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InterAsia Auctions, the market leader in Asian philately, to hold stamps sale

HONG KONG.- InterAsia Auctions‘ upcoming sale will take place on September 23-26. As you will notice, the sale will now take place over 4 days – September 23-26-because of the sheer volume of lots, again at the Park Lane Hotel in Hong Kong. The over 3,500 lots are their largest offering ever and represent the most significant, as well as the most diverse and comprehensive auction they have had the privilege of offering. The auction is organised a little differently from the past, with the People’s Republic of China occupying the first day and a half of the sale. Its 1,300 lots, by far the largest offering ever of this immensely popular subject, are noteworthy both in terms of the great rarities, as well as the abundance and depth of popular sets and miniature sheets. The pristine marginal block of four of the 1968 unissued “Great Victory of the Cultural Revolution” 8f. and the 1953 Military “Blue Navy” $800 in both