China, Early to Mid-Modern Mint and Used Collection, 1940-77, mounted in a thick Minkus album with specialized material on homemade quadrille pages, a look at the end of the Republic and its successor states; begins with Republic Airmails and Sun Yat-sens/Martyrs including CNCs, Golds and a few Silver and Unit Stamps, along with Provincial overprints, late commemoratives, Postage Dues, etc.; Japanese Occupations include Formosa and others with used, with Taiwan better including (mint unless noted) #1064-1069 imperforate, 1091a, 1114a with tab, and nicely filled 1958 onwards including #1261-1264, 1290-1307, 1355-1358, 1414-1417, 1471-1474, 1479-1482, 1550-1555, 1556-1562, etc.; Republic Provincial issues include Manchuria (Ki-Hei) #21-24, Sinkiang #65-66, 70-73, 98-101; PRC with a selection of Scott- and Yang-listed Liberated Areas including North East #1L121-1L124, 1L136-1L139, 1L176-1L178, etc., with PRC proper including early issue original printings, #245a-248a, 249-266, 344a, 345-346, 426-437, 441-444, 445-452, 523-524, 538-539, 606-609, 620-627, 713-715 imperforate top margin imprint singles, 716-731, 783-790, 798b, 828-832, 960-964, 974 used, 1005-1006, 1047-1052, 1067-1075 (including #1074a), 1080-1083, 1084-1089, 1104-1107, 1108-1113, etc.; well worth review, Very Fine overall, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 8.5 lbs.
