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LOT Type Description   Picture   Est £
1118 * HONDURAS 1930 Air the very Rare 10c on 20c yellow brown surcharge in violet and with variety Large ‘1’ in 1930 mint very fresh and fine with clear 1960 RPS Cert,  Scott C 24 SG 286 var, only one sheet of the value Ovpt and the variety occurred in one position only Unique item [Plate 21]   PIC   500
1119   HONG KONG 1896 Mourning envelope to GB bearing 8c wing marginal and 24c pale green making correct 32c rate cancelled neat B 62 and b/s Hong Kong etc Cover has some imperfections and re-enforced by card insert [1 cover]       225
1120 [x] HONG KONG 1871[Feb 8] cover to UnterBarmen, Rhenish Prussia, endorsed ‘Via Trieste’ franked by 1863-71 96c brownish grey, wmk CC tied by ‘B62’ with attractive blue circular senders dated cachet [F Peil] at lower left and magenta and blue rate marks on face, on reverse  very fine despatch cds and boxed arrival ds [21.3.71] Trivial imperfections [stamp with insignificant corner blemish] but a very are and desirable single franking BPA Cert SG 91 [Plate 55]   PIC   2500
1121 [x] HONG KONG 1872 COVER TO Bombay bearing 8c brownish orange cancelled fine B62 and b/s Hong Kong and Bombay [in red] Scarce [1]       125
1122 [x] HONG KONG 1879 cover to Hamburg bearing 12c blue cancelled B 62 with Hong Kong Code A cds Ja 4 79 at left, firms h/s at lower left Stemssen & Co Hong Honk b/.s Hamburg [Plate 55]       300
1123 [x] HONG KONG 1887 cover to Amsterdam bearing 10c cancelled B62 barred oval Hong Kong cds at left also Ligne cds 9 July 87 minor tones at top of stamp but scarce [1  cover]       70
1124 * HONG KONG 1891 2c carmine Jubilee a Rare block of 6 [3 x 2] from Post 2-4/8-10, fourth printing of first setting og, typical fractionally toned gum, and post 8 with minor corner cease, nevertheless a splendid multiple with deep fresh colour SG 51 [Plate 24]   PIC   2500
1124b   HONG KONG 1903 $2 fine used cds SG73 [1]       65
1124c O HONG KONG 1903 $3 fine used cds SG 74 [1]       90
1124d O HONG KONG 1903 $5 fine used SG 75 [1]       150
1124e   HONG KONG 1903 $10 fine used cds SG 76 [1]       100
1124f O HONG KONG 1921-37 set to $5 [ex 2c grey] used SG 117-132 [Ex 118c] [17]       50
1125   HONG KONG 1900-01 4c carmine block of five solely cancelled by fine strikes of Dublin & Queenstown TPO My 20 1903 most unusual piece the top pair slightly creased [Plate 42] [5]   PIC   120
1126   HONG KONG 1931 3c grey defin Die Proof of frame only in black on white glazed card Rare [Plate 48]   PIC   350
1127 P HONG KONG 1938 20c scarlet Imperf Proof block of 16 on blue paper without gum, some minor creasing and top row just cut into at top, A Rare Piece and Must be the largest multiple extant [Plate 41][16]   PIC   800
1128   HONG KONG 1967-9, 1971, 1973 New Year sets fresh m/u SG 242-3 245-6 257-8 268-9 281-2 [10]       40
1129   HONG KONG [China] 1899 combination cover to Germany [re-addressed] bearing China 1897 Surcharges 10c on 12c, 10c on 9c used, neat Taku cds 28 May 99 a third Chinese stamp is almost completely covered by Hong Kong 5c two vertical pairs with Shanghai June 99 cds, also IPO boxed tied print.  Cover b/s Hong Kong June 9 99 and Baden Baden 10.7.99,  Some slight imperfections but a very Rare cover [Plate 55]   PIC   700
1130 [x] HONG KONG [Treaty Ports] 1899 1c green postal stationery card written from Hoihow cancelled by the bilingual Kiungchow cds of 22 Dec 99.  A prepaid card sent through Chinese PO during IPO period hence no Chinese stamps required, b/s Hong Kong Receivers Dec 24.  Rare item Webb records only one example cancelling on Edw VII stamp [on page 285] [Plate 55]   PIC   750