Extensive collection with some better early issues used including 1894 Dowager Empress 5ca VF, 1897 Surcharges '1/cent' on 1ca SG 34 with Broken Frame at Upper-Right, and on Dowager '10/cents' on 9ca,, '½/cent' on 3ca SG 69 (mint) & '1/cent' on 1ca SG 70, 1912 Revolution Commemoration $2 brown, 1928 Tsang Tso-lin set, 1944-48 Parcels Post issues SG P711-715, P814-817 & P925-941 all CTO, array of Surcharges, Japanese Occupation & Hyper-Inflation Issues, PRC with the earlier sets assumed to be reprints (worth personal assessment), a few Cultural Revolution singles in rather mixed condition, then mostly unmounted mint issues to the 1990s including some lesser M/Ss and non-postal M/Ss, plus a few covers & postal cards. Weighs 15kg.  (2000+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Duplicated accumulation in Hagner album with a few Treaty Ports & Small Dragons, 1913-33 Hall of Classics $1 SG 328 mint, 1912 Revolution 50c mint and Republic $1, 1929 Redrawn Air set mint & Mausoleum set unused, 1933 Tan Yen-kai set, Sinkiang 1926 Overprints to $2 mint, scads of mostly mint/unused Overprints & Hyper-Inflation issues including numerous multiples up to blocks of 12,   (1500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Consignment remainders with two picked-over collections in springback albums including Provinces, Japanese Occupation and early-PRC, condition variable, 1958 Kuan Han-Ching M/S CTO, 1963 Hwangshan Landscapes set (toning but unmounted, Cat £700), China Post Year Albums for 1998 2001 & 2002 plus 1992 Olympics, batch of mid-1980s scenic postal cards x60+ including 1984 Olympics x5 & Scenes in Inner Mongolia pack, 1997 Resumption of Hong Kong 5y M/S in pack x15, also Hong Kong 150th Anniversary album & 1994 Year Album, and a packet of  modern Macau.    (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Consignment remainders with a disorganised collection including lots of pickings from a few Large & Small Dragons through Treaty Ports to early-PRC, a packet of all-different Booklets, 1995 Military Stamp block of 4 & strip of 4, some Foreign Post Offices including 'China' on Germany 50pf x3, etc, also about ten covers with spurious postal markings, and five missionary covers from Taiwan to USA; condition variable. Inspection highly recommended.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Consignment remainders including a stockbook of minor issues, packets of loose & on-paper stamps, about 150 commercial covers to Australia with an array of frankings including many large-format stamps, also a Taiwan collection plus FDCs, condition variable. Weighs 8kg.  (many) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Box of mostly unaddressed 1980s-1990s First Day Covers including for Miniature Sheets and Postal Stationery, plus bundles of mid-1980s commercial airmail covers to Australia from China and Hong Kong of which a good percentage are registered, wide array of frankings including commemoratives and high values, lots of meters, generally very fine. Good thematic content.  (100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper 1ca green SG 1 (Chan 1), quite well centred, some uneven perfs, small-part 'CUSTOMS' cds, Cat £650 (US$350).

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1878-83 Large Dragons 3ca brown-red two examples on different papers probably SG 2 & SG 5, both well centred, the latter with a few short perfs, Cat £500 minimum. (2) 

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper Wide Margins 3ca brown-red SG 5 (Chan 5), very well centred, large-part very fine '[CUS]TOMS/FEB 3/83/NEWCHWANG' cds, Cat £325 (US$300).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1885-88 Small Dragons Perf 11½-12½ 1ca bright green & 3ca mauve SG 13 & 14, a few short perfs, large-part original gum, plus 1ca dull green, 3ca mauve, 5ca two shades SG 13-15, fine used, Cat £445.  (6)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1894 Dowager Empress 1ca x2 to 24ca SG 16-24, the 9ca is defective, plus 1897 Surcharges '5/cents' on 5ca & '10/cents' on 9ca SG 41 & 44, some minor aging, various cancels, Cat £1250 (plus the 9ca).  (12)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1897 Surcharges on Red Revenues 'one cent' on 3c SG 88, minor aging, large-part original gum, Cat £500.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1897 Surcharges on Red Revenues 'one cent' on 3c SG 88, poorly centred & minor blemishes, and '4/cents' on 3c SG 90, very fine, Cat £775. (2) 

Grade B/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1912 Republic Overprints Statistical Department Shanghai Overprint on $1 Goose as SG 204 with Retouched Character for 'One' Chan 164a, very well centred, bilingual Shanghai cds, Cat US$2000. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2003). Sold at a Sydney auction in 2009 for $352.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1912 Republic Overprints Waterlow Printing 1c ochre with Retouched 'One' (Chinese Character) Chan 170a, neat cds cancel, Cat US$550 (2000). Sold at our auction of 26.11.2005 for $349.

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1912 Republic Overprints Waterlow Printing 1c ochre with Retouched 'One' (Chinese Character) Chan 170a Cat US$550 (2000) and 10c blue with Retouched Ornament. (2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1932 North-West China Expedition 1c to 10c SG 406-9, very fresh & lightly mounted, Cat £350.  (4)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1932 North-West China Expedition 1c to 10c SG 406-9, a couple of minor bends otherwise superb unmounted, Cat £350. Each is signed in the margin by the Swedish Expedition Leader Dr Sven Hedin.  (4)

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1942-45 Japanese Occupation Issues including Kwangtung 1942 Ornate Box overprints set SG 1-23 and Character overprints simplified set of 14 plus extra $5 $10 & $20, also Shanghai 1943-45 Sun Yat-Sen & Martyrs Surcharges range (80) with values to $5000 on $10, a few with some minor gum aging but most are fine to very fine.  (121) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1944-47 East China Communist Issues Surcharges $1 on 10c grey-green SG EC32 marginal pair from the right of the sheet with the Surcharge Inverted on the Left-Hand Unit (Tete-Beche Pair) Yang 38c, no gum as issued, Cat £280+. 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1948-49 Communist Issues folder including Central China 1948 Zongzhou Postal Administration SG CC21-26 x12 sets (the $1 grossly Underinked Dry Print); East China People's Post 1949 Victorious Troops $5 brown two blocks of 10 (5x2) Imperforate Between SG EC347a; North China 1949 Infantry set of 8 x14 sets; North-East 1947 Manchuria set, 1948 Tomb duo x2, 1949 Chinese People's Republic $35 x2; South-West 1949 East Sichuan Overprints in Brackets $100 x46 in blocks & $200 x47 mostly in blocks; etc, a few problems but generally very fine unused without gum as issued, plus a few used, Cat £1800+.    (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1953 Military Post $800 orange-yellow vermilion-red & red-orange SG M1593, well centred, no gum as issued, Cat £375.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1955-56 Occupations 8f orange Foundry Worker Shanghai Printing Perf 12½ Yang R59 (SG 1650a), well centred, no gum as issued, Cat £425.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1960 Chinese Goldfish SG 1911-1922 complete, unmounted, Cat £500. Superior quality to the set with aged gum & some toned perf tips that sold at our auction of 2.12.2021 for $1003.  (12)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1961 Table Tennis Miniature Sheet SG 1971a, tiny mark at upper-left, no gum as issued and unmounted, Cat £700.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600