1894 (16 Apr) cover franked with single Japan 5s ultramarine, tied by I.J.P.O. Shanghai / Meiji pmk, sent via Yokohama to Danville, N.Y., with transit and arrival pmks on back, some toning, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.US$500

1894 Dowager Issue, 1c-4c white paper, heavy hinge remnants, fresh, fine-v.f., cat. $407 (Cat No. 16-19) (Image)

Cat. $407, Est.US$200

1915 (1 Apr) cover franked with 10k Russian Semi-Postal, red "Legation de la Republique de Chine a Petrograd" cachet on back, sent to Holland, with Gravenhage arrival pmks, two different Russian Censor cachets, fine and rare item (Image)

Est.US$200

1941 three covers, one from Shanghai to London, opened by censor, another "Via Canda" from Beijing to Holland, with Shanghai transit, plus native cover franked with 30c Air Post, with Peiping arrival pmks (Image)

Est.US$150

1934 registered and flown cover, attractively franked and addressed to England, with Peiping and Chengto transit markings on back

Est.US$150

1936 (14 Feb) cover to New York, franked with six stamps tied by Canton departure pmks, with red "Delayed by Adverse Weather, Reforwarded" handstamp, plus another "Air Mail Service Postponed Forwarded by Steamer to Port for onward Transmission by Air" on back, with Marseille (16 March) transit pmk (Image)

Est.US$250

1916 cover endorsed "Sender: Interniert", sent from "Hai-Tien" camp near Beijing to Tientsin, oval "Internierungslager HAiTIEN" at bottom, with framed bilingual "Correspondance des Prisonniers de Guerre" handstamps, additional markings and arrival pmk on back, cover roughly opened at right, scarce (Image)

Est.US$150

1918 red band cover (opened for display) addressed to Shanghai, endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre, China", sent from Hailun, with bilingual departure pmks, framed "Correspondance des Prisonniers de Guerre" and additional chop alongside, with double oval "Hailun Zensur" in violet, plus two different Shanghai arrival pmks, one dated 18 July 18, fine and extremely rare cover (Image)

Est.US$5,000

1919 (8 Feb) 1c stationery card, endorsed "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre", sent by a German P.O.W. in Kirin, China, with diamond "Censor" cachet, message from officer to his girlfriend in Copenhagen, describing his recent bout with typhoid, etc. (Image)

Est.US$250

1960 Goldfish, complete set, n.h., slight overall gum toning, fine-v.f., cat. $1070 (Cat No. 506-517) (Image)

Cat. $1070, Est.US$250

1940 two covers with native markings, franked with pairs of 8s, one with Tientsin arrival (Image)

Est.US$250