North East Provinces. 1948 (Oct) Parcels Post $500'000 on $5'000'000 grey-lilac block of 4 fine, CTO by central Shanghai 17.11.48 cds, very fine. (Image)

1900ca. Group of nine visiting cards with the names of Chinese officials in black on red paper (Wu Tingfang, Chen Mingkan, Qu Hongji, Zou Jialai, Lian Fang, Zhu Baokui, Prince Qing and Na Tong).

1878-83 Large Dragon. 1878 1ca deep green on thin paper, cancelled by a good strike of the "CUSTOMS/CHINKIANG" cds; fine (Chan $400; S.G: £850). (Image)

1878-83 Large Dragon 3ca brown-red, 2 1/2mm spacing on thin paper, cancelled by a blue Tientsin oval, very fine. (Image)

1883 5c Large Dragon, large margins, mint o.g., light corner crease otherwise in fine condition, a very rare stamp in this condition as the majority of the known examples have thins or repairs, a new discovery from an old French collection, cert. Scheller (2019) (Chan $12'000; S.G. £16'000). (Image)

1894 Dowager. 1894 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress (1st Printing) used set of 9 to 24c rose-carmine, each cancelled by part to large part seal cancel in blue, some toning or other faults although others including the 5c largely fine (Chan $855; S.G. £1'1000). (Image)

1897 Dowager Empress, unissued second printing, 1ca salmon-red mint h.r., very fine (Chan $700; S.G. £1'000). (Image)

1894 Empress Dowager, first printing, 9ca dull green vertical TÊTE-BÊCHE PAIR with sheet margin, mint og with lower stamp unmounted, slightly toned gum, very fine and scarce (Chan $1'700; S.G. £1'800). (Image)

1897 (Mar) Dowager Large Wide Surcharges. 1897 Empress Dowager large figure, wide spacing surcharge on first printing, 30c on 24ca rose-carmine, used with part Shanghai 'dollar chop', slightly heavy hinge, very fine and scarce (Chan $1'000; S.G. £2'500). (Image)

1897 (Mar) Large figure surcharge, wide spacing, on Dowager Empress (2nd printing), set of 9 in mint blocks of four, the 1/2. on 3c, 10c on 12c and 30c on 24ca with sheet margin; a few light gum tones though generally very fresh, a very rare set in multiples. (Image)

1897 Red Revenues. 1897 Red Revenue 1c on 3c showing large box of Chinese "one" and a very dry print of the surcharge with "ne" of "one" practically omitted as well as other parts of the surcharge, light cds, oxidised colour otherwise fine and most unusual (Chan $300 and S.G. £475 as normal variety). (Image)

1897-1911 Imperial Post. 1898 Waterlow 1/2c to $5 set of 12 with "SPECIMEN" overprint, affixed to album page piece from the Swedish UPU archive, reverse with Russian P.O's in China "KITAI" 1k to 10k, fresh colours and scarce. (Image)

1900 (Mar 30) Picture postcard to Austria with China 1898 1/2c & 4c tied by Canton bilingual cds, in combination with Hong Kong 2c vertical pair tied by Hong Kong cds and boxed "I.P.O" hs, some minor staining, fine and attractive mixed franking. (Image)

1900 (Mar 30) Picture postcard to Austria with China 1898 1/2c (2), 1c & 2c tied by Canton bilingual cds, in combination with Hong Kong 2c vertical pair tied by Hong Kong cds and boxed "I.P.O" hs, some minor staining, fine and attractive mixed franking. (Image)

1900 (Apr 8) 1c Picture postal stationery card to Austria uprated with China 1898 1c & 2c tied by "Pa-kua" hs, with Shanghai Local Post cds adjacent in combination with French P.O. 10c Sage tied by Shanghai double circle ds, Rodaun arrival, fine and very attractive. (Image)

1900 (Apr 8) Picture postcard to Austria with China 1898 4c tied by "Pa-kua" hs, with Shanghai Local Post cds adjacent in combination with French P.O. 10c Sage tied by Shanghai double circle ds, Rodaun arrival, very fine. (Image)

1900 (Apr 8) Picture postcard to Austria with China 1898 4c tied by "Pa-kua" hs, with Shanghai Local Post cds adjacent in combination with French P.O. 10c Sage tied by Shanghai double circle ds, Rodaun arrival, very fine. (Image)

1900 (Apr 8) Picture postcard to Austria with China 1898 5c tied by "Pa-kua" hs, with Shanghai Local Post cds adjacent in combination with French P.O. 10c Sage tied by Shanghai double circle ds, Rodaun arrival, very fine. (Image)

1900 (Apr 9) 1c Picture postal stationery card to Austria uprated with China 1898 4c both cancelled by single Shanghai Local Post cds, in combination with French P.O. 10c Sage tied by Shanghai double circle ds, Rodaun arrival, fine. (Image)

1900 (Apr 9) 1c Picture postal stationery card to Austria uprated with China 1898 4c both cancelled by single Shanghai Local Post cds, in combination with French P.O. 10c Sage tied by Shanghai double circle ds, Rodaun arrival, fine. (Image)

1900 (Apr 11) Picture postcard to Austria with China 1898 5c tied by Shanghai bilingual cds, in combination with French P.O. 10c Sage tied by Shanghai double circle ds, Rodaun arrival, very fine. (Image)

1901 (Aug 2) Cover to Prague franked with a combination of a 10c deep-green dragon tied by Peking oval and French Colonies 25c black and rose tied by superb Shanghai cds, very attractive envelope and scarce combination. (Image)

1902-03 1c Brownish Orange 1c, without wmk, in mint hr horizontal pair with variety imperf. between, a trace of thinning otherwise very fine and scarce. (Image)

1902-03 No Wmk 10c green in vertical pair imperf. between, mint n.h., very fine, cert. PF (2021) (Chan $600, S.G. £1'600). (Image)

1902-03 No Wmk 50c green in horizontal strip of three imperf. between, tied to piece by blue Tientsin 12 Jan 08 cds, fine and very rare, with this variety not listed as a strip of three by Chan or S.G., cert. PF (2021). (Image)