1878-83 - Large Dragon 3ca. vermilion on thin paper, neat blue seal cancel, small faults. Cat £425 (image available) (Reserve = £72.00) [Estimate price: £90]
Sale #62
By: UPA UPA
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Jul 12, 2016 Europe/London
UPA UPA Sale #62
Tuesday Jul 12, 2016 15:00 Europe/London
It’s easy to test UPA: New Bidders Receive 1st US$80 WINNINGS FREE (£55 GBP FREE)**: Continuing 16 years tradition of their Unique Reducing Estimate Auctions PLUS No Buyer’s Premium Universal Philatelic Auctions (UPA) presents one of their most valuable ever 24,561 lot 62nd mail-bid sale closing Tuesday 12th July 2016. In keeping with previous auctions ALL lots estimated at £1,000+ (US$1,400+) will be offered LIVE online at the-saleroom.com 5pm (UK time) Wednesday 13th July 2016. Live bidders for GBP£1,000+ (US$1,400+) estimate lots now benefit by no charge for bidding live online. The sale offers 24,561 lots to the value of $2,758,039 USD (£1,906,496 GBP) comprising worldwide Collections, Sets, Singles, Covers, Proofs, High Values, Rarities, Topicals, FEO etc ... from the broadest range of regions including high quality classic Great Britain, British Empire, British Africa, British North America, India, Europe, British Asia, Asia with China, US and much more. Highlights once again include remarkable particularly strong in GB with High Values, British Empire - with amazing British Africa, KGV, KGVI, Australia, Malaya, India, Hong Kong plus exceptional Europe (France & Switzerland in particular), good USA and many other countries too numerous to mention... There are No Buyer’s Premiums plus all lots covered by their 28 day Total Guarantee. UPA prides itself on offering unique material that Collectors may not be able to source elsewhere and all with their unique reducing estimate system. With No Buyer’s Premium 2,000+ regular bidders stay with UPA saving up to 27% OFF – which is why UPA can offer new winning bidders a free trial of 1st US$80 OFF (£55 GBP OFF). Please start now.
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Bids below this level will be respectfully declined.
Live auction of 187 of the most valuable lots from estimate £1,000 GBP upwards – Wednesday 13th July 2016, 5pm (UK time) via www.the-saleroom.com
Showing 1 - 25 of 81
Lot #4527 - China
1878-83 - Large Dragon 5ca yellow with PEKING postmark in blue plus central BRITISH POST OFFICE CONSTANTINOPLE cancel in red brown, couple of short perfs, fine and extremely rare, possibly unique (image available) [US8] (Reserve = £569.60) [Estimate price: £712]
Lot #4528 - China
1878-83 - Large Dragon 5ca yellow fine used, a few pulled perfs, blue oval chop plus HONG KONG c.d.s., extremely rare (image available) [US8] (Reserve = £273.60) [Estimate price: £342]
Lot #4529 - China
1878-83 - Large Dragon 3ca red used, rough perfs at foot Cat £400 [US2] (Reserve = £75.20) [Estimate price: £94]
Lot #4530 - China
1885-88 - Small Dragon 1ca(thinned),3ca,5ca(tiny thin) used Cat £140 [US1] (Reserve = £42.40) [Estimate price: £53]
Lot #4531 - China
1885-88 - Small Dragon perf 11½-12 3ca mauve mint, flat gum, some short perfs Cat £300 (Reserve = £64.00) [Estimate price: £80]
Lot #4532 - China
1891 - Cover with France Peace&Commerce 25c Shanghai to Scotland, very fine [US8] (Reserve = £56.80) [Estimate price: £71]
Lot #4533 - China
1897 - 1c on 3c Red Revenue large central character fresh m.m., very fine Cat £1100 (image available) [US1] (Reserve = £391.20) [Estimate price: £489]
Lot #4534 - China
1897 - Surcharge 2c on 2ca green (red ink line on gum) fresh mm. Cat £850 [US9] (Reserve = £55.20) [Estimate price: £69]
Lot #4535 - China
1897 - Small Figures ½c on 3ca orange yellow fresh mint, light gum wrinkling Cat £32 [US1] (Reserve = £8.80) [Estimate price: £11]
Lot #4536 - China
1897 - Small Figures 8c on 6ca brown fresh mint, disturbed gum Cat £70 [US1] (Reserve = £14.40) [Estimate price: £18]
Lot #4537 - China
1897 - 2c on 3c Red Revenue inverted S fresh m.m., a little heavily mounted Cat £1300 (image available) [US1] (Reserve = £427.20) [Estimate price: £534]
Lot #4538 - China
1897 - 2c on 2ca green mint, light bend Cat £90 [US1] (Reserve = £21.60) [Estimate price: £27]
Lot #4539 - China
1897 - Small Figures 4c on 4ca pink fresh mint, disturbed gum Cat £70 [US1] (Reserve = £17.60) [Estimate price: £22]
Lot #4540 - China
1897-1923 - Used collection on leaves(about 110) including Coiling Dragon series(30) with values to $2, 1909 Temple set, 1912 Republic ovpts(25) with values to $1, 1st Peking print values to $2, mainly fine [US1] (Reserve = £142.40) [Estimate price: £178]
Lot #4541 - China
1899 - Cover from Shanghai to Des Moines, Iowa with overprinted on France 25c, light filing crease, backstamped Kobe, Yokohama, Washington, Paid All, Des Moines Received, fine [US8] (Reserve = £56.80) [Estimate price: £71]
Lot #4542 - China
1903 - Coiling Dragon 2c red bisected and handstamped 'Postage/ 1 Cent/ Paid' on cover to Foochow tied Foochow 22 Oct/03 c.d.s., tiny tone on one perf tip otherwise very fine Cat £2250 (image available) (Reserve = £800.00) [Estimate price: £1,000.00]
Lot #4543 - China
1904 - Postage Due-2c to 10c(4) fresh mint, disturbed gum Cat £212 [US2] (Reserve = £37.60) [Estimate price: £47]
Lot #4544 - China
1913 - Cover from Yoochow City to Ohio with Republic ovpt 10c blue, backstamped Nanking, Shanghai, IJPO, long and interesting missionary letter enclosed [US8] (Reserve = £45.60) [Estimate price: £57]
Lot #4545 - China
1925 - Revenue-Famine Relief 1c blue and red in a fine mint part sheet of 65, mostly unmounted (Reserve = £160.00) [Estimate price: £200]
Lot #4546 - China
1928 - Chang Tso Lin $1 red fresh mint, minor gum disturbance, tiny surface spot Cat £170 (image available) (Reserve = £48.00) [Estimate price: £60]
Lot #4547 - China
1928 - Chang Tso-lin $1 red mint, disturbed gum Cat £170 [US5] (Reserve = £39.20) [Estimate price: £49]
Lot #4548 - China
1929 - Chiang Kai Shek $1 red fresh m.m., very fine Cat £250 (image available) (Reserve = £120.00) [Estimate price: £150]
Lot #4549 - China
1932 - Expedition 10c blue v.f.u. Cat £120 [US3] (Reserve = £32.80) [Estimate price: £41]
Lot #4550 - China
1932 - Sven Hedin set(4) top marginals with part imprint mint, gum disturbance, the 1c has a small thin, 10c surface abrasions Cat £400 (Reserve = £80.00) [Estimate price: £100]
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