China, Appealing Mint and Used Collection, 1878-1949, in a binder on Minkus pages with Szyk frontispiece; nicely filled collection with better including mostly used Large and Small Dragons complete by Scott with a #3 shade variety, used #24 along with #16-24 "used" reference examples, #25-27 (#26 used), a mix of overprinted Dowagers, mint #78b (large box) and 84 (faulty) plus used #78-80 & 82, ICPs with used $5, CIPs used to 30c, well-filled Coiling Dragons including no gum #109 along with Customs, Waterlow and B.R.A. overprints, Chungking bisect on piece, two Foochow bisect covers (one noted genuine, one forgery), nice array of Express Mail used sections and mint complete strips, near-complete Revolution and Republic commemoratives mint, solid Junks and Sun Yat-sens & Martyrs, the latter including provisional overprints; CNCs, Golds, Unit Stamps, used #C1-C5, mint #C6-C10, plus Provinces, Japanese Occupations, Manchukuo and Shanghai Local Posts (including several Large Dragons); some faults among earlies, but generally clean and fresh, Fine to Very Fine with better throughout, well worth review; fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 4.4 lbs.
