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Auction: 145 - Award Winning Collections Sale
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CHINA REVENUES The Vincent Ong Gold Medal Collection The eight-frame exhibit detailing China´s tax evolution through its revenue stamps and documents; chronicling the political and economic developments of everyday lives of the Chinese population. The collection commences with a blank, pre-printed Ming Dynasty document and continues through to the 1950´s People´s Republic. Highlights of this fascinating collection are a fine group of early land revenue documents, a 1904 Customs Notice of duty liable on telephone and telegraph items, the different issues of revenue stamps including their use on documents, some scarce and valuable Liberated Areas issues including some important North-West China - Yili-Tacheng-Artia Area with 1945 "BTD" $5 and $10 with first setting $5 and $10 (5) sheets of eight and some from the later settings, a group of the later, 1946-48 issues including some complete sheets and used on documents; some special revenue stamps and later documents. A fine and interesting collection which is ideal for further study and development

Estimate
$60,000 to $80,000