SESCAL Stamp Catalog 2013 October 2013 | Page 135

Session IV: Sunday, October 6, 2013 Estimate Estimate 4417 4418 4421 4420 4419X Session IV: Sunday, October 6, 2013 Estimate 4421 China PRC – Foreign Covers, cont. 4417 Estimate (948) 1967 THOUGHTS OF MAO 8f GOLD & RED ON ILLUSTRATED COVER ...................................... PH (948) 1967 THOUGHTS OF MAO 8f GOLD & RED ON COVER ................................................................ PH 4422 $400 Thoughts of Mao 8f gold & red stamp with 29 characters (Scott #948) on plain cover. Cover shows some wear. Fine. 4419 (952-53) 1967 ‘MAO...OUR GREAT TEACHER’ 8f INTERNAL COVERS (x4) ............................ PH $1000-1500 Four covers from the Cultural Revolution period. Three covers franked with one each of ‘Mao & Red Guards with books’ 8f stamp (Scott #952), and one cover franked with single ‘Mao with upraised hand’ stamp (Scott #953). One cover with tear & small corner piece missing. All internal covers mailed within China. Overall fine to very fine. 4420 (976) 1968-73 MULTI FRANKED COVER TO USA .... PH $550 Airmail cover from Consulate General Changchun, China to California franked with three stamps: Poem by Mao 8f (Scott #976), Red Cross Worker Examining Baby 10f (Scott #1010), and Pandas 43f (Scott #1113), tied by two strikes of 1973 cds, with New York receiving on back. Cover slightly trimmed at right. Very fine. Foreign-Covers.pmd 1960-70s CULTURAL REVOLUTION PERIOD COVERS (x6) .................................................... PH $1000-1500 Selection of 6 covers all from the Cultural Revolution period. These covers are extremely scarce, especially to the outside world. Includes: (1) Cover with all over bamboo style illustration franked with Mao Writing Poems 10f stamp (Scott #980) & Gate of Heavenly Peace 8f stamp (Scott #1028); (2) Plain cover franked with Poem by Mao 10f stamp (Scott #979); (3) Illustrated (mountain scene) multi franked airmail cover to Denmark with Poem by Mao 10f stamp (Scott #971) and First Asian table tennis championships 22f stamp (Scott #1102); (4) Illustrated cover (yellow & red sun rise) with Poem by Mao 4f stamp pair (Scott #967); (5) Illustrated cover (rising sun & inscription in box) franked with Kin Hsun-hua 8f stamp (Scott #1045); (6) Illustrated cover (red Mao portrait with gold inscription below) franked with Mao Going to An Yuan stamp (Scott #998), cover roughly opened at left. Nice selection, overall fine to very fine. (800) 782-0066 • www.RegencySuperior.com Page 134 134 $500 Clean cover with red boxed inscription and franked on back with single Poem by Mao 8f stamp (Scott #976), tied by 1968 cds, and additional receiving cds. Cover slightly trimmed at right where opened. Fine to very fine. $550 Thoughts of Mao 8f gold & red stamp with 29 characters on illustrated cover with ‘Ship, Star & Anchor’ cachet. Very fine. Slightly trimmed at left where opened. 4418 (976) 1967-68 POEMS BY MAO 8f ON CLEAN COVER ....................................................................... PH 8/16/2013, 1:08 PM Regency-Superior, Ltd.