Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 6

1953/1967: PRC unused collection in album from 1953 with 1955 Stalin & Mao set of two, Scientist's set of four and the set of four imperforate Miniature sheet, 1956 Congress set of three, 1957 TUC set of two and Russian Revolution set of five, Yellow River set of four, 1958 Heroes Monument 8 f., Marx set of two, TUC set of two, Children set of four, Playwright's set of three and Miniature sheet (Gi MS1762a = £ 325), Students set of two, 1959 Folk Art set of four, 1959 Steel Production set of three, Labour Day set of three, Peking airport set of two, Student rising set of two, Tenth Anniv. of PRC set of three, 2nd issue set of four, Mao Proclamation 20 f. carmine (Gi = £ 250), Youth Pioneers set of six, Games set of 16, 1960 Long March set of three, Lenin set of three, Fish set of 12 (Gi = £ 500), Pigs set of five, Railway Station set of two, Engels set of two, Chrysanthemun set complete (Gi = £ 500), 1961 Table Tennis Miniature sheet (Gi = £ 700), 40th Communist anniv set of five, Mongolia set of two, Tang Pottery set of eight, Tibet set of five, 1962 Cuba set of three, Mei-Lang Fang set of eight (Gi = £ 1'100) and the rare Imperforate set (Gi = £ 6'000), Mei-Lang Fang Miniature sheet very fresh and fine (Gi = £ 11'000), Scientists set of eight, 1963 Cuba set of six (Gi = £ 400), Butterflies set of 20 (Gi = £ 375), Children set of 12 Imperforate (Gi = £ 375), Pandas set of three, Monkey set of three perf. and imperf, Hwangshan set of 16 (Gi = £ 700), 1964 Peonies set and Miniature sheet (Gi MS2199a = £ 2'375), 1964 Vessels set, Marx 8 f. and Triptych, largely complete thereafter with 1966 Sun Yat Sen 8 f., Revolution set of four, Lu Hsun set of three, Mao's Thoughts with both 8 f. strips of five with both red and gold outer frames (Gi = £ 4'250). A beautifully mounted collection, a delightful lot Gi = £ 25'000+ (12th edition, 2018).