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Public Auction #440

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Bids updated May 18, 2019 at 6:21pm (New York time)

COVERS — Republic of China
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1475CVEmperor set airmail cover (1355-1358) cancelled in Taipei on April 3, 1963. Mailed to Rochester, New York. Has loose back flap and upper left corner fold.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $60.00
1476CVEmperor set airmail cover (1355-1358) mailed to Rochester, New York.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $60.00
1477CVEmperor set airmail cover (1355-1358) mailed to Rochester, New York. Old residue by the return address.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $60.00
1478CVCover cancelled on October 14, 1901 in Shanghai, the again there on October 15 on the Japanese ten sen stamp. Transit cancels in Tientsin and Waterloo New York on November 12. Cut uneven on right side when originally opened. Nice slice of Chniese postal history.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $150.00
1479CVSven Hedin autographed cover to his sister in Stockholm, Sweden. Uses the complete "Nomads in the Desert" set of 1932 (Scott #307-310) on the front and #332 on the reverse. Mailed in Peping, backstamped Shanghai. Registered 732. Gum stains. Rare historical cover described by the included newspaper account.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $300.00
1480CVHoldover from the Peninsular Estate, four covers from the 1940s. Includes a 1947 cancelled and a “bomb” overprinted covers.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $50.00