CHINA: 1949 Gold Yuan surch. $500,000 on $20 red-brown block of four used by native cds, paper adherence on lower left stamp and few minor imperfections due to the thin paper, still a scarce and desirable block, SG 1191 £800+; Est £100-£150 (Image)

CHINA: 1949 Hunan Province silver Yuan surcharge set of 4 1c. on $2,000,000 to 10c. on $500 in blocks of 4, mint no gum as issued, fine condition, SG 1308/11 £1,000+; Est £210-£230 (Image)

CHINA: 1917 $1 booklet (number 4) cover in pale green, four yellow peony flowers and leaves in black-brown, incomplete comprising three interleaves, 1c. pair, 3c. block of four and a pair, few faults including staining at top, nevertheless a very rare booklet with very few known Chan B4 for complete $15,000, SG SB2 £22,000; Est £220-£300 (Image)

CHINA: 1878-1965 mint and used collection arranged in a red album including mint 1878 Large Dragon 1ca, 3ca used, 1897 Dowager surcharges used 10c on 9c (2) 10c on 12c, Red Revenue surcharge 1c on 3c used, 1932 North-west Scientific Expedition set, 1941 Thrift Movement miniature sheet, 1944-45 $5,000 brown, $10,000 slate-purple used, 1944 War Refugees Relief Fund miniature sheet, 1949 Kwantung Province to $500, 1949 Sun Yat-sen (14th issue) to $500 scarlet, 1949 Tundra swans over globe set, 1950 Foundation of People's Republic set; also Border areas and Provinces. An interesting lot well worth careful viewing. Generally good to fine. (hundreds); Est £1000-£1200 (Image)

CHINA: 1930s Postal history selection comprising eleven covers and a large piece, including multifranked registered mail, airmail etc including one from 1932 sent by Sun Yuan-liang Vice-Commander of 88th Division, an interesting lot, mixed condition (12); Est £180-£220 (Image)

CHINA: 1950s-1960s mint and used selection on Hager pages including 1967 Thoughts of Mao used 8f. gold strip of 5, 8f. red strip of 5, 1967 Poems of Mao selection including unmounted 8f. "Yellow Crane", "Swimming", "Loushanguan Pass", "Snow", 1968 8f. Chairman Mao's instruction unmounted, mixed condition; Est £600-£700 (Image)

CHINA: 1950s revenue documents well displayed collection on album pages with a range of different usages and frankings including provisional, a very interesting lot for the specialist, usual mixed condition (84); Est £300-£350 (Image)