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Public Auction #432

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended May 19, 2017 at 7:00pm (New York time)
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Bids updated May 19, 2017 at 7:06pm (New York time)

COVERS — Imperial China
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1573CVImperial China (110-112) ½¢, 1¢, 2¢ Chinese Imperial Post issues franked on a 1¢ IPC postal card. Tied with a March, 1901 Tientsin bilingual cds and a March 3, Austria Feldpost cds. A two-column auxiliary chop ties a 2sn Japanese issue. Great late Boxer Rebellion item. F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 100
Price Realized: $190.00
1574CV(110, 111 x2, 112 x2, 113) Beautiful 1900-1906 Coiling Dragon four color combination franked on a picture postcard of a Chinese mill to Germany. Neatly tied with an April 24, 1901 oval Peking cancel, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 100
Price Realized: $190.00
1575CV(111-112) 1¢ & 2¢ Coiling Dragon issues franked on a 1¢ carmine C.I.P. postal card to Germany. Tied with blue crayon marks, November 20, 1900 German Feldpost cancel at right center. Bits a paper adheres to the reverse, few wrinkles, Fine.Cat. Value: S.B. 100
Price Realized: $100.00
1576CV(111) 1¢ Ocher Coiling Dragon issue franked on local rate picture postcard. Tied with a July 5, 1906 double circle Shanghai Local Post cancel. Couple spots, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 50
Price Realized: $75.00
1577CV(112) 2¢ Scarlet Coiling Dragon franked on a foreign rate picture postcard to France. Tied with a violet May 1909 commemorative cancel. F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 50
Price Realized: $60.00
1578CV(124 x2) 2¢ Green Coiling Dragon issue franked on a real photo picture post card to Germany via Siberia. Tied with a black 1909 lunar cancel, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 50
Price Realized: $75.00
1579CV(147a) Domestic usage of a 1¢ Coiling Dragon with an inverted red surcharge franked on a red surcharged 1¢ Green CIP postal card. Tied with a September 6, 1912 Tientsin bilingual cancel, September 8, 1912 Moukden bilingual receiving cancel at bottom right. Vertical crease at the center, corner crease, small toning spot at top center, Fine.Cat. Value: S.B. 50
Price Realized: $1,450.00
1580CV(167-168, 170, 203) Beautiful four color combination surface registered cover to Germany via Siberia. Tied with a February Hoyun and Canton bilingual cancels, February 8, 1914 Shanghai and February 11, 1914 Mouken bilingual transit cancels. Few wrinkles, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 100
Price Realized: $550.00