1896: Postal Notice, 210 x 330 mm., headed "Chungking Post Office / Tariff and Regulations" on two pages, with "This Office, established in 1893 undertakes the transmission of Letters, Newspapers, Parcels and Treasures..." and instructions of opening times ("Letters are received every day in the year...") and "All mail matter from Chunking must be prepaid with Chunking Postage Stamps", with notations of rates of Postage for letters, Newspapers, Parcels, Weight, Measurements allowed, Value Declared and Winter Rates etc; by Order: Lu Sui Tung, Postmaster, 1st January, 1896. Folded but very rare and unusual. (Image 1) (Image)

Shanghai Local Post 1889/1906c.: Postal Stationery collection (115 items), with a very good range of cards, envelopes, Jubilee overprinted items and wrappers, also some Chunking. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40) (Image)

1883 (March): Large Dragon 3 ca. pale red, an unused horizontal strip of three, of fresh vibrant colour, central stamp showing the Retouch to lower left corner value tablet with "Extra Semi-Circle to right of 3" (clichê 4), superb og. with first and second stamps unmounted og. An immaculate and extremely rare multiple for the connoisseur Chan 11+11d/Gi = £ 4'500+. (Image 1) (Image)

1896: Postal Notice, 230 x 520 mm., headed "Imperial Chinese Post / Notification No. 20" detailing in alphabetical order the opened Post Offices from Amoy to Wuhu with additional Offices of Hong Kong, Macau and Formosa; listing the domestic inland rates for letters, Parcels, Books, registration etc., and Foreign rates to be paid by Chinese stamps which have to be applied equal to the value of the foreign stamps used (for combination covers). Further listings of Private P.O. boxes, Business Hours, Deliveries, Inquiries and complaints. Dated at Shanghai, 17 February 1897, signed off by H. Kopsch, Postal Secretary, together with a probably contemporary listing of the Chinese Post Offices with English spelling against the Chinese characters, all in beautifully scripted manuscript. Both folded but rare. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1897: Cover from Tientsin to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland franked by January 1897 Small Figures 10 c. on 9 ca. dull green and Large Figures 2 c. on 2 ca. dull yellow-green (2½ mm. spacing) in a horizontal pair, one with central file fold, tied on despatch by 'Pa-kua' handstamps in brown with corresponding TIENTSIN Dollar chop at lower left (Dec 18). France 'Chine' 25 c. black on lilac applied for onward transmission and tied by 'Shanghai / Chine' cds (Christmas Day). Reverse with SHANGHAI Dollar chop in black and Chaux De Fonds arrival cds (Feb 2). Cover sensibly opened for display, a fresh and fine cover. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1878/98: 'Maus' registered cover franked by 25 different adhesives totalling 40 c.: 1883 Large Dragon 3 ca. vermilion; Small Dragon 1 ca. green, 3 ca. mauve; Dowager 1 ca. reddish orange, 3 ca. yellow; 1897 surcharged Small Dragon 1 c. on 1 ca. and 2 c. on 3 ca.; surcharged Dowagers ½ c. on 3 ca. (large and small surcharge), 1 c. on 1 ca. (three different), 2 c. on 2 ca. green / pale green (four different); January 1897 Red Revenue 1 c. on 3 c. red, 2 c. on 3 c. (large and small), 4 c. on 3 c. red; Aug 1897 Imperial ½ c. purple, 1 c. orange-yellow, 2 c. orange and 1898 Coiling Dragon ½ c. brown and 1 c. orange all tied by Chinese lunar dated 'Kiaochow' datestamps in black with manuscript 'R' and registration number at top. Reverse with Lichtenthal cds of receipt (Feb 22, 1906). A dramatic franking with rare adhesives: this cover could perhaps be regarded as the 'ultimate' Maus cover with an extraordinary and colourful franking of great rarity and appeal.rnrnNote: Whilst philatelic, we believe this is the sole recorded cover with four different (Gibbons 88, 89, 90, 93) Red Revenue adhesives. (Image 1) (Image)

1899: Postcards (3) all addressed to Vienna, Austria all three with Coiling Dragon frankings at 4 c. rate (2x½ c. brown, 1 c. orange-yellow and 2 c. red), two cards mailed from Shanghai via French Post Office, the third card mailed from Chefoo with Coiling Dragon franking tied by CHEFOO Dollar Chops in black with additional Hong Kong 2 c. rose (2) tied by framed "I.P.O." handstamps in black and by 'Shanghai' cds's (April 17) with Hong Kong transit and French octagonal Paquebot datestamp. A scarce and attractive group. (Image 1) (Image)

1901: Cover from Tientsin to Reykjavik, Iceland, franked by 1898 Coiling Dragon 2 c. scarlet and 10 c. deep green tied on despatch in Tientsin, the 2 c. overlapped by France 'Chine' 25 c. black on lilac tied by 'Shanghai / Chine' cds (Jan 14) in black. The cover sensibly opened for display with reverse showing Chinese Shanghai cds (Jan 14), Leith cds (Feb 18) and Reykjavik arrival cds (March 18). An extraordinary cover and most probably unique to this destination. (Image 1) (Image)

1900/1910: Coiling Dragon 1 c. brownish ornage in a block of ten (2 x 5) and 1908 2 c. deep green in a vertical strip of five, used on reverse of registered cover to Kärnten, Austria, obverse with large registered cachet and POSNAN cds, reverse with 'Moukden' transit and Obertranburg arrival cds. Scarce and fine, would benefit by being opened for display. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1902: Württemberg 2 pf. grey postal stationery card, reply half used as a formula card as China was yet to join the UPU, sent registered to Munich franked by 1900 Coiling Dragon 2 c. red pair and 10 c. deep green (for registration) tied by 'Shanghai' cds's (April 28) and the 2 c. pair crossed in purple crayon, with large "R" handstamp at left. French P.O. 'Shang-Hai / Chine' transit (April 29) and Munich arrival (June 2) in blue. Reverse with Munich datestamps of original sending (March 8). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1898/1906: Coiling Dragons, the stockbook with many hundreds of examples with many on piece, collected by cancellation with astonishing range of bilingial types incl. Antung, Chinhai, Kongmoon, Mengtsz, Pakhoi, Peitaiho, Samshui, Santuao, Shasi, Szemao, Tatung, Teng Yueh, Yochow etc. together with the slightly more common Treaty Post towns, small section of 'perfin' examples and range of the issue with Private Chops applied prior to posting, a superb selection in generally exceptional quality. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image)

1904/15: Postage Dues selection, march 1904 ½ c. brown in an unused block of eight, Nov 1904 10 c. blue strip of three used on Great Britain Parcel Post form with 'Earlsdon' cds adjacent (March 30, 1909), 1912 optd. 1 c. brown in a block of ten, 2 c. brown in blocks of 44, 49 and 50, unused but all these are stuck to backing paper, with a further stained block 20; 1915 redrawn 1 c. blue in a block of 79 and 10 c. blue block of ten also affected by rice paper on gum etc. Despite faults an interesting lot of high catalogue value Gi = £ 1'200+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image)

1912: 1 c. green postal stationery card, 'Republic of China' overprint in red by the Statistical Dept. of Customs, Shanghai, with "Wotan Metal 1 Watt Lamps" illustrated advertisement on reverse. Fresh, fine and most unusual. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1914: Registered cover to Stuttgart endorsed 'via Siberia', franked by Republic optd. 1912 16 c. olive-green and 10 c. blue tied by Hoyan (Heyuan) cds's with unusual framed registration handstamp alongside, Canton transit cds at left (Feb 3) and reverse with further Shanghai transit cds. Scarce and attractive cover. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1913/33: Junk issue, the antique cigar box with literally thousands of used examples from the issue wrapped in piles of presumably 100 for each value, all values to $ 2, including, First Peking $ 1 black & orange-yellow (600), $ 2 blue & black (600 examples); 2nd Peking $ 2 chestnut & deep blue (300) etc. An extraordinary accumulation, guaranteed unchecked by this describer Gi = £ 7'800+. (Image 1) (Image)

1914/19: First Peking Junk 3 c. blue-green, single example on 1917 cover to Shanghai tied by SHUMCHUN cds in black, with unusual internal Censor strip at left tied by CENSORED BY CENSOR XXV bilingual cachet in red. Five further datestamps on reverse including Canton and Shanghai arrival cds (Nov 20) in black. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1929/33: Second Peking Junk issue, $ 5 grey-green & scarlet used examples (232) including some heavily cancelled 1st Peking examples, together with 2nd Peking $ 2 chestnut and blue (37) and $ 1 sepia & brown-orange (109), condition obviously varies but a most unusual assembly Gi = £ 4'800+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image)

1925: Provisional 3 c. on 4 c. slate-grey optd. in red, a complete unused sheet of 120 subjects, largely fresh and fine with interpanneau margins intact, full 'Chinese Bureau of Engraving and Printing' imprint at top and requisition number 19, one horizontal crease along margin only, some spotting, unmounted og. Gi = £ 600. (Image 1) (Image)

1938/41: Sun Yat-sen, 3rd Issue, Die III, printed by Dah Tung Book Co. on watermarked paper, complete sheets of 50 (10 x 5) of the $ 1 sepia & red-brown (requisition number 005), $ 2 red-brown & blue (requisition number 005) and $ 10 violet & green (requisition number 007), all fresh and very fine with full imprints, unmounted og. Rare thus Gi = £ 2'350. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1941 (Feb-April): Sun Yat-sen, 4th issue printed by American Banknote Co., the complete set from ½ c. to $ 20 in complete sheets, the values to 50 c. all in sheets of 100 stamps (incl. the scarce 17 c., Gi = £ 20 each) but without lower sheet margins; the $ 1 to $ 20 values in complete sheets of 50 with margins all round, all fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Gi = £ 3'250+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image)

1943 (Feb-Dec): Provincial Surcharges "20c." overprints for Fukien-Chekiang, Honan, Hunan, Hupeh, Kansu, Kiangsi, Kwangsi, Kwantung, Kweichow, Shensi, East and West Szechwan and Yunnan the collection with a large degree of the Gibbons numbers in unused condition arranged by Province, with single examples, blocks and some overprint varieties noted, a fine study, careful viewing is advised and recommended. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image)

1945/46: Sun Yat-sen, 7th issue, an unused vertical block of twenty (2 x 10), with margins at top and at base, the upper horizontal pair variety "Imperforate" all round, fresh and very fine, without gum as issued. A rare positional multiple Gi = £ 275+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1947/48: Sun Yat-sen, 11th issue, the set of 17 values, with values from $ 150 to $ 7'000 in blocks of 50, the $ 10'000 to $ 500'000 values in complete sheets of 50 with margins all round and requisition numbers at top; all fine unused, withot gum as issued Gi = £ 1'750. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image)

1948 (July-Sept): Sun Yat-sen, 12th issue, the complete set of 12, all in sheet marginal blocks of 50, fresh and very fine, unused without gum as issued Gi = £ 900. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1945/48: C.N.C. Surcharges, the voluminous collection with Nov 1945 $ 3 on 2½ c. claret unused (4) and used (2), $ 70 on Martyr 13 c. blue-green used (Gi = £ 500), 1946/48 set complete with unused, used and duplication / multiples incl. $ 100 on 8 c. sage (C) in a unused block of four (Gi 835), wmk'd $ 50 on 5 c. olive in a block of four (Gi 845 = £ 200), $ 1'000 on $ 2 purple-brown imperforate single unused and pair used on piece, $ 200 on $ 4 blue with surcharge 'à cheval' varieties (9), $ 50 on 5 c. green opt. inverted unused, $ 20 on wmk'd Martyr 8 c. orange used (Gi 881 = £ 1'200), $ 20 on 8 c. surcharge inverted used, Sept 1946 $ 10 on 1 c. surcharge inverted unused and wmk'd example with same variety, $ 20 on 2 c. surcharge inverted unused, Kwangsi provisional $ 5'000 on $ 100 crimson unused (12) and used (2), 1947/48 SYS set unused and used etc., the whole collection in fine quality with duplication and multiples throughout. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image)