Hong Kong, 1891 50c. on 48c. dull purple with additional Chinese character surcharge, variety characters doubled, one surcharge inverted, mint, couple small imperfections, fine to very fine. S.G. 49 var; Yang 46d.
Estimate HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
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 $10 glazed paper in a requisition block of six, maritime mail, and fine Treaty Port covers and cancellations, with early mail, highlighted by a “Shanghae Post Office Paid” Crown handstamp.
Lot #6432 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Lot #6433 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 50c. on 48c. dull purple with additional Chinese character surcharge, variety characters at each side, mint, large part original gum, fine to very fine. S.G. 49 var; Yang 46e.
Estimate HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
Lot #6434 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 50c. on 48c. dull purple with additional Chinese character surcharge (2), one showing variety character double and the other character at each side, mint (latter unmounted), uniformly toned gum, fine to very fine. S.G. 49 var; Yang 46b, 46e.
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #6435 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 50c. on 48c. dull purple with additional Chinese character surcharge, variety characters inverted at left and normal at right, fine to very fine mint. S.G. 49 var; Yang 46f.
Estimate HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
Lot #6436 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 50c. on 48c. dull purple with additional Chinese character surcharge, variety characters omitted in horizontal pair with normal, very fine mint, tiny adhesion on reverse. S.G. 49 var; Yang 46f.
Estimate HK$ 5,000 - 6,000
Lot #6437 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 50c. on 48c. dull purple with additional Chinese character surcharge, variety characters omitted in horizontal pair with characters at each side variety, fine to very fine mint. S.G. 49 var; Yang 46g var.
Estimate HK$ 5,000 - 6,000
Lot #6438 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 50c. on 48c. dull purple with additional Chinese character surcharge, variety characters doubled at left and single at right, fine to very fine mint, h.s on reverse. S.G. 49 var; Yang 46 var.
Estimate HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
Lot #6439 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 50c. on 48c. dull purple with additional Chinese character surcharge, variety characters at right in horizontal pair with normal, mint, faint corner bend, fine to very fine. S.G. 49 var; Yang 46/var.
Estimate HK$ 3,000 - 4,000
Lot #6440 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 $1 on 96c. purple on red with additional Chinese character surcharge, variety characters at each side, mint, fresh and well centred, light horizontal crease, fine appearance. S.G. 50 var; Yang 47a.
Estimate HK$ 4,000 - 5,000
Lot #6441 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 issues selection, comprising 20c. on 30c. (2, one yellowish green) and 50c. on 48c. (2), all without Chinese surcharge, together with 20c. on 30c. (5, including pair), 50c. on 48c. (2) and $1 on 96c. with additional Chinese character surcharge, mint, few faults, fine or fine appearance (13). S.G. 45, 45a, 46, 48-50, 48a.
Estimate HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
Lot #6442 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1885 $1 on 96c. and 1891 20c. on 30c. and 50c. on 48c. both with additional Chinese character surcharge, handstamped "Specimen" diagonally (Samuel type HK4), mint with part to much original gum, good colours, 20c. couple inconsequential tiny surface adhesions, fine. S.G. 42S, 48S, 49S.
Estimate HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
Lot #6443 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 20c. on 30c. and $1 on 96c. with additional Chinese character surcharge, handstamped "Specimen" diagonally (Samuel type HK4), unused, the former part to large part original gum, the latter small part original gum, fine. S.G. 48S, 50S.
Estimate HK$ 2,500 - 3,000
Lot #6444 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine, broken "8" in 1841 (3rd printing [6]), fine to very fine and fresh mint, tiny surface adherence. S.G. 51 cat. £475.
Estimate HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
Lot #6445 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine, nicked "J" [8] showing the nick in the "o" of Kong of printing 1, very fine and fresh mint. S.G. 51 cat. £475.
Estimate HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
Lot #6446 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine broken 2nd "E" (from 1st printing [4]), mint, large part slightly yellowed gum, fine to very fine. S.G. 51 cat. £475.
Estimate HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
Lot #6447 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine cracked "J" (with this example from printing 2 or 4 through 6 [4]), mint, part original gum, fine. S.G. 5 cat. £475.
Estimate HK$ 1,800 - 2,200
Lot #6448 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine (1st printing [1]), mint, yellowed gum with some black fiber adherences, fine to very fine. S.G. 51 cat. £475.
Estimate HK$ 1,500 - 2,000
Lot #6449 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine broken "H" and beveled "L" [9], mint, lightly toned, hinge thinning specks, fine to very fine appearance. S.G. 51 cat. £475.
Estimate HK$ 1,200 - 1,500
Lot #6450 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine, broken "H" and bevelled "L" [9], unused with gum that has partly dried into the paper, rich colour, some light corner creasing at lower right, fine appearance. S.G. 51 cat. £475.
Estimate HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
Lot #6451 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine strip of three with sheet margin at right [4-5-6] from 3rd printing, showing stroke between "8" and "4" [4] and broken "8" of 1841 [6], both of which are distinctive to this printing, unused with uniformly toned gum that has partly dried into the paper, fine to very fine, a very nice positional multiple. S.G. 51 cat. £1425.
Estimate HK$ 5,000 - 6,000
Lot #6452 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine, block of four from the first printing [5-6/11-12] (confirmed by the two dots to the left of "H" in lower left stamp), unused with original gum that has partly dried into the paper, good colour, few small patches of faint mount shine on face of couple stamps, fine and desirable block. S.G. 51 cat. £1900.
Estimate HK$ 6,000 - 8,000
Lot #6453 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine, centrally cancelled by complete first day c.d.s. (22.1), fine to very fine. S.G. 51 cat. £130.
Estimate HK$ 800 - 1,000
Lot #6454 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine marginal single from the upper right corner of the sheet, showing break in "8" of 1841 (3rd printing [6]) and a portion of the papermaker's watermark in the top margin, couple trivial natural marginal bends (one of which just crosses the corner of the stamp), cancelled by complete first day c.d.s. (22.1), fine to very fine, a very nice positional single. S.G. 51.
Estimate HK$ 2,500 - 3,000...
Lot #6455 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine beveled "n" in Hong ([7], apparently from 1st printing), centrally cancelled by complete first day c.d.s. (22.1), fine to very fine. S.G. 51 cat. £130.
Estimate HK$ 800 - 1,000
Lot #6456 - Hong Kong issued stamps
Hong Kong, 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine, rounded 1st "E" [11] further showing large part of upright of "L" omitted, centrally cancelled by complete first day c.d.s. (22.1), fine to very fine. S.G. 51 cat. £130.
Estimate HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
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