The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025)
Sale 346
- (-) Remove Mizuhara’s Collection of Classic Taiwan Stamps and Postal History filter Mizuhara’s Collection of Classic Taiwan Stamps and Postal History
the used portion includes two 50c singles, one 100c single, and a piece bearing 100c stamp, all cancelled by double-circle English datestamp “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN”, while the unused portion consists of blocks of four of 50c and 100c respectively.
comprising 30c Green, 50c Red and 100c Violet, each cancelled by double-circle English datestamp “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN”.
top item on the page is Third Issue 100c Blue horizontal pair, both stamps with the denomination “壹佰” omitted, unused, a striking major printing variety. Accompanied by nine forged examples in various colours and denominations, some bearing non-postal or imitation cancellations, offered for reference and study.
with “DORLING Co. LONDON” watermark. Rare large multiple.
a remarkable historical assemblage featuring three used “Tiger” stamps of 1895 Taiwan Republic (30c Blue, 50c Red, and 100c Violet), each cancelled by “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN” double-circle datestamp, mounted alongside a contemporary New York Herald Tribune article by correspondent Davidson, describing the postal issues and administration of the short-lived Republic under Black Flag Chief Liu Yongfu. A unique pairing of philatelic and journalistic documentation reflecting international awareness of the Formosan Republic postal system.
tied by a struck of double-circle English datestamp “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN”, dated September 12, 1895.
tied by a struck of double-circle English datestamp “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN”, dated August 29, 1895.
tied by a struck of double-circle English datestamp “FORMOSAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN”, dated October 7, 1895.
comprising both unused and used examples of 30c Green, 50c Red, and 100c Blue.
both unused and with wide space printing. Hinged. VF-F.