Kiautschou 1900: 2. Tsingtau-Ausgabe, 5 Pfg. auf 10 Pfg. karmin, gest. "TAPUTUR 27.3.00" auf Briefstück, in guter Bedarfserhaltung Fotoattest Steuer BPP (1996) Mi = € 5'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1 ½ $, 26:17 Zähnungslöcher vom linken Bogenrand gest. "TSINGTAU 16.3.06", tadellos, Fotoattest Steuer BPP (2002) Mi = € 2'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

2 ½ $, 26:17 Zähnungslöcher, postfr. aus der linken unteren Bogenecke (Bug im Rand), tadellos, sign. und Fotoattest Bothe BPP (1984) Mi = € 5'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

2 ½ $, 26:17 Zähnungslöcher, gest. "TSINGTAU 7.3.14" auf Briefstück, tadellos, Fotoattest Jäschke-L. BPP (2013) Mi = € 6'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

2 ½ $, 25:16 Zähnungslöcher, linke obere Bogenecke gest. "TSINGTAU 3.11.06" auf Briefstück, tadellos, (Bug im Seitenrand) doppelt signiert Bothe BPP, Fotoattest Jäschke-L. BPP (2015) Mi = € 4'200. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1898/1919: Ungebrauchte und gest. Sammlung mit u.a. Mi-Nr. 1 -17 gest., 17 Briefstück, 26A gest. Fotoattest Steuer BPP. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image)

1897/1900: Small group of better items with 1897 5 p., 10 p., 25 p. and 50 p. with 'Tai Han' overprints used, 1900 2 ch. used, very scarce 1901 50 ch. olive-green & pink and 1 wn. blue, black, olive & red both perf. 11 fine used, 1903 2 wn. green & purple, perf. 12½ fine used, 1902 Accession 3 ch. orange unused and Japanese P.O.'s 1900 optd. 5 r., 1 s., 1½ s. (2), 2 s., 3 s., 4 s. and 8 s. unused and Wedding 1900 3 s. unused. A highly catalogued group Mi = € 3'400+. (Image 1) (Image)

1878/83: Large Dragon 1 ca. green, wide setting, a good used example lightly cancelled in black showing large part of papermaker's watermarkrn"ON" of MONCKTON KENT clearly. Corner crease at lower left but a very rare stamp, seldom seen with so much of the watermark present. (Image 1) (Image)

1878/83: Large Dragon 5 ca. yellow-ochre, Wide Setting on thin paper, a fine appearing used example cancelled by chop in blue. Slightest of central thins but scarce Gi = £ 2'250. (Image 1) (Image)

1878/83: Large Dragon 3 ca. brown-red, a good used example lightly cancelled in black Gi = £ 400. (Image 1) (Image)

"Small Dollar" 1897 (Jan): Red Revenue $ 1 on 3 c. deep red, with stop after dollar, the famous unused example, centred slightly to left of outstanding fresh colour and delightful appearance, fresh and very fine with merest trace of three iron spots on the large part original gum. A truly exceptional example of this iconic stamp, a great rarity with just 32 unused examples recorded, many of the 32 have faults and staining whilst this is in wondrously fresh condition, being number 13 on the Kwang-sheng Huang listing (1983) and with excellent previous provenance. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Sven Erik Beckeman (1993) Chan 86/Michel 33/I = € 800'000/Scott 83 = $ 900'000/Gi = £ 850'000.rnrnThis magnificent stamp is number 13 in the Huang Kuang Sheng treatise on the "Small One Dollar" and corresponds to reference 'III-5' in "The Revenue Surcharges of China 1897", Volume I, published by the Directorate General of Posts, Ministry of Communications of the Republic of China (1984); in this reference the Small One Dollars are split into three Types, this being 'Type III' with the overprint partly struck over 'REVENUE' at base, illustration number 5 on page 38. The original listing was done by the Chan catalogue in 1947 (page 50-51), where this stamp is listed as number 6 of the 23 then known examples; at this date Diercking owned seven of the 23 recorded examples. Whilst the catalogue listing follows the order by value, it should be noted that the Small One Dollar was the first of the 3 c. Red Revenues to be overprinted with 'Equivalent to One Dollar'. After a small number had been surcharged it was felt that the value indicated was too small for a high value stamp and the decision was made to use larger characters to indicate the value.rnProvenance: Collection Arthur J. Hind, Harmers, London, May 20, 1935, lot 133. Collection A. Diercking of Shanghai, Harmers, London, 5-6 November 1956 lot 212; Collection Josiah K. Lilly, Siegel, New York, 4-5 December 1968, lot 460; Collection 'Ming' Part II, Corinphila sale 79, 29 September, 1988, lot 4244. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1935: Airmail cover to Basel, Switzerland franked by 1929 Airmail 30 c. black & scarlet (2), SYS 1931/37 5 c. green, 1932/34 Martyr 1 c. orange and 1932/37 Airmail 50 c. chocolate (2) all tied in black with airmail label at left. Reverse with 'Swatow' cds (Jan 28) and Rome transit cds (Feb 13). A scarce franking. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1943/45: Covers (3) all sent registered from Shanghai to Zurich, Switzerland with 1943 cover franked by SYS 50 c. blue (4); August 1944 cover franked by Japanese Occupation 1943/45 50 c. on 8 c. sage green pair and $ 3 on 8 c. sage (5) with reg'd label redrawn over 'Opened By Examiner' Reseal at left eventually delivered in June 1945; front of cover with $ 3 on 8 c. sage (5) and 1944 50 c. orange (2) with part Reseal. (Image 1) (Image)

1946/53: Lot ten ordinary lettres from Canton and Tsingtao to Sumiswald in Switzerland, three of them registered and all showing different frankings, average condition.

1950: Registered cover with full contents to Hong Kong franked by Hubei Dec 1949 $ 200 in black on $ 220 red pair, South China Dec 1949 $ 800 on $ 30 violet and East China $ 2'000 on $ 1'000 deep blue all tied by 'Canton' datestamps (6/5) in black. Circular 'C7' in violet on front and reverse with further Canton despatch cds. Some typical faults but a scarce franking. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1952: Liberation of Tibet, the complete set of four values used on cover, all tied by Chinese Lhasa cds's (Jan 9, 1956) datestamps in black. Some ageing but scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1878/1980: Lot several hundred stamps used/unused, incl. single items as one large dragon, pairs and blocs of four, mainly small values in quantities, few postage dues, locals and provincial issues, housed in two stockbooks. (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)

1878/1985c.: Collection with Large Dragons 3 ca. red (2) and 5 ca. orange-yellow (3) used, Bean Goose $ 5 used, good range of Sun Yat-sen issues, $ 1 violet Cigarette Tax revenue unused, PRC, Macau and Taiwan. (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)

1878/1983c.: Collection with Large Dragon 3 ca. red used, Small Dragons used with 3 ca. cancelled in red at Wuhu, thereafter with good range of Sun Yat-sen issues, later with PRC incl.1951 Gate of Heavenly Peace pink networkk $ 10'000 brown used (2), Fish set of 12 used, 1967 with some Poems values fine used, many hundreds of stamps, postmark interest, careful viewing should repay. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image)

1898/1988c.: Collection with large range of Sun Yat-sen issues, Gold Yuan surcharge issues and PRC, many hundreds of stamps unused and used, careful viewing essential. (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)

PRC 1961/1990c.: Mint collection with good range incl. Oct 1949 $ 100 emerald and $ 200 purple originals unused, 1960 Chrysanthemums set, 1961 Table Tennis miniature sheet, 1968 Mao's Youth 8 f., 1971 Communist Part strip of three, 1973 Industry set of four, 1978 Horses set of ten, later 1980's miniature sheets etc. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image)

1968/81: The unused collection on cards with 1968 Directives of Mao 8 f. in a strip of three (Gi 2399/2401 = £ 1'200), largely complete from 1974 to 1981 (excl. mini sheets) incl. 1975 Congress set of three, 1975 Confucius / Lin Piao set, 1976 4th Five Year Plan set of 16 (Gi 2637/2652 = £ 225), 1979 National Games 2 y. miniature sheet, 1980 Qi Bashi set of 16, 1980 Dolphin Booklet, generally fresh and fine, nearly all full unmounted og. Michel (2015) = € 5'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image)

Shanghai Local Post 1892: Provisional 2 c. in blue on 5 c. carmine-oink, a fine used example on illustrated local cover tied by LOCAL POST / SHANGHAI cds in blue. Reverse with 'Shanghai Local Post' arrival cds (August 8), in first week of use. Scarce and attractive cover. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

Shanghai Local Post - Incoming Mail 1893 (May 8): Sweden 15 öre green postal stationery card addressed to the China Inland Mission in Shanghai, China with "Kaiserlich / Deutsche / Postagentur / Shanghai" cds in black (17/6) and SHANGHAI / LOCAL POST cds of arrival in blue. Scarce and unusual usage. (Image 1) (Image)

Manchuria 1927: The overprinted definitive set of 20 values unused, fresh colours, the $ 1 and $ 2 being top marginal and thus unmounted og., the $ 5 superb and well centred. A fine and scarce set Gi = £ 725. (Image 1) (Image)