1932 (3 Nov) cover to the "Editorial Staff of the Shanghai Journal", franked on back with 8f, 30f and 50f First Issue definitives, tied by old Chinese style "Pinkiang" (Harbin) cds, with the year-date "21" (1932) excised, so that only the "1" corresponding to the first year of the reign of Henry Pu-yi remains. Cover is further endorsed "Express", "A.E." (acknowledgement of receipt), handstamped "Air Mail", with Chinese Postage Dues 4c and pair of 30c added on arrival in Shanghai, some cover wear, rare 88f franking on cover carried on the first air mail flight out of Manchukuo (Image)

Est.US$250

1933 (22 Mar) registered cover from Harbin to USA, franked on back with 15f and 50f Pu-yi, addressed in Russia to "President of North America Franklin Roosevelt", from "M.F. Suranova and A.V.Ornatski in Northern Manchuria, Harbin, Green Bazaar"), Registry label ("Harbin" handstamp overprinted "Registered"), with Washington (March 20) arrival and "From the Franklin D.Roosevelt Collection" handstamps, some cover tears, rare usage (Image)

Est.US$250

1933 (3 Apr) registered cover from Mukden to Paris, franked with 10f Pagoda, 15f and 50f Pu-yi adhesives, with "Moukden Manchukuo" departure pmks, corresponding Registry label and red "Via Siberia" routing, handstamped "AR", Paris 18.4.33 arrival pmk on back, part of Registry label receipt affixed on reverse (Cat No. 11,13,17) (Image)

Est.US$150

1933 (23 Mar) registered "The East Asiatic Company" cover from Harbin to England, franked with 10f Pagoda and 1y Pu-yi, tied by Harbin departure pmk, repeated alongside, Parkstone arrival (4 Apr) pmk on back (Cat No. 11,18) (Image)

Est.US$200

1933 (Apr) cover from the American Consular Service in Mukden, franked with 1f and 2f commemoratives, tied by departure pmks and sent to American Consulate in Canton, China, with "Tax 10 Cents" and pair of Chinese Postage Dues added on arrival, with "American Consulate General Canton China" datestamps on both sides, also Mukden departure and "Punyu Canton" arrival pmks on back (Cat No. 19,20) (Image)

Est.US$250

1934 (10 July) native cover from Manchukuo to Hopei province, China, franked on back with Japan 1s and 3s Tazawas, tied by "Antung" cds, with China 5c Sun Yat-sen tied by Tientsin arrival pmks, additional markings alongside, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1934 (12 June) flown cover from Harbin-Taoli (substation) to Berlin, franked with 10f Pagoda and pair of 15f rose on front and 5x1f Pagoda on back, with "Dairen I.N.P.O." (21 June) transit, fine and scarce early commercial flight cover with scarce franking (Image)

Est.US$250

1934 (6 Mar) cover from Harbin to Bern, Switzerland, franked on both sides, with red Yamato Hotel and Japanese and Manchukuo flags cachets at left, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$150

1934 (24 Jan) cover from Harbin to Ilolo, Philippines, franked with 2f and 8f Pagoda, tied by "Harbin Manchukuo" departure pmk, sent via Victoria, Hong Kong (3 Feb), rare routing and transit pmk, fine (Cat No. 4,10) (Image)

Est.US$200

1935 (16 Aug) native cover to Tientsin, sent via Hopei, franked with Second China Mail 2f green (pair), tied by "Nandajie" Letter box tombstone cancel, with "Pingchuan" origin on front, fine, ex-Furusho (Image)

Est.US$250

1935 (2 Apr) registered FDC from Harbin to USA, attractively franked, with Seattle arrival pmk on back, fine cover printed with overall map overlay (Image)

Est.US$150

1935 (28 Mar) cover from Chahar Province, Inner Mongolia, addressed to the American Legation in Peking, franked on both sides with two pairs of 1f red brown, tied by "Tolun" cds, with Manchukuo "Nanlanping/Jeho" and Chinese "Kupehwo" transit markings, with "Shanhaikwan Remittance Transfer Bureau" framed violet handstamp on front. All four stamps and their cancels have brush strokes applied by the Chinese Post Office to obliterate the country's name and the Manchukuo year-date indication, v.f. and exceptional usage from Inner Mongolia (Manchukuo Post Office in Tolun opened following the Japanese Army's actions in Inner Mongolia starting in April 1933) (Image)

Est.US$250

1937 picture postcard (Graf Zeppelin) from Kirin to Munich, with "LZ 130" German Zeppelin label affixed at left, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1938 registered cover to Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, franked with Red Cross and 3x10f adhesives, with Harbin Pristan registry handstamp, fine usage to uncommon destination (Image)

Est.US$150

1939 (6 July) registered cover from the Norwegian Mission in Chalantun, via Siberia to Egersund, Norway, franked with pair of 3f Pagoda and strip of 3x10f Summer Palace, transit Stavanger and Oslo (26 July) pmks on back, fine cover to uncommon destination (Image)

Est.US$150

1940 registered cover from Harbin to the Czech Consul in Bombay, India, franked with pair of 20f and single 6f tied by cds, with "Passed by Censor 30" (Singapore), with Colaba Bombay (24 Jan 40) pmk on back (Image)

Est.US$200

1940 two covers to Switzerland, "Via Siberia", attractively franked, with Catholic Mission "Yenki", Prov. Chientao, Manchukuo handstamps on back, fine usage from Yenki (Image)

Est.US$150

1940 (20 Mar) registered "A.R." cover from Harbin to Lima, Peru, with Air Mail label and handstamp, Tokyo transit and Lima arrival pmks on back, fine cover to uncommon destination (Image)

Est.US$150

1943 Council Building, 3f gray, watermarked, imperforate block of four, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f. (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1943 unexploded Red Cross booklet with panes of 6f green, v.f. (Cat No. 152) (Image)

Est.US$500

1943-44 two covers from a Catholic Mission in Kanto to Switzerland, via Siberia and Via Turkey, showing scarce departure "Kanto", censor cachets and labels, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1944 cover from Taian (Catholic Mission) to "Missionshaus Bethlehem" in Immensee, Switzerland, showing censor markings applied in Manchukuo, Lebanon and Egypt, with handstamps and "Controle" labels, fine and rare triple censor cover, unusual routing, since most mail was sent via Turkey (Image)

Est.US$250

1946 (26 Mar) Japanese picture postcard from Harbin to Moscow, Field Post Office 77725 (27.3.46) cds, censored, with Moscow (18 Apr) arrival pmk on back. Fine card from Soviet occupied Harbin (Chinese Communist forces arrived in Manchuria in April 1946 and Soviet Army withdrew in May, 1946) (Image)

Est.US$250

1946 (28 Mar) cover from France to Harbin, with bilingual "Received in bad condition" and "Mail Route to Destination blockaded, return to sender" handstamps, Chungking, China arrival pmk on back, resealed and taped on all sides, interesting usage (Image)

Est.US$150

1945 unissued 3f+47f green and 6+44f carmine, set of two, l.h., v.f. (announced in 1941, printed in 1944, and scheduled to be issued in September 1945, these semi-postals were in fact never released. After the Japanese surrendered in August 1945 and control of the area was returned to China, these stamps were destroyed. Only later did two or three sheets of each value reach the philatelic marketplace) (Image)

Est.US$2,500