Hong Kong, Perfins and Security Markings : 1908 (30 Dec.) postcard to Scotland bearing K.E.VII 4c. with "G.L. & Co." (Gibb Livingstone & Co.) violet security h.s., tied by "Victoria/Hong Kong" c.d.s.
Estimate HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
Sale #48 - Hong Kong & Treaty Ports
By: Interasia Auctions Limited
Interasia Auctions Limited Sale #48 - Hong Kong & Treaty Ports
Interasia’s November 1-4 auction of China, Hong Kong and Asian stamps and postal history will take place at the Excelsior Hotel in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. The four day, 4,500-lot sale includes another outstanding offering of China and Hong Kong stamps and postal history, with important Ching Dynasty and Republic, substantial postal history, and large offerings of both People’s Republic and Liberated Areas. Hong Kong and Treaty Ports alone comprises over 650 lots and includes a mint Q.V. 96c. olive-bistre.
This Session is the 650-lot Hong Kong and Treaty Ports stamps and postal history and includes a rare mint Q.V. 96c. olive-bistre, the 1973 Annigoni $10 glazed paper in a requisition block of six, maritime mail, and fine Treaty Port covers and cancellations, with early mail, highlighted by a “Shanghae Post Office Paid” Crown handstamp.
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Lot #6707 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Lot #6708 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Perfins and Security Markings : 1927 (27 Mar.) envelope to Bombay, India (15.4) bearing K.G.V 4c. with "NA/SC" (believed to be North American Shipping Co.) perfin, tied by "Hong Kong" c.d.s., the only known example of this perfin on cover.
Estimate HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
Lot #6709 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Perfins and Security Markings : 1938 (19 Jan.) large envelope to England ("Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation" paper seal on reverse) endorsed "Per Book Post" bearing Stamp Duty 5c. and K.G.V 2c. with "B.C" perfin strip of five tied by "Victoria/Hong Kong" c.d.s., creasing and couple spindle holes, fine and interesting usage.
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #6710 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Perfins and Security Markings : 1938 (29 Mar.) airmail envelope ("Union Trading Co." imprint on flap) to England bearing K.G.V 50c. with "UT Co" perfin, central vertical filing fold (away from adhesive), fine usage.
Estimate HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
Lot #6711 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, 1879-2006 assembly of envelopes, cards and aerogrammes, with commercial covers, postal stationery, first flight and exhibition covers, Chaopi remittance envelopes, selection of K.G.VI covers showing a variety of rates, and postage meters, including 1930 envelope to New York with K.G.V 4c. (3) and 10c. with "UT Co." perfins and 1939 uprated K.G.VI 2c. stationery card to U.S.A., an interesting group worth careful examination...
Lot #6712 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, 1880-1900 envelopes (6) from Sander & Co. or Sander, Weiler & Co., Hong Kong to Germany, including 1880 (3 Mar.) envelope bearing 1863-71 4c. and 6c. (with 10c. U.P.U. rate effective 1.3.80), 1880 CC watermark 10c. mauve (2) on February 1882 envelope and 1882 (18 Apr.) envelope bearing CA watermark 10c. mauve, overall fine and very interesting selection.
Estimate HK$ 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #6713 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, 1909-59 envelopes and cards (10, two registered, four airmail) showing a range of frankings and usages.
Estimate HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
Lot #6714 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, 1915-43 selection of World War I and II censorship covers mounted on exhibition pages, including 1915 envelope from Canton showing G.P.O. postal seal used as censor tape and "O.F.I." framed h.s., World War II civilian and military censors, and Japanese Occupation 1942 envelope to Canton showing the scarce Hong Kong Japanese Occupation red on white censor label and 1943 envelopes (2) to Guilin showing Nationalist censorship...
Lot #6715 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Cancellations : 1880 10c. on 16c. yellow and 10c. on 24c. green, cancelled "62B", couple small faults, very fine strikes and appearance, very scarce pair. S.G. 26, 27.
Estimate HK$ 9,000 - 12,000
Lot #6716 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Cancellations : 1882-96 watermark CA 5c. blue cancelled by "Wuchow" bilingual c.d.s., fine to very fine. S.G. 35.
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #6717 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Cancellations : 1891 Postal Fiscal $5 on $10 purple on red centrally cancelled by "F & L.P.P./Hong Kong" parcel post c.d.s. in blackish violet, tiny shallow thinning of no consequence, a very fine and scarce example of this cancellation on the Postal Fiscal. S.G. F9.
Estimate HK$ 8,000 - 10,000
Lot #6718 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Cancellations : 1912-21 K.G.V 1c. brown cancelled by nearly complete very fine "Service des Postes" circular h.s. S.G. 100.
Estimate HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
Lot #6719 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Cancellations : 1938-52 K.G.VI reddish violet and blue block of six cancelled by "Registered/G.P.O. Hong Kong" c.d.s. in violet, good strikes, right stamps some wrinkles and tiny corner crease, otherwise fine to very fine, a very scarce cancellation in violet. S.G. 162a.
Estimate HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
Lot #6720 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Cancellations : 1863-1901 Q.V. adhesives (6) showing various part U.K. arrival cancellations, including Newspaper Branch and non-London cancellations (3), all showing Hong Kong or Treaty Port origin cancellations, overall fine to very fine.
Estimate HK$ 800 - 1,000
Lot #6721 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Cancellations : Q.V. selection, comprising adhesives cancelled by foreign cancellations, including San Francisco, Japan, Singapore (with pair showing type (d) with date earlier than in Webb) and Haiphong, and adhesives showing "Paid" and similar markings, generally fine strikes, an interesting selection (22).
Estimate HK$ 1,500 - 2,000
Lot #6722 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Cancellations : Q.V. selection with China-related cancellations and usages, including I.P.O. tie-prints, "Kowloon/Customs" double-ring d.s. (3), "I.M.C." h.s. (Imperial Maritime Customs, 2), pakua cancellations and combination pieces with Chinese and Hong Kong adhesives (approx 25).
Estimate HK$ 1,500 - 2,000
Lot #6723 - Hong Kong postal stationery / covers and cancellations
Hong Kong, Cancellations : 1865(c.)-1905 cancellations and security markings selection on Q.V. adhesives (2 K.E.VII) with parcel post, revenue usages, an assembly of "62B", Ligne N octagonal d.s. on various values and a few Treaty Ports, including 4c. with C.E.F. "Base Office" double-ring d.s., 2c. dull green on piece with partial "Bangkok" c.d.s. and 2c. dull green block of four with "Liu Kung Tau" c.d.s., very good to fine (approx....
Lot #6724 - Hong Kong branch offices / maritime / marine sorters / military mail
Hong Kong, Branch Offices / Kowloon : 1900 (6 Dec.) Q.V. 4c. (in black) on 3c. stationery reply card (outgoing half) to Bremerhaven, Germany (6.1.01) cancelled by "Hong Kong" c.d.s., with "Hong-Kong/K.B." type A origin c.d.s. adjacent, the card includes a very attractive watercolour vignette of a sailing ship on the water on the message side, small corner crease and faint vertical bend at right, fine usage. Yang P14.
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Lot #6725 - Hong Kong branch offices / maritime / marine sorters / military mail
Hong Kong, Branch Offices / Kowloon : 1903 (23 Nov.) K.E.VII 1c. and 2c. (3¾ x 4¾mm.) stationery envelopes each used locally to the S.S. Marburg, Kowloon and cancelled by "Hong-Kong/K.B" type B c.d.s., the former with index F and the latter index B, very fine (2). Yang EN10, EN12.
Estimate HK$ 1,200 - 1,500
Lot #6726 - Hong Kong branch offices / maritime / marine sorters / military mail
Hong Kong, Branch Offices / Ping Shan : 1935(c.) part O.H.M.S. envelope, with official reuse label, to Tai Po, with the label sealed on front and back by "Ping Shan/N.T./crown" wax seals, very fine and very rare.
Estimate HK$ 40,000 - 50,000
Lot #6727 - Hong Kong branch offices / maritime / marine sorters / military mail
Hong Kong, Branch Offices / Sai Ying Pun : 1923 (12 Mar.) registered envelope to London (16.4) bearing on reverse K.G.V 2c. (3) and 4c. (2) tied by "Hong-Kong/Sai Ying Pun" type B double-ring d.s., showing "R/Hong-Kong/Sai Ying Pun/No. 424" framed registration h.s.
Estimate HK$ 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #6728 - Hong Kong branch offices / maritime / marine sorters / military mail
Hong Kong, Maritime Mail : 1845 (12 Jan.) entire letter from Bush & Co., Hong Kong to Augustine Heard & Co., Canton "(by) First Boat" showing on reverse very fine "Per Yoreshun Boat" circular h.s. in red, an extremely rare mark, of which only four were recorded by Webb, with this being the earliest.
Estimate HK$ 30,000 - 40,000
Provenance: Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman.
Lot #6729 - Hong Kong branch offices / maritime / marine sorters / military mail
Hong Kong, Maritime Mail : 1846 (2 Feb.) entire from Bush & Co. to Augustine Heard & Co., Canton, showing superb "Western/Line/Boat" oval framed h.s. on reverse, with "Postage has been paid" Chinese-language h.s. in red adjacent, "postage 1/10d c 4/2d" annotation in docketing, extremely fine, considered the finest strike of the Western Line Boat handstamp known.
Estimate HK$ 40,000 - 50,000
Provenance...
Lot #6730 - Hong Kong branch offices / maritime / marine sorters / military mail
Hong Kong, Maritime Mail : 1850 (Jan.) printed shipping report ("Export of Tea, China to Great Britain") to London (21.3) "via Marseilles" showing very fine "Ship Letter/Victoria Hong Kong" h.s. with "Hong Kong" double-arc d.s. on reverse, rated "2/7", mended tear from reverse goes into face panel at left (away from mark), few other faults, fine usage of this scarce mark used on mail originating outside of Hong Kong.
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Lot #6731 - Hong Kong branch offices / maritime / marine sorters / military mail
Hong Kong, Maritime Mail : 1900 (5 July) postcard to the American Embassy, Singapore, bearing 2c. cancelled by "Hong Kong/E" c.d.s., showing "Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co." violet circular cachet adjacent.
Estimate HK$ 500 - 600
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