Chinese Republic. 1912 Commemorating the Revolution, Sun Yat-sen mint set of 12 to $5 slate, large part to fine o.g., a few gum bends otherwise fine and very fresh (Chan $983; S.G. £1'750). (Image)

1913 London printing 1/2c sepia horizontal pair with variety imperf. between, mint large part o.g., light toning, scarce (Chan $500, S.G. £950). (Image)

1914 Express 10c green with serial number 0001, cancelled by cds, some minor corner creasing, a common stamp but the first one! (Image)

1922 Registered commercial cover "The Rin-Tai Stores Co", Moukden (South Manchuria), with Molkden registered mark to front, franked to the back with Republic of China postage 20c, sent to Bienne, Switzerland, London hooded circle registered transit mark, and arrival to back. (Image)

1934 Booklet, complete, containing 1 pane of 1c, 2 panes of 2c, four panes of 5c and 1 pane of 25c, with interleaving pages, back cover a little soiled, a very rare booklet (Chan $3'000; S.G. £5'500). (Image)

1939 (June 24) First flight registered cover, the Northern Trans-Atlantic England to China air mail flight, addressed to New York, with USA and China mixed franking, cancelled in New York 24 June, endorsed "By Pan American Airways Service via Hong Kong/Manila", Shanghai cds dated 12 July cancelling Chinese franking, Hawaii and New York registered marks on reverse, as well as a Hong Kong transit dated 6 July, a fine and rare cover. (Image)