Auction: CSS31 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2694
China
Central Trust
1942-44
The exhibition collection of stamps on display pages which includes 10c. perf.12½ including imprint block and block with large hole perforations, perf.13 imprint blocks (3 different); 16c. with thin "16" in corner block of four, perf.10½ and perf.11; 20c. with some different perfs. including perf.11 block of six, block of four imperforate left margin and cover cancelled by village box cancellation; 25c. with double perforation in block of four; 30c. perf.10 block of four, perf.10½ block of sixteen and perf.11 block of four; 40c. with better perforations including pairs of perf. 13x10½ and perf.10½x13 and perf.11 in a corner imprint block of ten; 50c. with specimen handstamp on pair, different perfs. including perf.11 imperf. between stamp and margin, perf.11½ with large holes in block of nine and corner imprint block of six; $1 lake with some better perf. types, Indian red block of four and a single perf.11, imperf. between vertical pair and imperforate right margin in a corner imprint block of eight; $1 green including imperforate right margin, imperf. between horizontal pair (used) and a corner imprint block of nine showing a dramatic paper fold; $1.50 including perf.11; $2 with imperforate left margin, double perforations and shifted perforations; $3 handstamped specimen and double perforations; $4 with double perforations and $5 with handstamp specimen and imperforate lower margin block of four. A clean and fine lot which includes numerous imprint blocks showing the different types, different perforations, shades and papers.
Sold for
HK$42,000