1875 8k Arms with KALGAN dateless straight-line cancel in double oval (T&S type 1), tiny thin at upper left otherwise fine and very rare, ex Papadopoulos, Blomfield, Torrey and Casey (Image)

1888-1919, Selection of covers and cards, mostly Manchurian/Chinese area, noted red band military cover, several Kharbin items, etc. (Image)

1903 Part cover front franked Russia Kitai 5k pair in combination with China Imperial Post 10c tied by tombstone cancel, addressed to France, light toning, very scarce (Image)

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1905-19, Two covers and 2 picture postcards with TPO MANCHURIA-TCHITA 260 (2), PORT ARTHUR-KHARBIN 266 (Russo-Japan. War) and oval MANCHURIYA VOKZ., very fine to superb postmarks (Image)

10k “KITAI” on VERTICALLY LAID PAPER, tied on piece by Hankow 17.4.09 cds (T&S type 2), very rare as only a few sheets of the 10k on vertically laid paper were accidentally overprinted “KITAI”, ex Casey (Image)

1903-17, Group incl. cover franked KITAI 7k bearing PEKIN cds to Kazan, picture postcard 1914 franked Romanov 2k pair from SPB to PEKIN, postcard from CHIFU 25.9.1903 franked KITAI 2k green (2)m receipt of posting bearing CHIFU 30.1.07 cds, unused KITAI postal stationary envelope, two covers with KITAI 10k or 2k (2 pairs) and 1 posting receipt with SHANGHAI POSTE RUSSE (Image)

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1917 TIENTSIN: 2 money value letters & 1 back of money value letter all bearing 1917 issue with Tyantsen Russkaya Pochta cds’s and via TIENTSIN IJPO to destinees, mixed but interesting (Image)