#225, $5.00 Dark green, used, excellent centering though reperforated at right, deeply rich color and a sharp impression, light c.d.s. cancel, extremely fine appearance; only a small number of the 782 issued were ever used; clear 1983 PF certificate and a 2010 PF certificate.
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#238, $2.00 Dark blue, an uncommonly select mint example, featuring deep luxuriant color and a razor-sharp impression, exceptionally well centered within large margins, o.g., lightly hinged, choice very fine; only 695 printed; 2002 PF certificate.
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#239, $5.00 Dark green, an incredibly rare used example of this high value, in fact, this is only the second certified used example we have ever offered, tied to small piece by double oval Manila postmark, nicely centered, especially rich color, very fine; by far the rarest regularl
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#239, $5.00 Dark green, an incredibly rare used example of this high value, well centered within large margins, deep color and impression, light c.d.s. cancel, the PSE certificate notes a small internal cancel penetration, while the PF notes an added perforation, very fine appearance; only a
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Warren #349B, 1898 Provisional 50c composite stamp validated by Lieut. C.H. Sleeper's initials on a business license issued by the Headquarters of the Provost Martial General, Bureau of Licenses and dated 5 December, 1898, file fold through the 40c adhesive, still a very fine and rare documen
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Warren #349C, 1898 Provisional 50c composite stamps validated by the initials of Captain C.F. Mudgett on business license issued by the Headquarters Provost Martial General, Bureau of Licenses and dated 12 November, 1898, stamps tied by violet oval cancel, stamps with pinholes, still very fin
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#238, 1915 $5.00 Scarlet and black, first Peking printing, excellent centering and very fresh, o.g., l.h., extremely fine.
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#239, 1915 $10.00 Yellow green and black, first Peking printing, well centered, rich fresh colors, o.g., h.r., choice very fine.
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#1091a, 1953 Chiang Kai-shek souvenir folder containing three sheetlets of five stamps each, without gum as issued, very fine.
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#684-95 var., 1963 Children's Day imperforate cplt., without gum as issued, all but two with top sheet-margin, very fine set.
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#863-73, 1965 National Games cplt., fresh mint set, pristine o.g., n.h., extremely fine.
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#1399, 1978 Galloping Horses souvenir sheet, o.g., n.h., fresh and extremely fine.
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#1540, 1573, 1979 Camellias and Hyacynth souvenir sheets, o.g., n.h., fresh and extremely fine.
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#154, 1916 10s Heir Apparent, wonderfully fresh, pristine o.g., n.h., very fine.
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#188-89, 1924 5Y Grey green and 10Y Dull violet Empress Jingo, watermarked zigzag lines, both well centered and fresh, o.g., small h.r., very fine.
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#479a, 1949 8Y Postal Week, miniature sheet of five, choice centering, o.g., n.h., one stamp tiny inclusion, extremely fine.
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#422a, 1948 5Y Philatelic Week, miniature sheet of five, fresh and well centered, o.g., n.h., one stamp small inclusion, very fine.
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#119 var., 1950 100w Syngman Rhee presentation sheet, without gum as issued, fresh and very fine; quite scarce with only 300 sheets issued (KPC #PSC 38).
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#121 var., 1950 200w Flags of U.N. and Korea presentation sheet, without gum as issued, fresh and very fine; quite scarce with only 300 sheets issued (KPC #PSC 39).
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#122-24, 126 vars., 1951 5w-50w and 1,000w Regular issue presentation sheets, without gum as issued, fresh and very fine; only 900 of each were issued (KPC #PS 75-77, 79).
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#132/73 Footnote, 1951-52 Flags souvenir sheets, without gum as issued, stock of 167 souvenir sheets comprised of Australia (11), Belgium (9), Britain (11), Canada (8), Colombia (7), Ethiopia (7), France (13), Greece (9), India (1), Italy with crown (1), Netherlands (6), New Zealand (12), Nor
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#185-86 var., 1952 500w and 2,000w Regular issue presentations sheets, without gum as issued, 500w with a tiny rust spot, otherwise very fine and scarce; only 300 of each were issued (KPC #PS 90, 92).
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#197 var., 1954 100w Brown carmine watermarked wavy line, imperforate, without gum as issued, very rare complete sheet of 100, usual light bends, fresh and extremely fine (KPC #120a).
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#197 var., 1954 100w Regular issue presentation sheet, without gum as issued, exceptionally fresh, extremely fine and scarce; only 500 were issued (KPC #PS 120).
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#203 var., 1954 30h Dark blue watermarked wavy line, imperforate, without gum as issued, seldom seen complete sheet of 100, trivial tear in the selvage only, still fresh and extremely fine (KPC #119a).
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#209-10, 212 vars., 1955 10h Brown, 15h Violet and 50h Plum watermarked wavy line, imperforate, without gum as issued, rare set of complete sheets of 100, 50h with a light horizontal bend through ten stamps at center, otherwise fresh and extremely fine (KPC #128a, 129a, 131a).
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#212B var., 1955 20h Blue unwatermarked on laid paper, imperforate, without gum as issued, seldom seen complete sheet of 100, fresh and extremely fine (KPC #133b).
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#264a, 1957 Treaty of Friendship souvenir sheet, clean and fresh, o.g., n.h., small natural translucent spot, otherwise extremely fine; only 2,000 sheets were issued.
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#287a-89a, 1958 Christmas and New Year souvenir sheets cplt., five mint sets, o.g., n.h., some usual light natural gum bends, one 15h with a light crease at upper left, otherwise very fine.
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#C17 var., C19 var., 1956 70h and 205h Re-drawn air mails presentation sheets, without gum as issued, very fine; only 1,000 of each were issued (KPC #PSA 16, 18).
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#C27-28, 1962-63 5w and 10w Air mails, complete sheets of 50, with full imprints at bottom, o.g., n.h., fresh and fine-very fine.
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#C27, 1963 5w Light blue and violet, three complete sheets of 50, with full imprints at bottom, o.g., n.h., folded in half horizontally, two stamps with a gum disturbance spot, fresh and fine-very fine.
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China powerful mint and used collection in mounts or hinged on quadrilled pages in two binders, starts with the 1878-83 Large Dragons complete used except for 5ca, large margins, and continues with 1885-88 Small Dragons mostly used, 1894 Empress Dowager complete mint, 1897 Dowager small figur
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China mint and used collection mounted on quadrilled pages in an album, starts with a couple small dragons and continues with scattered issues to 1949, including a few mint 1920's and 1930's commemoratives, however most of the value is in mint Taiwan to the early 1960's, including 1951 Electi
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China assortment of hundreds of mint and used singles and sets arranged on cards, mostly one-of-a-kind including used 1878 1c Large Dragon, 1882 wide-margin 5c Large Dragon, 1883 1c and 5c Large Dragon and 1897 Large 2c Red Revenue, the rest is mostly modestly valued 20th century issues inclu
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China accumulation of a few thousand stamps filling a large stockbook, some early 20th Century used, mainly lower end values with duplication, Taiwan contains mint never hinged sets from the 1990s in various quantities, also PRC with a few better early items noticed, also quite a bit of Hong
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China assortment, hundreds of mint and used singles and sets in glassines and an album, much is common material, however there are a few better to be found scattered throughout.
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China (P.R.C.) small mint group of better items, with #278a, 620-27, 798a, 938, 943a, 948a, and 982-90, o.g.. n.h. or without gum as issued, some trivial imperfections, otherwise fine-very fine; the lot also includes Hong Kong #127 (hinged).
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China (P.R.C.) selection of mostly 1960's mint sets including 1959 First National Sports Meeting, 1960 Pigs, 1961 Rebirth of Tibetan People, 1963 Games of the Newly Emerging Forces, 1964 Views, 1964 Sacrificial Bronze Vessels on Yin Dynasty, 1965 20th Anniversary of Victory Over Japan, 1966 S
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Japan 1876-83 "Old" Koban issue specialized exhibition collection beautifully mounted and eruditely written up on quadrille pages in two Elbe albums, includes mint and used singles identified by paper type and by the various 37 different perforations used, hiragana type Mihon overprints, nume
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Japan Koban and Chrysanthemum used hoard of many thousands, or even tens of thousands, of stamp sorted by Scott number in envelopes and glassines filling a small box, some still on piece, the expert eye will certainly find better cancels and perforations.
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Japan mint and used collection to 1966 mounted on quadrilled pages in an Elbe album and comprised of mint and used singles and sets, with the definitives generally used and the commemoratives mostly mint, mint souvenir sheets and some Mihon overprints, the collection starts with 1871 45m-500m
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Japan pre-war mostly used collection mounted on quadrilled pages in three Schaubek albums, the first two volumes are all specialized Koban issues collected not only by perforation type but also by cancellations, with many daub or bota types identified by town or city, as well as postage due,
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Japan amazing mint and used stock and accumulation in glassines, tens of thousands of mint, used and Mihon overprinted stamps mostly identified in glassines and packed into a large carton, includes Chrysanthemums both genuine and forgeries, excellent Kobans identified by perforations, mostly
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Japan mint and used stock to the 1970's, many hundreds of mint and used, singles, sets and souvenir sheets arranged in eight stockbooks in generally modest quantities to about five or ten apiece, starts with used Kobans arranged by perforation, however most of the value lies in post 1920 mint
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Japan mint and used stock to 1973, many hundreds of singles, sets and souvenir sheets in quantities from about one to five housed in two large Elbe stockbooks, starts with some used Kobans, however most of the value lies in mint post 1920 issues, nothing very expensive noted, but plenty usefu
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Japan souvenir sheet hoard of many hundreds in quantities from one to 50, includes better items such as Scott #306a, 378a, 385a, 422a, 456, 457 (3), 479a, 521c and 580a, plus numerous Parks souvenir sheets mostly with folders, many Lottery sheets and more modern issues in quantity, occasional
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Japan 20th century mint collection to 1940 housed in an interesting old native Japanese album, mostly regular issues including 1914 5Y and 10Y Jingo, 1924 5Y and 10Y Jingo, 1937 5Y and 10Y Jingo and some Parks sets and souvenir sheets, stamps affixed to album pages using their own gum at top
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Japan mint sheets accumulation of hundreds from 1954 to the mid 1970's, mostly between Scott #602/1195 in quantities from one to seven apiece, includes a few better such as #616 (4) and 704, also includes some blocks and part sheets, all o.g., n.h., fine-very fine; total face value is 343,562
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Japan diverse accumulation, large carton filled with collections, balances, remnants and miscellaneous material in albums, album pages, stockpages, folders, cigar boxes, etc., we spotted many better items including 1872-76 Cherry Blossoms many Kobans, mint Parks sets, 1954 Philatelic Week boo
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