaws, misplaced perfs., prints on both sides strips etc., (eg.SG 760b), other varieties; 1944 bank and money box issues blocks, part sheets, some printing faults (SG 731-734); 1945 death anniv. sets in blocks and additional imprints (SG 746-751); 1946 sets including 3x50 used and 1x50 MUH, sheets of $5000, imprints blocks etc of all issues, varieties; 1948 TB issues including imperfs and imprint blocks, misplaced perf (illustrated); CMSNC etc., Philatelic Exhibition imprint blocks (SG 1001); some commem sets blocks with imprints, Confucius set, Posts commem., (SG 981-992, 1001-4), a few 1948 O/P revaluations, etc. 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 167 pages. MUH, mint and used. (1,000s)