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China, Taiwan, and People's Republic

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2866		China, Oldtime Late 19th to Mid 20th Century Cover Accumulation, Over 200 commercial, considerable amount used to U.S., incl. few Offices, postcards, few internal usages with smaller towns, registered, censored, many with junk usages, few Hong Kong incl. 1879 to Philadelphia, Local Post, IJPO, native covers, few missionary, mixed condition as to be expected, needs careful inspection of this unpicked lot. Formed by Hawaiian collector many years ago. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $97,750
Lot 2867		/o China, Collector's Accumulation, fascinating 19th & 20th Century group of thousands on stockpages and cards and in glassines, incl. Imperial, quite a bit of P.R.C., Hong Kong (QEII, n.h. definitive sets) also Recoiling Dragons and other early material, all sorts of varieties and overprints, imperfs and shades, possible treasures here, inspection recommended, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 2868		/o China, Various Collections From Estate, Culled from a 60 box lot of the world, mint or used mostly on pages or stockpages, some still on retail pages (old pricing), early period mostly used, 20th Century incl. P.R.C. mint or used incl. souvenir sheets, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 2869		/o China, Mostly Imperial to 1940s Period, many hundreds, mostly on stockpages, incl. few Provinces, few scattered foreign, few Manchukuo, stockbook with cancels from 1930s-40s period, most value prior 1900, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $6,900
Lot 2870		/o China, Oldtime Lot 1878 to 1897, On 2 stockpages, 43 mint or used incl. 3 large dragons used, small dragon mint 1c (3), 3c unused, dowagers 1c, 2c, 9c mint plus others, Imperial Chinese Post to $1 (mint), $5 mint (no gum, trimmed perfs), mixed condition. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $2,300
Lot 2871		China, Approx. 49 Oldtime Covers to Hawaii, mostly early to mid 20th Century incl. few P.R.C. (1 to Macau), few postcards, registered, mostly 1930s-40s period, mixed condition as to be expected, inspect. Formed by Hawaiian collector many years ago. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $5,405
Lot 2872		/o China, Treaty Ports Accumulation, Over 150 mint or used on stockpages, nothing expensive but items cat. #5+, few stationery, incl. Chefoo, Wuhu, Amoy, Foochow, rarely seen, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 2873		/o China, Approval Books, mint and used accumulation of mostly P.R.C. and some early China in old approval books and some bid sheets, features variety of issues, inspect, Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2874		/o/ China; Taiwan, 1950s to 1991 Collection, hundreds of o.g., used and First Days neatly arranged on homemade pages in 7 binders, mostly used to 1950s, mint starting in 1950s, First Days from 1958 incl. presentation folders, inspection recommended to appreciate, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2875		China; Taiwan, 1950 to 1990 Mint Collection, few hundred sets and singles in Minkus specialty album, sparse mint (few used) to 1956, balance o.g. on well filled pages, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $5,000+ (Owner's). Estimate $1,100-1,300. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 2876		/o China; Taiwan, Mint or Used Intact Collection, mounted in Scott album, first few issues used from 1953 on, 1957 on mint or used to 1965, 1966 on mostly n.h. and complete to 1981 incl. strips, scattered after that n.h. sets to 1992, Airs complete, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2877		China; Taiwan, 1957 UPU Presentation Book, issues of 1954 to 1957 hinged in book (few stuck down), presented at 1957 UPU conference in Ottawa, Canada, scarce item, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,159+. Estimate $450-500. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2878		/o/ China; Taiwan, Mint and Used Collection, many hundreds of mint and used organized on black stockpages to 1990s, plus 25 covers, a couple commemorative sheets and 1992-1993 year sets, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $276
Lot 2879		/o China; People's Republic, Mint and Used Collection, On stockpages, 1950s to 1980s mostly, incl. mint #1054-1057, imperf. sets incl. #684-695, 708-10, 713-15, better souvenir sheets incl. #1399, 1483, 1433, 1452, 1573, 1617, used with #967-80, 960-64, 965-966, 991, Provinces incl. 1L121-124, 3L1-8, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $8,050
Lot 2880		China; People's Republic, 1979 to 1987 New Issues, n.h. sets and souvenir sheets, missing #1573, 1586 and 1617 (separate lots), Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $2,013
Lot 2881		China; People's Republic, Souvenir Sheets, n.h. incl. #1433, 1452, 1383, 1492, 1433, 1540, 1483, etc., couple of Taiwan, clean overall, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $3,565
Lot 2882		China; People's Republic, Modern First Days, 1980s period, slight dupl., incl. #1844, 1863, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2883		/o China; People's Republic, Mostly 1980s-90s Issues, mostly used with earlier reprints mint, some 1960s period, later mostly n.h., some Northeast China, minor dupl., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 2884		China; People's Republic, Commercial Covers, over 85, mostly to Chicago, 1980s to 1990s, some registered, interesting group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $219

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