c1910 RED BAND ENV. FROM URGA, MONGOLIA - possibly to Peking? with four red chops on front & franked on the back with 2c & 4c coiling dragon tied by cds's & two other red chops across the flaps. Attractive & scarce. Cross Reference : MONGOLIA (Image)

1946 GB & CHINA MIXED FRANKING COVER: Scarce 1946 (7 Dec) env franked GB 1/- & 6d to Shanghai where China $20 on 8c opt & $3 adhesives applied & redirected to Tientsin. A good combination cover Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)

RANGE ON LEAVES with 1881 no gum imperfs 1886 Thin Native Paper used 1a, 2a (3 inc. a tete-beche pair) & 4a (4 inc. a tete-beche pair and an unused single) and Coarse Paper 1a (3 - two unused), 2a (5 - two unused), 4a (3 - one unused), 1899 imperf 2a used and 4a Green tete-beche pair used, 1899 ½a Black unused (4 - one showing plate wear) and used (8 inc. a tete-beche pair, a marginal single and a single on a c1899 local env.) plus a few later issues inc. 1917-30 issues perforated in sheet format. (50 stamps + 12 sheets + 1 cover) (Image)

RANGE ON LEAVES in complete sheetlets mostly forgeries or reprints inc. some 'used' examples plus some examples on mail inc. 1929 printed env. to Tibet ex India franked (on rear) India KGV 1a tied by Calcutta cds with Tibet 4t Indigo added and tied by indistinct cds, 1952 env. to Tibet ex India franked 1a (20 tied by Kalimpong cds with Tibet 1950 2t Cinnamon also tied to rear, c1955 env. to Tibet ex Bhutan franked 25ch pairs with 2/3t Carmine pair added, 1953 env. to Nepal franked Tibet each 2t + India 1a tied by Lhasa or Gyantse cds respectively and other related examples (18 covers, 23 sheetlets + 17 stamps) Cross Reference : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, COMBINATION COVERS, INDIA, BISECTS (Image)