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Auction: 176 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Auction
Lot: 522

China & People’s Republic old-time packet maker’s stock, with many thousands of mint, used, and cancelled-to-order singles, pairs, and blocks, sorted into glassines, strong in 1950s-early 1960s PRC, though note items going back to 1898 Dragons, Sun Yat-sen, and Martyrs issues, with reprints of the 1950 Flags, 1950 Chairman Mao, and 1952 Physical Exercises issues, two sets of 1955 Scientists imperforate miniature sheets, 1959 Sports issues CTO in large multiples, 1974 Arms of the Republic issues never hinged, and much more, apparently organized into back-up stock and packets that had been prepared for sale, with three large glassines noted as including 1,500 stamps, five noted as 1,000 stamps, and many smaller prepared packets of J&R Darracott Ltd, a substantial holding with exceptional retail potential, chiefly fine-very fine.

Sold for
$3,250