1885-1935 Mint and used collection in an album including 1894 5c orange mint (thin), 1923-33 Peking printing 50c - $2 mint, 1928-33 commemoratives mint with Yunnan and Sinkiang overprint issues, postage dues, Chinese P.O in Tibet 4a mint, Manchukuo with 1932-33 sets mint, etc., also Macao with part 1911 postcard bearing 1911 provisional 1a numbered label on laid paper (S.G. 210, number "10", uncancelled but first day c.d.s on piece), and a few other foreign. S.G. £2,000+.

1967 (Apr 20) Thoughts of Mao Tse-tung, the eleven different 8f stamps including the two se-tenant strips of five with outer frames in red or gold respectively, all lightly mounted mint, the strips mounted on the two end stamps only with the three central stamps unmounted, both strips folded along the vertical perforations between stamps two and three, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. 2343/4a/9a, £6,400. (11). Photo on Page 158. (Image1)

Russian F.P.O. - Combination Cover. 1903 Cover from Tientsin (Mar 22) to England franked on reverse by China 10c, transit c.d.s of Newchang (Mar 24), a pair of Russian P.O 5k stamps then added in transit each cancelled by Russian F.P.O 13 c.d.s (used at the civil P.O at Newchang, January-October 1903), a third strike below, British arrival datestamps. Piece torn from lower right corner (with no loss to any c.d.s or writing) and minor staining but a very unusual use of the Russian F.P.O c.d.s on a combination cover.

Postage due covers. 1932 Commercial covers to Shanghai both charged upon arrival, one express delivery from Harbin bearing Manchukuo 1f pair + 4f + 5f pair with 4c + 30c postage dues applied; the other registered from Moukden with Japan 1s + 3s + 10s tied by Moukden I.J.P.O datestamps, handstamped triangular framed "T", 13c collected by 1c + 2c postage dues + 10c postage stamp, the dues on both covers tied by Shanghai datestamps. Both covers opened out with the reverse portions a little reduced in size (with no loss to any stamps or cancels), unusual. (2).

Formosa. 1895 (Sep 5) Red band envelope, the revenue bearing imperf 50c vermilion (2) and 100c purple (2), the four stamps each cancelled by violet "TAIWAN REPUBLIC / TAINAN" c.d.s.