1903 Bisect of the 2c CIP with surcharge “Postage 1 Cent Paid” tied by Foochow 22.10.03 cds to small piece, very fine (Image)

1903 Group of 8 illustrated Bonds “Emprunt Chinois 5 % Or”, very fine, scarce (Image)

1904 Registered real photo post card franked 4c + 10c CIP issue to Nice / France bearing “HOKOW 16.4.04” cds alongside boxed registered HOKOW cachet + Haiphong transit and Nice arrival marking , superb (Image)

1912 Republic Statistical Department, Shanghai: 1c ochre block of 62 with variety misplaced overprint (13mm left) resulting in sixteen pairs with and without overprint across the four panes, part to large part original gum; a few split perforations at top between the panes, an attractive and highly desirable example of this scarce variety, a very important block which is of exhibition calibre (Chan 167g, SG193d) (Image)

1913 Group of 4 rare illustrated Bonds “Lung Tsing U Hai Railway – Chinese Republic”, very fine, rare (Image)

1913 Group of 3 illustrated Bonds “Chinese Government” Gold Loan, very fine, scarce (Image)

1916 Small native Hweichow to Panpu, franked Jung 3c tied HWEICHOW cds with rare late use of the Yuan year cancel, unlisted by Paul Chan (Image)

1933 (Apr 20) Envelope from Sven Hedin the explorer to to his niece in Sweden, with complete set of NW Expedition (Chan 329-332) stamps tied with Peking cds, signed by him on the reverse additional 30c, Shanghai cds signed by Hedin on back, discolouration caused by paste, scarce (Image)

1964 Flowers Peonies complete mint nh set of 15 values, very fine (Image)

1967 Thoughts of Mao strips of five (both the red frame and gold frame issue) with neat CTO cds, red-frame strip top marginal with sheet no. and inscription, neither have been folded, very fine (Image)

1878-1949, Chinese Empire old-time collection in 2 volumes offered intact with comprehensive unused and used ranges incl. 1878-83 Large Dragons with all papers and setting incl. wide to 5ca, Small Dragons with varieties and shades, perfs and cancellations, 1894-97 Dowager Empress similarly comprehensive showing all printings with 30c on 24ca third printing, 1897 Red Revenues to $1 mint and used (both superb), 1897-06 Coiling Dragon, Carp and Goose designs to $2 with some multiples, covers and varieties, later Republican issues with mixed frankings, 1912 overprints to $5 with retouches to both $1 and $2, 1913 Junk, Reaper and Hall designs to $20 with 10c postal forgery and $2 & $5 “SPECIMEN”, 1931 4th National Congress Souvenir booklet containing 2nd Peking print to $5, 1931-49 SYS and Martyrs issues with extensive multiples and imperfs, min.sheets incl. the rare 1943 Thrift overprinted in Russian and French, comprehensive 1940-44 Provincial Surcharges with many of the rare types, a truly remarkable assembly notable for the frequent part sheets, covers and cancellations throughout, plus stationery (incl. Taku dollar chop), identified forgeries, perfins, anti-bandit ovpts, etc., etc. (Est. CHF 30’000/40’000) (Image)

1878-1968, Mint & used collection in album incl. early material, PRC, back of the book, Provinces, etc. examine (Est. CHF 1’500/2’400) (Image)

1878-1972, Mint & used collection in one large stockbook plus set of album pages, from Large Dragons onwards to PRC, including some good locals: Ichang, Foochow, Kewkiang, Hankow, Chefoo, a must see (Est. CHF 8’000/12’000) (Image)

1878-1980, Important mint & used accumulation in three large stockbooks plus sets of album pages with much ROC and some PRC, Large and Small Dragons, Dowagers and overprints, also cancellations interest, plus later material to $1 and better values incl. mint sets, some nice covers, a great lot (Est. CHF 4’000/5’000) (Image)

1878-1980s, Mint & used collection with strength in the earlier issues from the Large Dragons onwards, Dowagers to 24c used, New Currency ovpts, Red Revenue ovpts to 4c on 3c used, good deal of Chinese Republic, PRC (none of the better sets noted), some Foreign Offices, etc., some reprints/forgeries inevitable so please inspect (Est. CHF 2’000/3’000) (Image)

1879-1980, Intriguing albeit disorganised, selection in stockbook & glassines with mostly Republic (bots of PRC) with strength in earlies incl. Large Dragons, red revenues (noted 1c vert. pair with customs cancel), Dowager overprints to 30c plus useful later material (Est. CHF 2’000/3’000) (Image)

1880-1980, Somewhat Rag tag but valuable selection on old album or stock pages, cards, glassines, etc. including large dragons, 3 different used small dragons (including mint), other earlier plus PRC including min.sheets Mint, China mavens must have a look! (Est. CHF 600/900) (Image)

1894-1932, Small collection of China on pages with Imperial China from about 1900 and a range of foreign post-offices including Russia, Japan and France (325 stamps, STC USD 1’206) (Est. CHF 150/200) (Image)

1900-10, Album with +110 PICTURE POSTCARDS showing various scenes, persons, views, etc., various frankings incl. French, German, IJPO, etc., many stamps replaced and faked cancels, see web for scans (Est. CHF 1’000/2’000) (Image)

1904-54, “Special Issues” or “back-of-the-book” issues with Air from 1921 incl. 1931 Peking to Shanghai commem. cover, 1937 China to USA cover, 1939 Chunking to Hanoi cover, PRC Military stamps incl. 1953 Star in Circle (the two issued stamps), Postage Dues from 1904, Parcel stamps from 1945, Officially Sealed labels, Express Letter stamps and 1941 Registered Label Fiscals, comprehensive regional overprints incl. Manchuria, Sechuan, SInkiand and Yunnan, etc. (Est. CHF 3’000/5’000) (Image)

1912-49, Collection of postal history in 1 volume and loose with early Republican ovpts, Junk, Hall + Reaper frankings, also SYS, registered mail, illustrated covers, picture postcards (incl. one with beheaded pirates!), French Consular mail, Gold and Silver Yuan inflationary, tax marks, commem. cachets, instructional, with unused and uprated postal stationery, etc. (150+ items) (Est. CHF 2’000/3’000) (Image)

1920-80, Lot of 24 covers and cards including four round-the-world airmail triple frankings, later wrapper to Macao, etc. (Est. CHF 400/600) (Image)

1927-50, China Border Areas collection of mint & used in 2 volumes covering all aspects of the Civil War with covers, pieces and some complete sheets and sheetlets, good ranges of N China, NE China, Port Arthur and Dairen, S and SW China and Central, min.sheets include NE China 1947 Nanking Anniv. and 10th Anniv. of War with Japan, also extensive JAPOC with “Six Districts” ovpts, N China most regions fully covered incl. Air stamps and Dues, and Manchukuo 1932-45 substantially complete incl. some Airs and Officially Sealed labels, etc. (Est. CHF 8’000/12’000) (Image)

1932-63, Mint & used collection, with Dr. Sun and Junk issues, Manchuko, PRC (some reprints), some foreign offices (French, Russian, Japanese, HK), etc. (Est. CHF 200/300) (Image)

1940-44, Mint stamp in sheets & part sheets, plus 1944 Japanese Occ. of China as same (1000’s) (Est. CHF 500/1’000)