1885-88 Small Dragon, 1c-5c set of six, first one (No.10) unused (regummed), others h.r., last two (No.14,15) with gum toning, still fine-v.f., (Cat No. 10-15) (Image)

Est.US$750

1894 Empress Dowager Issue, 1c-24c complete set of nine, l.h. or h.r., 2c tiny thin, 9c with minor gum toning, otherwise fine-v.f., (Cat No. 16-24) (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1894 Empress Dowager Issue, 1c-24c complete set of nine, h.r., usual rough perforations, 6c and 9c small faults, otherwise fine-v.f., (Cat No. 16-24) (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1894 Empress Dowager Issue, 1c-24c complete set of nine, used, usual rough perforations, few minor flaws, mostly fine-v.f., (Cat No. 16-24) (Image)

Est.US$750

1897 Small Numerals surcharges on Dowager issue, 1/2c-30c complete set of ten, h.r., some shorter perfs among lower values, otherwise fresh, fine-v.f., (Cat No. 28-37) (Image)

Est.US$750

1902 cover from Wei Hai Wei to England, franked with 1c Chinese Imperial Post Coiling Dragon, tied by bilingual double circle red cancel, sent via the Russian Post Office in Chefoo, where 10k "Kitai" was added for further transmission, via Siberia and Moscow, with Norwich arrival pmk on back, fine and extremely rare usage (Weihaiwei, on the northeastern coast of China, was a leased territory of the United Kingdom from 1898 until 1930. The capital was Port Edward (today "Weihai"). The leased territory covered 288 square miles) (Image)

Est.US$500

1910 Chinese Imperial Post "Express Letter" 10c grass-green, perforated 11, unsevered strip of four (folded between stamps in the middle), Dragon's head facing downward, Serial No.937, unused, v.f., extremely rare (Chan E2). Complete unused strips of four are exceptionally scarce because the first section (#1) was to remain in the Post Office receipt book (a similar strip was sold in our June 2021 sale, $14,000 hammer) (Cat No. E1) (Image)

Est.US$10,000

1895 (16 July) red band cover to Shanghai, franked on reverse with 2c yellow brown, tied by "Chinkiang Postal Service 16.JL.95" cds, with Shanghai (Jul 18) arrival alongside, v.f. (Cat No. 10) (Image)

Est.US$350

1895 (16 July) red band cover to Shanghai, franked on reverse with 4c yellow, tied by "Chinkiang Postal Service 16.JL.95" cds, with Shanghai (Jul 18) arrival alongside, v.f. (Cat No. 11) (Image)

Est.US$350

1895 (16 July) red band cover to Shanghai, franked on reverse with 15c carmine red, tied by "Chinkiang Postal Service 16.JL.95" cds, with Shanghai (Jul 18) arrival alongside, v.f. (Cat No. 15) (Image)

Est.US$350

1895 (16 July) red band cover franked on reverse with 4c Postage Due, tied by "To Pay" oval handstamp, with "Chinkiang Postal Service 16.JL.96" cds alongside, v.f. (Cat No. J4) (Image)

Est.US$350

1896 (12 Feb) red band cover franked with 4c Postage Due, tied by "To Pay" oval handstamp, with "Chinkiang Postal Service 12.FE.96" cds on reverse, v.f. (Cat No. J4) (Image)

Est.US$350

1896 (12 Feb) red band cover franked with 10c Postage Due, tied by "To Pay" oval handstamp, with "Chinkiang Postal Service 12.FE.96" cds on reverse, v.f. (Cat No. J7) (Image)

Est.US$350

1895 (16 July) red band cover franked on reverse with 10c Postage Due, with "Chinkiang Postal Service 16.JL.95" cds and "To Pay" oval handstamp, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$350

1894 (7 Aug) 1/2c black on rose, tied by violet datestamp on wrapper to Shanghai, with Shanghai arrival (Aug 9) on reverse, fine and rare usage (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$500

1948 $500-$20,000, set of six, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f., and rare set, (Cat No. SG P78-83) (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1865 2 Candareens black, unused without gum as issued, large margins all around, v.f., signed Richter, etc. (SG 1) (Chan 1) (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$300

1865 2 Candareens black, Earliest Impression (Livingston Group I, issued July 1865, very clear and sharp. The center block is separated by a wide space from lines above and below and is approximately equidistant from them), used, margins all around, showing indistinct red cancel, some toning, thins and creases, fine appearance, extremely rare (SG 1) (Chan 1) (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1865 4ca yellow, wove paper, canceled SHANGHAE LOCAL POST AUG 8, 65, centrally struck in blue, apparently the first known date of use, stamp with white margins added, fine appearance. The Shanghai Local Post Office began to issue stamps in 1865. These are the earliest stamps issued in mainland China (SG 3) (Chan 3) (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1865 8 Candareens green, unused without gum as issued, large margins all around, v.f. (SG 4a) (Chan 4a) (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Est.US$300

1865 2 Candareens black (Chinese character for "2"), pelure paper, horizontal pair, unused without gum as issued, large margins all around, inconsequential creases at left margin, v.f., rare multiple (SG 2) (Chan 2) (Cat No. 5) (Image)

Est.US$500

1865 4 Candareens yellow, Pelure Paper, unused without gum as issued, margins all around, v.f. example of this difficult issue, signed Diena (SG 7) (Chan 7) (Cat No. 6) (Image)

Est.US$300

1865 4 Candareens yellow, perfectly struck "Local Post Office Shanghai" double ring cancel in red, large margins all around, v.f., rare (SG 7) (Chan 7) (Cat No. 6) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1865 8 Candareens green, unused without gum as issued, overinked impression, large margins, v.f., signed Champion, etc. (SG 6) (Chan 6) (Cat No. 7) (Image)

Est.US$300

1865 1 Candareen (singular) blue, Horizontally Laid Paper, unused without gum as issued, large margins all around, v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks on back (SG 8) (Chan 8) (Cat No. 8) (Image)

Est.US$500