1862, German States to China : folded envelope from THURN & TAXIS bearing horizontal pair 3 Sgr. brown-red and 10 Sgr. orange, all on white paper with well margins light cancelled "300" (Hamburg) and "PP" in black alongside, transit mark "Forbach 27/Dec/62" in red and red crayon "22" for weight alongside, addressed to Shanghai China and name of adressee overwritten with ink, a very scarce destination, expertised Kosack and certificate P. Sem 2015 (Image)

British Offices, Shanghai, 1863, small envelope with vermilion "SHANGHAE C PAID MY 14 63" w. black "SHANGHAE C MY 14 63" on reverse via "HONG KONG C MY 20 63" to Bergen/Bavaria and fwd., LONDON PAID, french entry marking "AMB. CALAIS" resp. TPO "PARIS A STRASBOURG", bavarian transits of ELLINGEN, WEISSENBURG and BERGEN. Very unusual. (Image)

1865, German States to China : folded envelope from THURN & TAXIS bearing horizontal pair 3 Sgr. ochre and 10 Sgr. orange, all with well margins but flaw at right bottom corner, light cancelled "300" (Hamburg) and "PP" in black, transit mark "HAMBURG TH. & T.16/12" and ms. "via Marseille" alongside, on reverse transit marks Marseille and Hong Kong, addressed to Canton China, usual file folds and tiny crease, a very scarce destination, certificate Sommer 1979 (Image)

1865/1967, the amazing collection of used and mint stamps in three albums: the 1st album starts with classic Shanghai local post, then China proper with large dragon issue (often twice), the surcharged (inc. red revenue)-issues and other better values, mostly complete. The 2nd album features "People Rebublic of China" nearly complete in used condition with all the good s/s and sets between 1949 and 1967, e. g. 1962, Mei Lan Fang set imperforated and s/s, 1967 Maos theses in strips of five etc. The 3rd album contents is German Offices in China with many rare and valuable items. Find the complete collection for download on www.stamp-auctions.de (A3) (Image)

1903, blue bilingual dispatch mark "LIU KUNG TAU WEIHAIWEI 12 JUN 03" on reverse of small envelope w. imprinted sender british royal navy warship "H.M.S. Argonaut", transit chinese "CHEFOO 13 JUN 03", added russian offices 10 K. tied "TCHIFU 13 VI 03" to London,", London JY 6 arrival, clean condition, scarce. (Image)

1903, blue bilingual dispatch mark "LIU KUNG TAU WEIHAIWEI 20 JUN 03" on reverse of small envelope w. imprinted sender british royal navy warship "H.M.S. Argonaut", transit chinese "CHEFOO", added russian offices 1 K., 2 K., 7 K. tied "TCHIFU 22 VI 03" to London, endorsed "Via Chefroo, Port Arthur, Moscow", early via Siberia. (Image)

1916, letter with 50 Cent. single cancelled by the Russian post office CHARBIN 7.6.16 with censor POGRANICHNAYA No. 3 and CHABAROWSK arrival mark. Extremely rare example for post exchange in the Mandschurian territory. Short time later Chang-Tso-Liu came into force. Piece with historical value for the Mandschurian history. (Image)