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China

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 20		China, 1894, Empress Dowager 60th Birthday, 1st Printing, 2ca Green, Imperf Proof, Pair, #17P, 2nd printing, unwatermarked corner marginal pair, horiz. fold well clear of design, excellent color, Extremely Fine and scarce. Ex M.D. Chow. Chan #23P. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 21		China, 1897, Large 4¢ on 3¢ Red Revenue, #82, full o.g., light crease, nice color, Fine. Scott $1,650. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Realized $604
Lot 22		China, 1897, Imperial Chinese Post, 5¢ Rose Red on Cover, #90, 3/21 with missionary content, ½c (2), 1c coiling dragon stamps tied with Foochow Dollar Chop combined with Hong Kong QV 2c (3/23 cds), Boston transit and Sheldon arriving cds on the back, minor edge faults, Fine to Very Fine usage. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 23		China, 1900 Tientsin Combination Cover to France, 11/9 with 2c coiling dragon with blue Tientsin cds, 5c French Offices in China overprint stamps with Shanghai cds 11/19, a Fine cover. Estimate $80-100. View details and photo	Realized $92
Lot 24		China, 1903 Foochow Local 2c Coil Dragon Bisect Cover, 10/3 with Foochow bilingual cds plus one "Postage 1 Cent Paid" chop, Fine. Estimate $100-140. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 25		China, 1907 Wuhu Cover to U.S., #99, 100, combination of 1c pair and 2c (14) via Shanghai with Jan 7 Wuhu cancels, Feb 11 receiving mark on reverse, opened at right, a Fine to Very Fine cover. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 26		China, 1910 Missionary Usages, 2 similar cards with Paoting March dates on 1908 1c postal cards from Peking to Missionary Mrs. or Rev. H.P. Perkins in Paoting-fu, one re-addressed, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 27		China, 1913 Red Band Cover Canton, to San Francisco, 2c overprint coiling dragons tied with 8/22 bilingual cds plus Canton Tombstone cancels, a Fine cover. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $219
Lot 28		China, 1916 Chengtu Missionary Card, to Day Mission Library in Conn., additional Junk 3c tied, reverse showing "West China Missionary News" printed subscription card dated Dec 25, 1915, Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $92
Lot 29		China, 1928 Shanghai to Canton First Flight Cover, 12/10, with cachet, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 30		China, 1932 Registered Airmail Cover, from small village town to Shanghai., 1c (2) SYS, 4c Junk, plus 15c Airmail tied with black blue Luoshe Tombstone cancels, rare boxed rural village registered marking, Nanchang (5/18) transit, Shanghai (5/21) arriving cds, Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 31		China, 1932, Sven Hedin Expedition Cover, #307-310 (5/19) registered Peking to Sweden, with one Martyr 30c on back, signed "Sven Hedin", addressed to Alma Hedin, virtually Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 32		China, 1948 (12/6) Air Letter Sheet Chengdu to U.S., with Gold Yuan $1/40c (4), total $4 rate, New York arriving (12/15) cds, Fine. Estimate $80-100. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 33		China, 1949 Registered Airmail Cover, Chengdu to Canton, 6/4, franked with each of Domestic, Airmail and Registered unit stamps, good Silver Yuan period usage, Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 34		/ China, Manchurian Provinces, 1927 Overprint Set, Blocks of 4, #1-20, n.h. (2), l.h. (2), some incl. $1, $2 with 3 n.h. values, few gum tone spots on lower values, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,944+. Scarce in blocks . Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $1,495
Lot 35		China, French Offices, 1907 Cover, 25c "Canton" mixed franking with 10c French Indochina issue to Cambodia, postmarked Canton 8 May 07 with Phnom-Penh receiving mark on the back, a Fine cover. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 36		() China (People's Republic), 1950, 1st Anniversary of the People's Republic Complete, #60-64, ungummed, $800 marginal, Very Fine. Scott $327. Estimate $120-140. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 37		China (People's Republic), 1967, "Long Live Chairman Mao Our Great Teacher" Complete, #949-956, n.h., Very Fine. Scott $1,780. Estimate $550-650. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 38		China (People's Republic), 1967, Talks on Literature and Art Complete, #957-959, n.h., Very Fine. Scott $1,050. Estimate $350-400. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 39		China (People's Republic), 1967-68, Poems of Chairman Mao Complete, #967-980, n.h., clean, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $4,008. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $3,220
Lot 40		China (People's Republic), 1968, Revolutionary Literature and Art Complete, #982-990, n.h., a Very Fine set. Scott $1,440. Estimate $550-650. View details and photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 41		China (People's Republic), 1980, Year of the Monkey, #1586, n.h., usual slight offset, Very Fine. Scott $1,800. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,265

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