Dealer's 1985-2010 back-up stock sorted in packets by issue, the later issues still in full sheets or blocks noted 1998 Jingpo Lake setenant strips x4 sheets, Puning Temple 540f x19, 1999 Rabbit 50f & 150f x20 each, M/Ss noted 1993 Longmen Grottos 5y Temple, 1993 Mao 5y Great Wall, 1998 Xilingguole 800f River & Literature 800f Empty City and 1999 Macau 800f x20+ each plus Macau 5y x18 (these alone Cat £2000+), souvenir folders for 2008 Beijing Olympics Expo & Taiwan Straits x6 each, sheetlets 1998 Fish x12, 2000 Literature x4, 2008 Olympics Flag Handover, Torch Relay & Opening Ceremony self-adhesives x5 each, 2009 National Day & 60th Anniversary x7 each, etc, unmounted; also presentation cards with ** or CTO issues, plus a quantity of FDCs, PSEs & Postal Cards from the same period, substanial face & catalogue value, condition generally fine to very fine. Bring a catalogue & a calculator, and leave plenty of time to view. Ex Australian Philatelic Wholesalers. Weighs 15kg.  (1000s)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

Collector's oddments with lots of Overprints (some almost cover the designs), early Communist Issues & a little PRC including 1982 1986 & 1991 New Year booklets, plus a dozen covers including 1920s to Denmark, 1937 advertising cover registered to Germany and 1948 Hyper-Inflation airmail cover from UNICEF at Tsingtau to Australia, etc, condition a bit variable but generally fine to very fine; also a modest collection of modern Nepal.  (400+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1960s-2010s accumulation in archive box including 1963 Athletic Games set **, 1965 Lenin **, 1966 Writers Conference ** & CTO, Lu Hsun set CTO (one with small tear), 1967 Fleet Expansion **, 1970 Tiger Mountain set ** and lots of other pickings, then later issues mostly unmounted, a little disorganised but many in complete year sets with setenant pairs & strips, M/Ss, booklet panes, souvenir folders and lots of thematic interest, noted 1995 with Table Tennis M/S & Great Wall set, condition of the earlier is a little variable but the majority are fine to very fine. Weighs 10kg.  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Pre-WWII selection predominantly used including Large Dragons 1ca x2 & 5ca, Small Dragons two sets, 1897 Imperial Post surcharges on Small Dragons set & Dowager Empress range to '10/cents' on 9c green x2, then 1897-1906 Definitives to $2 Goose including 'Imperial Chinese Post' Carp 50c green, various Sun Yat-sen issues, a few Commemoratives & Postage Dues, also an Official Seal inscribed 'Chinese Imperial Post' (corner fault), some Treaty Ports & Foreign Post Office issues, plenty of postmark interest, condition a little variable but many are fine to very fine.  (150+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1980s-2010s dealer stock on Hagner sheets in three binders with minor duplication in parts with setenant pairs & strips, M/Ss noted 1987 Cave Murals, 1997 Hong Kong 800f x4 (two with Gold Overprint), 1999 Macau 800f x2 & 50y x2 and lots more, a few sheetlets & souvenir folders, etc, then 1993-98 issues apparently complete on Schaubek pages including 1995 Table Tennis M/S & 1997 Hong Kong 50y M/S, plus some earlier noted a packet of 1950s-60s mint/CTO issues (probably reprints) and other sets on leaves, condition generally fine to very fine and apparently all unmounted. Ex Australian Philatelic Wholesalers. Weighs 6½kg.  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper Narrow Spacing 1ca yellow-green with Two Frame Breaks at Upper-Left SG 1a variety (Chan 1ac), light partial character 'chop' cancel, Cat £650 for normal (US$350).

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper Narrow Spacing 3ca brown-red SG 2 (Chan 2), very well-centred, light character 'chop' cancel in blue, Cat £250 (US$200).

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper Narrow Spacing 5ca yellow SG 3a variety (Chan 3a), light but clear 'CUSTOMS/OCT 15/84/CHINKIANG' cds cancel, Cat £550 (US$300).

Grade A C2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper Wide Spacing 3ca brown-red SG 5 (Chan 5), quite well-centred, very fine character 'chop' cancel in blue, Cat £325 (US$300).

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1878-83 Large Dragons Thin (Pelure) Paper Wide Spacing 5ca yellow-ochre SG 6 (Chan 6), extremely well-centred, very fine character 'chop' cancel in blue, Cat £1800 (US$1000).

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1894 Dowager Empress set SG 16-24 (Chan 22-30), variable centring as usual but the 5ca & 12ca are particularly well-centred for this issue, each with neat character 'chops' in blue, Cat £1100 (US$855).  (9) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Small Dragons Small Figures set SG 34-36 (Chan 31-33) '1/cent' unused (no gum), '2/cents' with hinge remainder & '5/cents' lightly mounted, Cat £850 (US$375) for mint. (3) 

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Dowager Empress Large Figures 2½mm below Characters '10/cents' on 12ca orange-yellow & '30/cents' on 24ca deep rose-red,  light cds or bars cancels repsectively, Cat £650 (US$430). (2) 

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Dowager Empress Large Figures 2½mm Below Characters '30/cents' on 24c deep rose red as SG 65 (Chan 64) Apparently Imperforate but with Grossly Misplaced Perforations and cut from the sheet on all sides to preserve the design, heavy illegible circular cancel, minor diagonal corner crease at lower-right, Cat £375+ (US$300) for normal. A spectacular error that we have not previously seen.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Red Revenues '2 cents' on 3c red SG 89 (Chan 84), well-centred, slight discolouration on reverse, unused (no gum), Cat £550 (US$650) for mint.

Grade A- A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Red Revenues '2/cents' on 3c red SG 89 (Chan 88),  light cds cancel, Cat £200 (US$280).

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Red Revenues '4/cents' on 3c red SG 90 (Chan 89), large-part original gum with hinge remainders, Cat £1400 (US$1500).

Grade A- C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Red Revenues '1 dollar' on 3c red SG 91 (Chan 90), light cds cancel, Cat £3500 (US$2500).

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1890s-1900s small group comprising 1894 Dowager Empress 1ca orange * (toned) & 4ca red used, 1897 Imperial Post '1/cent' surcharges on Small Dragons 1ca green * & on Dowager 1ca salmon *, 1900-06 Chinese Imperial Post No Wmk $1 Goose unused (small thin) and 1912 Republic London Overprints $1 Goose * (small hinge remainder), condition a little variable, Cat £1000+.  (6)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1903-04 Provisional Issues Coiling Dragon 2c red bisect SG 135 (Chan 136b) tied by Chungking Chinese-language cds to cover, very fine 'SHANGHAI/AUG 15/04/LOCAL POST' arrival backstamp, small corner faults where adhesive tape removed (one piece still affixed at upper-left) and light vertical folds, Cat £2000 (US$1500) on cover. 

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1910s-40s Provinces Overprints old-time collection on leaves mint/unused & used including Kirin & Heilungchang 1928 Chang Tso-lin $1 * & 1929 Sun Yat-sen Memoral $1 used, North-Eastern Provinces 1946-47 Sun Yat-sen Redrawn $22 black & $44 crimson * and 1948 Military Large Overprint unused, Sinkiang 1915 Mis-Aligned Character overprint set mostly * including 30c 50c & $1, 1916 First Peking Printing set to $5 used and 1924-35 Second Peking Printing set to $5 used, 1929 Unification & Sun Yat-sen Memoral sets * then ranges of overprinted (or handstamped) Sun Yat-sen, Martyrs & Airmail issues, Szechwan 1933-34 Sun Yat-sen set used, Yunnan 1926 Junk & Reaper to 50c * plus Hall $1 used, 1929 Unification set *, 1933 Tan Yen-kai $1 *, 1933-34 Martyrs with 40c & 50c *, etc, plus Chinese Post Offices in Tibet 1911 'Twelve Annas' on 50c Carp unused (tiny closed tear at upper right; SG C9, Cat £500), condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine, Cat £3500+.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1912 Commemorating the Revolution Sun Yat-sen $2 brown SG 252 (Chan 194), well-centred, a few shortish perfs at top, small hinge remainder, Cat £1300 (US$600).

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1913-33 Definitives First Peking Printing Hall of Classics $2 black & blue SG 305 (Chan 245), fresh colours, minor hinge remainder, Cat £450 (US$250).

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1913-33 Definitives First Peking Printing Hall of Classics $10 black & green SG 307 (Chan 247), indistinct cancel, a couple of uneven perfs, Cat £600 (US$200).

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1927 Provinces Overprints Kirin & Heilungkiang on Hall of Classics Second Peking Printing $5 grey-green & scarlet SG 20 (Chan KH20), well-centred, a couple of short perfs, neat 'HARBIN' cds, Cat £375 (US$260).

Grade A- B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150