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Auction: 16013 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2269

China
People's Republic
Collections and Ranges
An extensive mint collection on leaves in three special albums with issues to 1968, most sets are represented by blocks of four and singles. The collection commences at 1949 (though the early issues are the reprints, including the equivalent issues for North-East China) and includes 1950 surcharges on unit stamps, surcharge set of fourteen on Sun Yat Sen, 1954 Russian Exhibition (9), 1955-56 Five Year Plan (5), 1955 Scientists miniature sheets (2), Engles (5), Long March (5), 1956 Sun Yat Sen (5), 1957 People's Liberation (5), 1958 Heroes Monument (8) plus miniature sheet (2), Kuan Han Ching miniature sheet (2) plus used, Communist Manifesto (5), 1959 Chinese Folk (6), Steel Production (5), Peking Airport (7), Students Rising (5), Tenth Anniversary of People's Republic corner block of six, Youth Pioneers (5), National Games (5), interpanneau blocks of four and interpaneau top margin blocks of four, 1960 Conferences During the Long March (6), Sino-Soviet Treaty (7), Hungarian Liberation (7), Liberation of Czechoslovakia (18), Goldfish set of twelve (8), Pig Breeding (12), Literature and Art (7), Liberation of Korea (6), Peking Railway Station (7), Great Hall (5), Engles (5), Chrysanthemums set of eighteen (7), 1961 Paris Commune (5), Table Tennis miniature sheet (2), Mongolian People's Revolution (6), Military Museum (5), 1911 Revolution (5), 1962 Tu Fu (5), Support for Cuba (5), 1963 Butterflies (4), 1963 Karl Marx (4), Pandas (5), Monkeys imperf. (5), Hwangshan Mountains (4), 1964 South Vietnam Victory (5), First International (5), People's Republic (5), Petroleum Industry, 1965 Second National Games (4), Women in Industry (7), 1966 Industrial Machines (7), 1966 Sun Yat Sen (3), Revolution Games (3), Lu Hsun (5), 1967 Oilwell Firefighters (3), Liu Ying Chun (3), Five Year Plan (5), W series with 1967 Thoughts of Mao with picture of Mao in strip of five, Long Live Chairman Mao (W2) (4), Talks at the Forum (W3) (4), Literature and Art (W5) (4), P.R.C. Anniversary (W6) (5), 1968 Anti-American Declaration (W9) (5). Directives (W10), Mao's Youth (5), Thoughts of Mao (5) plus eleven values of 1967-68 Mao's Poems (3).


A magnificent collection, most stamps are either in marginal singles or corner blocks, although lightly mounted, many are mounted in the margins only.

Sold for
HK$750,000