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Tocmai mă întreba cineva, zilele trecute, ce părere am despre preţurile mărcilor chinezeşti.
Aruncându-mi ochii mai devreme pe realizările licitaţiei casei britanice Grosvenor #67, care s-a desfăşurat începând cu 28 septembrie, mi-a sărit în ochi o colecţie de mărci chinezeşti. Redau descrierea, conform catalogului:

"China: People's Republic: 1949-99 A virtually complete unmounted mint collection with some additional stamps in used condition, with all miniature sheets including those issued at Philatelic Exhibitions, complete booklets. Overall in fine/very fine condition, housed in twelve purpose made Lindner boxed albums, formed by an English gentleman and bought from original private collections, dealers and auctions in England and Europe. Only ever stored in the U.K. The collection includes 1950 Foundation set, 1950 Flags set, Gate of Heavenly Peace sets with 1950 (Oct-Dec.), 1950-51, 1951 Pink network set also a used set, 1952 Gymnastics set in se-tenant blocks of four, 1953 Military Post $800 orange-yellow, vermilion and red-orange, $800 orange-yellow,vermilion and brown-purple, 1955 Scientists miniature sheets, 1958 Heroes miniature sheet, 1958 Han-ching miniature sheet, 1960 Goldfish set, 1960-61 Chrysanthemums set, 1961 Table Tennis miniature sheet, 1962 Support for Cuba set, 1962 Stage Art of Mei Lan-fang set with imperforate set and the miniature sheet, 1963 Cuban Revolution, 1963 Butterflies set, 1963 Children set imperforate, 1963 Panda set imperforate, 1963 Monkeys set imperforate, 1963 Landscapes set, 1964 Peonies set and miniature sheet, 1964 PeopleÕs Republic miniature sheet, 1964 Petroleum set, 1964 Hydro-Electric set, 1965 Conference set, 1965 Liberation Army set, 1965 National Games set, 1966 Industrial Machines set, 1966 Cultural Revolution Games set, 1966 Lu Hsun set, 1967 Liu Ying-chun set, 1967 Thought of Mao both se-tenant strips, 1967 Labour Day set, 1967 Talks of Literature and Art set, 1967 Communist Party set, 1967 Our Great Teacher set, 1967-68 Poems set, 1968 Revolutionary Literature and Art set, 1968 Anti-American 8f., 1968 Directives se-tenant strip, 1971 Paris Commune set, 1971 Workers se-tenant strip, 1973 Pandas set, 1974 Industrial Production set, 1978 Science Conference miniature sheet, 1978 Horses miniature sheet, 1978 Arts and Crafts miniature sheet, 1978 Bridges miniature sheet, 1979 Great Wall miniature sheet, 1979 International Stamp Fair miniature sheet, 1979 Science miniature sheet, 1979 Camellias miniature sheet, 1979 Stamp Exhibition miniature sheet, 1980 Paintings miniature sheet, 1980 Year of the Monkey 8f., 1980 Lotus miniature sheet, 1981 Beauties miniature sheet, booklets complete with 1980 Gu Dong, 1981 Year of the Cock, 1983 Terracotta Figures, etc. (1,000s) [Proposed price £60,000]"

Colecţia a fost vândută cu 78.000 lire sterline.