14 Jun 2021 – 19 Jun 2021
41 lots
Lot 40007 | 1865 2(Liang)ca black, printing 21
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 2(Liang)ca black, printing 21, of outstanding freshness with large margins all around, unused without gum, extremely fine.
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40008 | 1865 8(Chien)ca dark green on pelure paper, printing 19, “tiny line on the upper frame line of ‘I’ “
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 8(Chien)ca dark green on pelure paper, printing 19, a well margined showing “tiny line on the upper frame line of ‘I’ “, unused without gum, very…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 40009 | 1865 1ca deep blue on laid paper, printing 23, vertical line of wmk
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 1ca deep blue on laid paper, printing 23, ample margins, excellent impression, unused without gum, possessing vertical line of watermark in centre…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40010 | 1865 4ca yellow on laid paper, printing 27
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 4ca yellow on laid paper, printing 27, a large margined example unused without gum, a very rare stamp in this exceptionally fine condition (see Fortune…
Estimate: 750 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 40011 | 1865 1ca dull blue, printing 29
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 1ca dull blue, printing 29, large margins all around, unused without gum, very fine and rare shade (not illustrated in the Fortune Wang book).
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40012 | 1865 4ca yellow, printing 24a
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 4ca yellow, printing 24a, huge even margins all around, refulgent colour, unused without gum, exceptionally fine condition for this stamp (see Fortune…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40013 | 1865 8ca dark olive green, printing 32a
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 8ca dark olive green, printing 32a, equally ample margins all around, strong neat impression, unused without gum, very fine.
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40014 | 1865 8ca dark olive green, printing 32d
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 8ca dark olive green, printing 32d, widely margined, unused without gum, very fine.
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40015 | 1865 16ca orange vermilion, printing 31, mint o.g.
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 16ca orange vermilion, printing 31, a well margined example possessing mint o.g.,small imperfection on reverse of little consequence, otherwise very…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 40016 | 1866 1ca blue, Roman “I”, printing 38
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 1ca blue, Roman “I”, printing 38, clear margins, unused without gum, a rare and quite undervalued stamp; signed Thier; (Mi. €1’500)
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 40017 | 1865 2(Er)ca black, printing 41, used and in rare greyish blue shade
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 2(Er)ca black, printing 41, touched in places and cut slightly into at top right, showing red cds, stamp cut into two and rejoined with piece of paper…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 40018 | 1866 3ca red-brown, printing 34
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 3ca red-brown, printing 34, a large margined example, unused without gum, very fine.
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40019 | 1865 8ca bright yellow-green, printing 43, ample to
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 8ca bright yellow-green, printing 43, ample to large margins, unused without gum, very fine.
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40020 | 1866 6ca scarlet, printing 46b, “dot in ‘6’ ” variety, wide margins, unused
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 6ca scarlet, printing 46b, “dot in ‘6’ ” variety, wide margins, unused without gum and slightly heavy hinge, fine.
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40021 | 1866 12ca terra-cotta, Roman “I”, printing 47
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 12ca terra-cotta, Roman “I”, printing 47, featuring an impression which is also registered by Wang as “overinked and oily print”, large margins all…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40022 | 1866 12ca chocolate, Roman “I”, printing 47
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 12ca chocolate, Roman “I”, printing 47, excellent margins and very fresh, unused without gum, a very scarce shade (only one ‘chocolate’ against ten…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40023 | 1866 1ca indigo on pelure paper, printing 48, “ink dots on central motif” variety
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 1ca indigo on pelure paper, printing 48, “ink dots on central motif” variety according to Fortune Wang, wide balanced margins, unused without gum,…
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40024 | 1866 1ca indigo on pelure paper, printing 49
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 1ca indigo on pelure paper, printing 49, a large margined example unused without gum, very fine.
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40025 | 1865 2(Er)ca black, printing 54
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 2(Er)ca black, printing 54, large balanced margins all around, very good and bold impression, unused without gum, extremely fine.
Estimate: 120 – 180 EUR
Lot 40026 | 1866 3ca red-brown, printing 50
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 3ca red-brown, printing 50, a large margined example with delicate impression, unused without gum, extremely fine, scarce shade.
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40027 | 1865 4ca yellow, printing 56
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 4ca yellow, printing 56, a well margined example displaying a bold neat impression, unused without gum, extremely fine.
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40028 | 1866 6ca terra-cotta, printing 58
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 6ca terra-cotta, printing 58, mostly large margins, unused without gum, a very unusual shade which seems to not be included in the astonishing Fortune…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40029 | 1865 8ca olive-green on pelure paper, printing 59, large margins, printed on wove paper
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 8ca olive-green on pelure paper, printing 59, large margins, printed on wove paper possessing paper-maker’s watermark (like laid paper) on the left…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40030 | 1865 8(Chien)ca grey-green on pelure paper, printing 59, “double Chinese character” variety
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1865 8(Chien)ca grey-green on pelure paper, printing 59, wide even margins, unusual over-inked impression, “double Chinese character” variety (see Fortune…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 40031 | 1866 12ca orange, printing 60, in a brownish shade
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 12ca orange, printing 60, in a brownish shade with large even margins all around, unused without gum, outstanding freshness, superb.
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40032 | 1866 12ca brown vermilion, printing 61
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 12ca brown vermilion, printing 61, ample margins being equal on four sides, unused without gum, very fine and most elusive shade; no examples are…
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40033 | 1866 12ca orange, printing 61
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 12ca orange, printing 61, an exceptional example with enormous margins, quite good impression, unused without gum, superb.
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40034 | 1866 16ca scarlet, printing 62
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 16ca scarlet, printing 62, a largely margins example displaying a quite clear impression, unused without gum, extremely fine.
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40035 | 1866 16ca scarlet, printing 62, lower half of “1” of “16”
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 16ca scarlet, printing 62, lower half of “1” of “16” broken off, large even margins, unused without gum, extremely fine and scarce in an orangish…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40036 | 1866 16ca orange scarlet, printing 62
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 16ca orange scarlet, printing 62, wide even margins, unused without gum, very fine.
Estimate: 80 – 120 EUR
Lot 40037 | 1866 1ca slate blue, printing 52a
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 1ca slate blue, printing 52a, wide even margins, strong impression, unused without gum, very fine.
Estimate: 80 – 120 EUR
Lot 40038 | 1866 3ca red-brown, printing 53
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 3ca red-brown, printing 53, good margins and deep shade, unused without gum, extremely fine.
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40039 | 1866 2(Er)ca black-grey, printing 51
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 2(Er)ca black-grey, printing 51, ample even margins, unused without gum, a very fresh and desirable example in the scarce grey-black shade; only two…
Estimate: 80 – 120 EUR
Lot 40040 | 1866 3ca red-brown, printing 55, “traces of grey-blue colour next to Chinese 2” variety
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1866 3ca red-brown, printing 55, “traces of grey-blue colour next to Chinese 2” variety caused by the former printing (see Fortune Wang handbook on page…
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40041 | 1873-77 1ca on 6ca slate, cleanly used
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1873-77 1ca on 6ca slate, cleanly used with red cancel, a fine and rare stamp; (Chan $800).
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40042 | 1896 (July 10) Red band envelope bearing 1893 postage due 1c brown and black
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1896 (July 10) Red band envelope bearing framed “TO PAY.” handstamp in blue and 1893 postage due 1c brown and black, tied by “SHANGHAI/LOCAL POST” cds…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40043 | 1893 (May 25) Illustrated envelope franked by 1893 half stamp surcharged 1/2c on half 5c type 1 in pair
China » Local Post » Shanghai
1893 (May 25) Illustrated envelope (toned) franked by 1893 half stamp surcharged 1/2c on half 5c, type 1 in pair, tied by twin bilingual “LOCAL POST/SHANGHAI”…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40044 | 1894 (Dec 3) Cover to Leipzig (Germany), a very rare usage of a Shanghai LPO stamp after the introduction of the LPO issues in Chinkiang
China » Local Post » Chinkiang
1894 (Dec 3) Cover to Leipzig (Germany), endorsed “Imperial German Post Office Shanghai”, franked by Shanghai Local Post 1893 1c brown, tied by neat “CHINKIANG/POSTAL…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 40045 | 1894 8ca orange, Tokyo printing, mint nh complete sheet of 50
China » Local Post » Chungking
1894 8ca orange, Tokyo printing, mint nh complete sheet of 50 with full margins (just missing a small corner), a couple of light bends, scarce in this…
Estimate: 80 – 120 EUR
Lot 40046 | 1896 1/2c on 20c blue on pink in sheet of 50
China » Local Post » Kewkiang
1896 1/2c on 20c blue on pink in sheet of 50 with selvedge on two sides, very fine multiple.
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40047 | POSTAGE DUES: 1895 15c Rose-Red mint og block of 40 comprising lower four rows of sheet, all show the “a” of “Postage” omitted variety
China » Local Post » Wuhu
Postage Dues: 1895 15c rose-red mint og block of 40 comprising lower four rows of sheet, all show the
“a” of “Postage” omitted variety, some creasing…
Estimate: 2’500 – 3’000 EUR