Chinkiang. 1894 (Dec 3) Cover to Leipzig (Germany), endorsed "Imperial German Post Office Shanghai", franked by Shanghai Local Post 1893 1c brown, tied by neat "CHINKIANG/POSTAL SERVICE" cds, with overprinted Sage 25c applied at right and tied by "SHANG-HAÏ/CHINE" cds, receiver on back, a very rare usage of a Shanghai LPO stamp after the introduction of the LPO issues in Chinkiang. (Image)

Chungking. 1894 8ca orange, Tokyo printing, mint nh complete sheet of 50 with full margins (just missing a small corner), a couple of light bends, scarce in this format (SG M5). (Image)

Kewkiang. 1896 1/2c on 20c blue on pink in sheet of 50 with selvedge on two sides, very fine multiple.

Shanghai. 1865 2(Liang)ca black, printing 21, of outstanding freshness with large margins all around, unused without gum, extremely fine. (Image)

1865 8(Chien)ca dark green on pelure paper, printing 19, a well margined showing "tiny line on the upper frame line of 'I' ", unused without gum, very fine; (Mi. €1,400+). (Image)

1865 1ca deep blue on laid paper, printing 23, ample margins, excellent impression, unused without gum, possessing vertical line of watermark in centre (according to Fortune Wang, "few stamps have straight lines on laid paper"), showing "broken L.P.O." variety, a rare and desirable example. (Image)

1865 4ca yellow on laid paper, printing 27, a large margined example unused without gum, a very rare stamp in this exceptionally fine condition (see Fortune Wang collection); signed Pfenninger; (Mi. €3'000). (Image)

1865 1ca dull blue, printing 29, large margins all around, unused without gum, very fine and rare shade (not illustrated in the Fortune Wang book). (Image)

1865 4ca yellow, printing 24a, huge even margins all around, refulgent colour, unused without gum, exceptionally fine condition for this stamp (see Fortune Wang handbook); (Mi. €900). (Image)

1865 8ca dark olive green, printing 32a, equally ample margins all around, strong neat impression, unused without gum, very fine. (Image)

1865 8ca dark olive green, printing 32d, widely margined, unused without gum, very fine. (Image)

1865 16ca orange vermilion, printing 31, a well margined example possessing mint o.g.,small imperfection on reverse of little consequence, otherwise very fine; very few Shanghai 'Large Dragons' are known with original gum (none of the 16ca in the Fortune Wang handbook have o.g.), this example being probably unique. (Image)

1866 1ca blue, Roman "I", printing 38, clear margins, unused without gum, a rare and quite undervalued stamp; signed Thier; (Mi. €1'500) (Image)

1865 2(Er)ca black, printing 41, touched in places and cut slightly into at top right, showing red cds, stamp cut into two and rejoined with piece of paper on back, still though a very desirable and extremely rare genuinely used example; (Mi. €9'000). Note: It is interesting to note that the stamp is clearly printed in a bluish grey shade, which may have resulted from the colour mixture of grey and remains of blue from printing 39 of the 1 candarin. No used examples of this stamp are illustrated in the Fortune Wang handbook. (Image)

1866 3ca red-brown, printing 34, a large margined example, unused without gum, very fine. (Image)

1865 8ca bright yellow-green, printing 43, ample to large margins, unused without gum, very fine. (Image)

1866 6ca scarlet, printing 46b, "dot in '6' " variety, wide margins, unused without gum and slightly heavy hinge, fine. (Image)

1866 12ca terra-cotta, Roman "I", printing 47, featuring an impression which is also registered by Wang as "overinked and oily print", large margins all around, unused without gum, extremely fine. (Image)

1866 12ca chocolate, Roman "I", printing 47, excellent margins and very fresh, unused without gum, a very scarce shade (only one 'chocolate' against ten 'terra cotta' included in the Fortune Wang collection), superb. (Image)

1866 1ca indigo on pelure paper, printing 48, "ink dots on central motif" variety according to Fortune Wang, wide balanced margins, unused without gum, very fine. (Image)

1866 1ca indigo on pelure paper, printing 49, a large margined example unused without gum, very fine. (Image)

1865 2(Er)ca black, printing 54, large balanced margins all around, very good and bold impression, unused without gum, extremely fine. (Image)

1866 3ca red-brown, printing 50, a large margined example with delicate impression, unused without gum, extremely fine, scarce shade. (Image)

1865 4ca yellow, printing 56, a well margined example displaying a bold neat impression, unused without gum, extremely fine. (Image)

1866 6ca terra-cotta, printing 58, mostly large margins, unused without gum, a very unusual shade which seems to not be included in the astonishing Fortune Wang collection, and it actually displays the same colour as the 3ca from printing 55, certainly a very rare stamp in very fine state of preservation with an excellent impression of the Dragon. (Image)