1897 (14 May) coverfront with pre-printed address in Lyon, France, franked with a combination of surcharges 4c Dowager and vertical pair of large 2c on 3c Red Revenue, cancelled by brown "Pa-kua" chops, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai where 25c "Chine" was added to pay for further transmission "per French Packet," fine and attractive item (Image)

Est.US$7,500

1898 (3 Nov) registered picture postcard franked with 5c I.C.P. and 1/2c-10c C.I.P., used from Tientsin via Shanghai where Hong Kong 2x2c and 10c Victoria were added to pay for further transmission to Germany, large Shanghai Dollar chop, Hong Kong transit and Breslau arrival postmarks, some toning, otherwise fine and colorful card, scarce registered usage (Image)

Est.US$750

1901 (27 Feb) German "Feld-Postkarte" to Munich, franked with 1/2c Chinese Imperial Post Coiling Dragon, tied by blue Tientsin departure cds, with Russian 10k blue, red Kitai overprint added alongside and tied by red departure pmk, fine and scarce combination of red and blue pmks on card to Germany (Image)

Est.US$500

1901 (16 Oct) cover from Chinkiang to Tsingtau, franked with 1can (Small Dragon), also 1c Dowager and 4c Chinese Imperial Post, with departure postmark below, Shanghai transit and oval Kiaochow arrival pmks on back, colorful mixed issues cover (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1921 1c-10c set of four, each overprinted "Specimen", h.r., fine-v.f. (Cat No. 39-42S) (Image)

Est.US$150

1923 Constitution, set of four, each overprinted Specimen, h.r., some irregular perfs, fine-v.f. (Cat No. 43-46S) (Image)

Est.US$150

1938 $5 red & greenish black, imperforate sheet of 50, unused without gum, full imprint at bottom, creases, mostly fine-v.f. (Cat No. 346var) (Image)

Est.US$500

1950 500f surcharge, perf. 14, sheet of 200, unused without gum as issued, folded between stamps, some usual wrinkles, fine-v.f., cat. $16000 (Cat No. 27a) (Image)

Cat. $16000, Est.US$2,500

1959 accumulation of 180+ stamps, canceled on pieces, all with bilingual cancellations, Chinese and Uyghur (Arabic) characters, mostly fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$500

1963 Mountains, complete set of 17, n.h., usual minor gum offsets, fine-v.f., cat. $1043 (Cat No. 716-31) (Image)

Cat. $1043, Est.US$500

1964 Chrysanthemums, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $584 (Cat No. 767-81) (Image)

Cat. $584, Est.US$250

1964 Peonies, souvenir sheet, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., cat. $2500 (Cat No. 782) (Image)

Cat. $2500, Est.US$1,000

1964 Peonies, souvenir sheet, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., cat. $2500 (Cat No. 782) (Image)

Cat. $2500, Est.US$1,000

1964 Oil and Hydroelectric Industry, complete sets, n.h., v.f., cat. $1037 (Cat No. 799-803,806-809) (Image)

Cat. $1037, Est.US$300

1967-68 Poems by Mao, canceled to order, complete set, many sheet margin examples, fine-v.f., cat. $1364 (Cat No. 967-80) (Image)

Cat. $1364, Est.US$500

1980 Exhibitions in USA, sheets of 12, also 1981 Panda and stamps, sheets of 20, all n.h., v.f., cat. $1583 (Cat No. 1626-27,1677-78) (Image)

Cat. $1583, Est.US$500

1888-89 20ca Horse and Dragon, die proofs in brown, red brown, yellow brown and green, four diff., each with large margins, on gummed paper, h.r., v.f. and extremely rare (Image)

Est.US$15,000

1865 4ca yellow, unused without gum, exceptionally large margins all around, fresh and v.f., with handstamp guarantee, cat. $1000 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $1000, Est.US$750

1932-33 5c claret, 10c dark blue and 30c brown violet, three values, h.r., fine, rare, signed Pascal Scheller, with his 2010 certificate for the 30c, cat. $1970 (Cat No. C1-2,4) (Image)

Cat. $1970, Est.US$1,500