JUNK ISSUES GROUP; Range inc. London print ½c - $1 mint ($1 no gum) and duplicated ½c - $5 (SG £325) used, 1923/26 10c - $5 used, Sinkiang opts used to $1, 1926 Yunnan opts ½c - $5 (SG £325) mint or unused etc. (c100) (Image)

1945-50 MOSTLY COMMEM. MINT & USED COLLECTION - in a binder, near complete run of commem. sets inc. 1945 victory selection with unused $12 yellow & $20 green, 1947 26th anniv. 30y pale mauve, plus 1949 ovpts on rev. issues range inc. $3 on $50 blue full sheet of 100 (three units damaged), 1949 swans various surcharges, etc. (500+) (Image)

NORTH CHINA COVERS & STAMPS PLUS POST WWII MISCELLANY: Group including c.1946 cover bearing 100 ($10) orange imperf. issue for Shanshi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Area SG NC95A (£160 as single) and somewhat 'soiled' c.1949 cover bearing poor $3,000 on $1,000 dull rose issue for Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Area surcharged in violet at Tangshan SG NC177 (£500 off cover). Also, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Area 1938 1c violet on white paper in used vertical strip of four, SG NC4B (£120+). Lot also contains 3 remaindered 'club books' with a range of mostly 1949 currency revaluation issues. (2 covers + few dozens stamps) (Image)

NORTH CHINA: Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Area 1945 (Dec.) 'Victory over Japan' 1st issue (large format). $1 lake-brown in mint (no gum as issued) imperf. block of 15 (3 x 5) showing unlisted "double print" variety. A spectacular piece. SG NC17a var. Cat. £1,500+ (15) (Image)

NORTH CHINA: Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Area 1946 (Apr.) 'Victory over Japan' 2nd issue (small format). $50 brown in complete sheet of 90 stamps, perf. 9, without gum as issued. SG NC35. Cat. £10,800. (90) (Image)

NORTH CHINA LIBERATED AREAS COVER COLLECTION: 1946-47 group of 6 covers from Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei or Chin-cha-ki Border Areas, bearing mostly 'Small Victory' types. Includes 14 Mar. 1947 Express cover to Tientsin franked with $20 green pair cancelled by Chin-cha-ki c.d.s. and also Tientsin parcel slogan roller; 1946? cover to Kirin Province bearing $10 pair cancelled by Ku District Central Branch undated h/s with Tientsin transit roller. Also 10 Nov. 1947 Regd. cover to Inner Mongolia franked with pair of $50 on $4 'Large Victory' types (SG NC19) (very rare on cover) cancelled Chin-cha-ki, Shimen. A fine group. (6 covers) (Image)