The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025)
Sale 346
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This document represents an important artifact from the transitional period between the late Qing and early Republic of China, reflecting the development of local teacher education and training systems. Well-preserved with clear handwriting, it holds significant value for the study of early modern Chinese education history.
including a Wuhan mortgage contract and a Wuhan purchase contract, and a property ownership certificate from Ganzhou, with two items f.w. PRC revenue stamps. The documents are well-preserved and record the processes of mortgaging, buying, and transferring property ownership, reflecting the legal and administrative framework for real estate transactions in the early years of the People’s Republic of China. They hold significant historical and collectible value, serving as important reference materials for the study of early Chinese real estate systems and Party-administered documentation.
recognizing individuals’ outstanding achievements in national defense construction, technological innovation, searchlight units, and work and study performance. The awards are well-preserved and hold significant historical and collectible value, reflecting the early People’s Republic of China’s system of recognition for personal and collective accomplishments, and serving as important documents for the study of early national defense, technological progress, and Party commendation practices.
documenting the achievements of an individual who distinguished themselves in fifth campaigns, featuring inscriptions stating “One person’s merit brings honor to the whole family” and “Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Defend the Nation and Protect the Family.” The certificate bears full official seals from the Headquarters and Political Department of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army. It is well-preserved and holds significant historical and collectible value, serving as an important document for the study of the Korean War and the Communist Party’s military merit recognition system.
including two Revolutionary Army Family Relationship certificate, one Revolutionary Army Report of Merit and Old Red Army Glorious Injury and Disability certificate. An interesting group.
featuring Shanghai, United States, Africa, North America and Holland & Belgium.
The map clearly depicts provincial, prefectural, and county-level boundaries, combining traditional cartographic techniques with Western surveying methods, offering a degree of accuracy. Well-preserved, it provides important historical and collectible value, making it an excellent reference for the study of modern Chinese geography, administrative divisions, and historical changes.
including Johnson’s Asia by A.J. Johnson (U.S.), Colton’s Asia by J.H. Colton, Tibet, Mongolia and Mandchouria (c.1850) with inset views of Lhasa and the Great Wall, Physical and Political Map of Asia by A. Guyot, a large China map at a 1:12,000,000 scale, and two 19th-century colored administrative and railway maps.
A fine and diverse assemblage of six engraved maps illustrating the cartographic evolution of China and its border regions from the 18th to 19th centuries. covering Manchuria, Siberia, Mongolia, Tibet, and China proper.
covering Manchou, Chihli, Peking and Tientsin region, and all of China. Finely executed with detailed markings of railways, provincial boundaries, and foreign concessions, reflecting the geographic and political landscape of late Ching to early Republican China from a Western perspective.
the detailed lithographed maps outline provincial borders, major cities, and transportation routes including railways and treaty ports, extending from Manchuria and Mongolia to the South China Sea.
European/American engraved or lithographed issues with fine hand-coloring. Coverage includes late-Qing China, North China/Manchuria and adjacent regions, showing provincial boundaries, principal towns, rivers and emerging railways—illustrating Western cartographic views of China in the mid-19th to early-20th centuries.