Shanghai. 1865 4ca yellow-bister, printing 57, a magnificent example with large balanced margins all around , extremely fine. (Image)

1865 4ca yellow-bister, printing 57, very fresh with large margins on all sides, extremely fine. (Image)

1865 4ca yellow-bister, printing 57, a largely margined and extremely fine example; signed Benzinger. (Image)

1865 4ca deep yellow-bister, printing 57, wide even margins all around, very fresh and fine. (Image)

1865 8ca olive-green, printing 59, oily impression barely displaying the details of the head of the dragon, and very good margins, very fine. (Image)

1865 8ca olive-green, printing 59, quite clear impression and good margins, very fine. (Image)

1865 8ca olive-green, printing 59, blurred impression hiding details of the design as in the head of the dragon, large margins all around, very fine. (Image)

1865-66 Shanghai Local Post - "Large Dragons" group of 21 unused stamps, all classified according to the Chan catalogue (over $10,000) and including the useful information of the printings, in very fine to extremely fine condition; ex Max J. Mayer. (Image)

1865 1ca deep blue on laid paper, printing 23, excellent impression, slightly touched in places, otherwise fine. (Image)

1866 3ca reddish brown, printing 50, showing the variety "I.P.O." instead of "L.P.O.", well margined; in the Fortune Wang collection only three examples are found; extremely fine and displaying an outstandingly fresh impression; signed Pfenninger. (Image)

1866 6ca red-brown, printing 58, a large margined example, very fine. (Image)

1866 6ca red-brown, printing 58, strong colour and impression, good to large margins, very fine. (Image)

1866 12ca orange-brown, printing 61, detailed impression and wide even margins, very fresh and fine. (Image)

1866 16ca orange-brown, printing 62, with interesting plate flaw featuring two dots in lower right square (no example included in the Fortune Wang collection), intense shade and wide balanced margins, extremely fine; signed Fulpius. (Image)

1866 3ca dark red-brown, printing 53, featuring broken "L" in "L.P.O.", ample margins, very fresh and fine. (Image)

1866 4ca yellow, printing 72, mesh paper, very fresh showing clear impression and good margins, very fine. (Image)

Shanghai local post 1/2 cent postal stationery wrapper sent locally and then redirected to Bern, Switzerland with a franking of the German Post 5 Pfg Vorläufer cancelled "SHANGHAI 23.5.97" and Bern arrival backstamp (4.7.97). A very fine and attractive mixed franking, PROBABLY UNIQUE ON WRAPPER. (Image)