Large Dragon thin paper 1ca green very fine used. Cliché 12 showing break in left inner frame line at top Cat £650 (image available) {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £128.00)
Auction UPA 101
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Apr 08, 2026 Europe/London
UPA UPA Auction UPA 101
Wednesday Apr 08, 2026 09:00 Europe/London
Last date for bids:
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Lot #3567 - China 1878-83
Large Dragon thin paper 5ca orange fine used, couple of pulled perfs at lower left, Customs cancel. Cliché 2 showing break in inner frame line at top right Cat £550 (image available) {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £100.00)
Lot #3568 - China 1878-83
1ca green 'Large Dragon' on thin paper (4½mm spacing-1882), No Wmk, P12½, very fine used with part Customs cds to left, Ex Stanley Gibbons. Cat £700 (image available) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £360.00)
Lot #3569 - China 1882
Large Dragon widely spaced 5ca yellow ochre used, Customs cancel, indent at foot Cat £1800 (image available) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £264.00)
Lot #3570 - China 1883
3ca vermillion 'Large Dragon' on thicker paper (2½mm spacing-1883), No Wmk, P12½ (rough), fine used with part Tientsin blue Seal to left, Ex Stanley Gibbons. Cat £300 (image available) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £160.00)
Lot #3571 - China 1885-88
Small Dragon perf 12½ 5ca olive yellow fresh mint, light gum creasing Cat £325 (image available) {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £56.80)
Lot #3572 - China 1897
I.C.P. Carp 50c bright yellow green v.f.u., handstamped Engel on reverse Cat £45 (image available) {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £10.40)
Lot #3573 - China 1897
1c on Small Dragon 1ca dull green well centred fine used, odd slightly pulled perf Cat £180 (image available) {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £35.20)
Lot #3574 - China 1897
Large figures 2½ mm spaced 8c on 6ca reddish brown Tokyo plates fine used, ex the specialized collection of Major K.M.A. Barnett who became a senior official in the post war Hong Kong administration Cat £3000 (image available) {U} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £500.00)
Lot #3575 - China 1897
10c large figures on 9ca yellow green fresh mint, SURCHARGE INVERTED, light gum crease Cat £2250 (image available) {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £534.40)
Lot #3576 - China 1897
(Jan) 1c on 3c deep red 'Revenue', No Wmk, compound perf, overprint Type A, fine used bearing part Shanghai 'Dollar Chop', Ex Stanley Gibbons. Cat £275 (image available) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £140.00)
Lot #3577 - China 1897
Red Revenue 1c Type A on 3c fine used, barred cancel Cat £275 (image available) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £132.00)
Lot #3578 - China 1897
one cent on 3c deep red 'Revenue', P12-16, variety 'Central Character with large box', Scott 78b, fine mint with some paper ahderance to gum. Cat £1000 (image available) {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £267.20)
Lot #3579 - China 1897
one cent on 3c deep red 'Revenue', P12-16, variety 'Central Character with large box', Scott 78b, used, centred to NE. Cat £475 (image available) {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £124.80)
Lot #3580 - China 1897
2 cents on 3c deep red 'Revenue', P12-16, Scott 79, fine used with a light, barred cancellation. Cat £200 (image available) {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £107.20)
Lot #3581 - China 1897
Red Revenue 4c on 3c fresh mint, heavily mounted with hinge remnants Cat £1400 (image available) {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £284.80)
Lot #3582 - China 1897-1936
Part complete Mint/Used coln on SG 'Ideal' album pages, from Empire seln incl 1906 Goose $1 U, Chinese Rep incl 1928 Chang tso-lin $1 M, 1929 Air set FU, etc, good range. (140) Cat £730 {MX} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £200.00)
Lot #3583 - China 1912
President Yuan $1 carmine fine used, Hankow pmk Cat £95 (image available) {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £21.60)
Lot #3584 - China 1929
Unification 1c, NW corner imprint block of 10 (5 x 2), marginal corner crease, disturbed gum, ink manuscript 'GF/1' in top margin, fresh o.g. (image available) {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £8.00)
Lot #3585 - China 1929
Mausoleum $1 scarlet fine used, Hankow pmk, couple of slightly pulled perfs Cat £55 (image available) {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)
Lot #3586 - China 1932
½c blue-violet 'Red Flag on Globe', Chinese Soviet Republic issue, imperf with 4 margins (3mm vertical cut in NE corner), used & tied to a clipped piece. Letter of provenance to a Mr Barnett, believed to be K.M.A. Barnett O.B.E. (Post War Colonial Secretary). Barnett, as the letter notes, received 'a pair of stamps' and a 5Fen banknote as a gift from a friend. The bank note accompanies the lot. However, the second stamp is unknown. A...
Lot #3587 - China 1936
New Life set in blocks of four(16) fresh mint, the 20c block has light gum creasing Cat £400 {MH} [US12] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £24.00)
Lot #3588 - China 1939
Air set v.f.u.(5), some are marginals Cat £120 {U} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £19.20)
Lot #3589 - China 1959
20f lake, Mao Tse-tung proclamation, VFU. Cat £38 {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £17.60)
Lot #3590 - China 1967
10f black, yellow & red 'Poem', VFU Cat £20 {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £10.40)
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