1865-1870 M & U ranges in a large black page stock book incl. Junks to $5, SYS & Martyrs opts; commemoratives & dues. Some Provinces & Japanese Occupation, Peoples Republic 1950-70 M & U plus duplicated earlies. (1000's) (Image)

1878-83 thin paper 2½mm printings 1c yellow green, fresh fine o.g. SG. 1a, has double stop after Candarin. Cat. £550 (1) (Image)

1878-83 thin paper stamps 2½mm apart 3c brown red, superb fresh M single (tiny paper inclusion at right) well centred, SG. 2. Cat. £1200 (1) (Image)

1878-83 narrow setting 3c brown red, used oval h/stamp (minor imperfection), SG.2. Cat. £250 (1) (Image)

1878-83 thin paper stamps 2½mm apart, 3ca brown red fresh M single, well centred, SG. 2. Cat. £1200 (1) (Image)

1878-83 narrow setting 5c yellow, good used oval h/stamp in blue, SG. 3a. Cat. £550 (1) (Image)

1885-88 Small Dragons P.11½-12 1c dull green (minor tone at left), 3c mauve fresh M (3c with a few shortish perfs. at foot), also 5c olive yellow & 1c dull green FU, SG. 13, 13a, 14 & 15. Cat. £490 (4) (Image)

1897 surcharges Type 14 large figures 2½mm setting 4c on 4ca rose pink, nicely U, centred high, SG. 51. Cat. £325 (1) (Image)

1879 10c on 12c orange yellow, part o.g, minor paper adhesions on reverse. Attractive with good centering, SG.64, RPS Cert. 2019. Cat. £600 (Image)

1897 30c on 24c deep rose red Surcharge Type 14, part o.g, example, minor paper adherence on reverse, centred to left, SG.65, RPS Cert. 2019, Cat. £1000 (Image)

WUHU local post 1895 Postage Due overprinted Type D7, 20c pink, marginal example with variety 'a' of postage omitted, SG.D63a, a couple of diagonal gum creases, fresh large part o.g. Cat. £350 (Image)

1897 Revenue 2c on 3c deep red, a few shortish perfs, nicely used with a Shanghai double ring c.d.s, SG.89, Cat. £325. (Image)

1897 30c on 24ct rose carmine small figure surcharge, centered to right & heavily hinged, good colour, large part o.g. SG.46. Cat. £1200 (Image)

1897 Revenue 4c on 3c deep red, part o.g, minor paper adhesions on reverse, SG.90, RPS Cert. 2019, Cat. £1400 (Image)

1897 Revenue $1 on 3c deep red, part o.g example, perfs trimmed at base, some soiled perfs & paper adhesions on reverse, good appearance, SG.91, RPS Cert. 2019, Cat. £6000 (Image)

Chinkiang 1898 postage due ½c rose red VFU showing variety 'DE' for 'DUE' thinned at top left, still very scarce. SG.D23a. Cat. £650 (Image)

1912 Commemorating the Revolution Sun Yat Sen $5 slate, cds used with Shanghai cds, which leaves most of the design clear, odd shortish perfs. SG. 253. Cat. £500 (Image)

1912 Commemorating the Revolution Sun Yat Sen $2 brown, large part Soochow c.d.s, trace of thinning at top, good collectable example of this scarce stamp. SG.252. Cat. £900 (Image)

Sinkiang 1915 $1 black & orange-yellow, optd Type 1 with top character out of alignment, large part o.g. SG.1b. Cat.£250 (Image)

1961 Rebirth of the Tibetan People 30f chocolate & pale slate blue, upper left corner marginal block of fifteen, UM (gum with some slight toning), SG.2009. (15) Cat. £975. (Image)

1997 sample stamp without country or value in a design similar to the 'Tang Dynasty Painting' issue of 1984, printed in China on a Goebel press, a local printers sample. Accompanied by a copy of RPS Cert for another stamp from the same sheet. Unusual item. (Image)

1983 (June) Terracotta Figures booklet, SG.SB18(9), Cat. £225. (1) (Image)

1904 envelope addressed to France bearing 'Koban' 4s bistre (SG.118) mixed with 'Chrysanthemum' 3s maroon (SG.138), tied by Oita-Bungo vernacular d/stamp with Moji transit on reverse, routed via Siberia with Rennes arrival on reverse. Nice mixed franking cover from the 'Lebel' correspondence. Emile Lebel was a French Missionary at Oita-Bungo. (Image)

Nepal 1907-70 M collection incl. 1949 Pictorial set, 1957 set of 12, 1959-60 Pictorial set, later incl. Officials, also Pakistan 1947-70 U, few M collection 1947 to 10r, 1948 Pictorial defin set, 1951 Anniversary Independence set, later in officials, 1947 to 5r, 1948 set, 1951 Anniversary Independence etc. (Image)