Sale 54: The Winter Auction

Lot 2094 /o   

Central America, Cover Group, 1853-1960, of approximately 130 items, includes a mix of */o postal stationery, post cards, fronts, bisect usages, early stampless, airmails, etc., strong country sections including Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, etc.; please inspect.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $525

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Lot 2095    

Central America, Covers, 1890-1950, selection of over 60 covers, from Cuba, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, etc; including registered, bisects, postage due; generally clean, F-VF, please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $350

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Lot 2096 /o/   

Chile, Columbus Issue Collection, 1853-65, arranged on quadrille pages in album, generally moderate duplication in issues (+/- 5-30 examples), with color variety, plate and paper variety, etc.; 1853 London Prints with 5c issue including white paper variety and straight line Valparaiso cancellation, 10c issues many 4-margin examples, 1854 Santiago issues with 5c Desmadryl issues including 4-margin pairs, imprint single, double impression and a selection of on cover, 5c Gillet issues including color varieties (one marked the rare chocolate variety) and 4-margin single on cover, 10c issues including unused (small tear, with cert), 5c litho issue including a nice strip of three (#7, cat $975 for singles), 1855, 5c London Prints with pairs and a strip of 6, 1856-62 Santiago Prints with a 5c study of the various printing and some unusual cancellations, similar study of the 10c issue including many bisects on piece from the various printings and an on cover bisect usage, 1862 London Print with 1c issues including 4-margin mint o.g. pair and a used double impression one inverted single (ex Galvez, Blank), 10c issues with multiples including strip of 6 and 9 (ex Dupont), many items identified for plate retouches and re-entry, several on cover usages 20c issue including several mint, 1865 5c Santiago Print with a host of shades, watermark and printing variety including printed on both sides, cancellations, on cover, etc.; a wonderful assembly of these classic issues.
Estimate    $4,000 - 6,000.

Realized: $16,000

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Lot 2097 /o   

Chile, Collection, 1867-1974, in Scott album; starting with a group of 1867 issue trial colors and proofs, 1867 issue including blocks, cover and multiple franking front, excellent completion thereon with variety including imperf between roulettes, 1904 overprint varieties and later with many on cover usages, strong airmails with much variety, etc.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $5,000

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Lot 2098 /o   

China, Collection, 1878-1990, displayed in 2 Minkus albums, also on pages & stocksheets, with strong showing of classics including small Dragons with duplication, Dowagers & overprints, Chinese Imperial Post, couple Red Revenues, early commemoratives & regular issues; continuing on with post-War issues, some better with back-of-the-book; album containing Japanese Occupation, a few modern PRC sets & singles mint n.h.; Shanghai large & small Dragons; Manchukuo and much more; considerable catalog value, needs closer examination for accurate evaluation.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $7,000

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Lot 2099 /o   

China, Accumulation/Stock, mint and used on stock pages in 3 binders features early China, Taiwan, Peoples Republic of China, Shanghai, Red China and Northeast areas, back of book and a section of Manchukuo, better items throughout, some duplication, condition varies.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $2,000

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Lot 2100 /o   

China, Collection, housed in album and stockbooks; useful range of material with better PRC including 1967 Thoughts of Mao set used (strips with corner margin imprints) and other later better singles and sets mint; worth review.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $4,000

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Lot 2101    

China, Ship Cancels, 1930's, 15 covers, all with various U.S. ship cancels in China ports, such as U.S.S. Chaumont, U.S.S. Sacramento, U.S.S. Guam, U.S.S. Bulmer, U.S.S. Whipple, etc; interesting selection, generally F-VF, please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $210

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Lot 2102 /o   

China, Peoples Republic & R.O.C., 1935-2005, somewhat of a jumble mounted on notepaper & album pages, best being PRC 1557-1592 (LH); also many scattered lower values, please inspect carefully.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $400

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Lot 2103    

China, Covers, 1935-1965, selection of 33 items, wide range of usages, some pre-War, few modern, please inspect.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $525

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