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Lot 680 - chinese republic specialized collections - Michael Rogers Online Auction #14 of China, Hong Kong, Japan and Other Asia Stamps and Postal History

China, 1940-41, Hong Kong Printing Martyrs, The Magnificent Lee Hill Jr. Specialized Collection. A remarkable, enormously extensive highly specialized 55+ year collection of thousands of stamps, representing both the watermarked and unwatermarked issues from this legendary series of stamps. Everything is keenly assembled, categorized and superbly annotated with literally hundreds of multiples, imprint and printing number blocks, outstanding perforation analysis, gum types, "tall and narrow" and "short and wide" types, plate flaws, imperforate pairs and blocks, part-perfs, watermark studies, with noted reversed and inverted types, transfer varieties, thin / thick paper types, cancellation & much more. This fabulous holding represents a lifetime study of these important issues by one of the true eminent philatelists of the era and former, longtime custodian of the famous Ma catalog; a once in a lifetime opportunity, thorough inspection invited, Very Fine.
Estimate HK$ 60,000 - 80,000.

Michael Rogers Online Auction #14 of China, Hong Kong, Japan and Other Asia Stamps and Postal History