96, 1868 10¢ yellow green "F" grill horizontal pair tied by segmented cork cancels and San Francisco Cal. date stamp on 1869 folded outer address sheet to Montreal; "P.O.D. U.S. Con. Genl SHANGHAI CHINA 21 JAN" date stamp at bottom, red oval "CHINA AND JAPAN STEAM SERVICE" handstamp at right, Montreal backstamp; cover with light file folds and stamps with trivial wrinkling from affixing; one of only a few covers recorded bearing the 10¢ 1861-67 issue used from China to Canada via the US Consulate PO in Shanghai China; Very Fine usage; ex-Drucker (2003); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Image 2) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 5,000

271-272, 1895 6¢ dull brown and 8¢ violet brown single of each, tied by New York double oval registry cancels on Aug 25 1896 cover to Kiew Kiang China which was returned to New York passing through the Shanghai Local Post Registry system (label and 5c Shanghai Local Post stamp), the US Postal Agency Shanghai (duplex) to Tacoma (registry label, backstamp), San Francisco (backstamp) and finally to NYC arriving Dec 7 1896; the use of two local posts (Kewkiang and Shanghai) with the US Postal Agency Shanghai is very unusual along with the wealth of markings; cover with light soiling and a few minor bends; Very Fine usage; ex-Drucker (2003); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Image 2) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 7,500

270, 1895 5¢ Chocolate, horizontal pair, used with single 1¢ blue and 2¢ carmine (Scott 264, 267, 270), all tied by U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai May 5 1899 duplex postmark on registered cover with Consulate General of the United States. Shanghai China return address, sent to Cleveland Ohio; proper U.S. of America Shanghai, China registry label at lower left; San Francisco and Cleveland registered backstamps; stamps and cover with light creases; Very Fine and Scarce commercial registered usage, ex-Drucker (2003); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Image 2) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 1,000

283, 1899 10¢ orange brown type II used with 1¢ green, 5¢ blue and 8¢ violet brown (Scott 272, 279, 281 and 283) all tied by straightline "CHINA" handstamp cancels on 1901 registered cover to Hanover Germany; double circle purple "REGISTERED Mil. Postal Sta. No. 1, China FEB 12 1901" handstamp at lower left, New York registry label (small corner off) at bottom center; San Francisco, New York and Hanover backstamps; Wonderful usage during the "Boxer War" period from Tientsin and thought to be the earliest usage of the "CHINA" straightline handstamp which was only used at Tientsin on military mail during the short lived Boxer Rebellion; ex-Drucker (2003); 1986 Peter Holcombe and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Image 2) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 3,000

294-95, 299, 1901 1-2¢ and 10¢ Pan-Americans single of each, all tied by bold purple"REGISTERED APR 4 1906 U. S. POSTAL AGENCY SHANGHAI, CHINA" handstamps on cover to Moudon, Switzerland; NY registry label at left, San Francisco, New York and Moudon backstamps; also purple "JOHN M. DARRAH, POSTMASTER" and "U. S. POSTAL AGENCY SHANGHAI, CHINA" handstamps on backflap; Very Fine and Rare usage of the Pan-American issue from the US Post Office in Shanghai, China; ex-Drucker (2003); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Image 2) (Image)

CV. Starting Price 2,000