1878 Large Dragon thin paper 1ca. green used by attractive 'Shanghai Customs' (Feb.6.79) double concentric rings cancel in red, few shortish perfs. and a light upper right corner bend, nevertheless a desirable early usage, SG 1 £800+ (Image)

1878 Large Dragon thin paper 1ca. to 5ca., mint large part o.g., fresh colours, paper hinge remain on 3ca., the 5ca. has a few faintly foxed perfs., fine to very fine condition SG 1-3 £4,050 (Image)

1878 Large Dragon 1ca. green, 3ca. red-brown, 5ca. yellow-orange thin paper 2½mm spacing, used set each by part of 'Customs' cds's in black, SG 1-3 £ 2,000 (Image)

1878 Large Dragon thin paper 3ca. brown-red used by neat 'Chinkiang Customs' (Ap.8.80) double concentric rings cancel in black, unusually very well centred, few faintly foxed perfs. otherwise fine, SG 2 £400++ (Image)

1878 Large Dragon thin paper 5ca. orange used by part of incised seal cancel of Tientsin, some light toning otherwise fine, SG 3 £800 (Image)

1882 Large Dragon wide margin 3ca. brown-red used by clear Wuhu Custom House Chop, fine condition, SG 5 £500+ (Image)

1882 5ca. yellow-ochre wide margins Large Dragon, used by Tientsin intaglio cancel in black, well centered, intense colour, minor perforation toning otherwise fine, SG 6 £2,250 (Image)

1883-85 Large Dragon wide margin 3ca. brown-red used by neat black framed chop 'Postage Already Paid, Do not demand. Do not pay', fine condition, SG 8 £400++ (Image)

1888 Small Dragon, second stage clean cut, 1ca. dull green block of 12 (4x3) used by six 'Shanghai black seal' cancels, few minor faults including few perf. split at top, a remarkable block, SG 13a (Image)

1888 Small Dragon, second stage clean cut, 5ca. olive-yellow block of 4 mint large part o.g., fresh colour, very fine, SG 15 £1,300+ (Image)

1894 60th Birthday of Dowager Empress 1st printing 1ca. to 24ca. mint large part o.g., fresh colours, well centred, paper hinge remain on 24ca., fine to very fine condition, SG 16/24 £3,000 (Image)

1894 60th Birthday of Dowager Empress 1st printing 1ca. to 24ca. used with cancel selected for clear strike including Kiukiang customs cancel in red on 12ca., well centred, fine to very fine condition, SG 16/24 £1,700 (Image)

1897 Empress Dowager small figure surcharge ½c. on 3ca. to 30c. on 24ca. set of 10, mint large part o.g., a couple of trivial perf tones otherwise generally fine condition SG 37/46 £5,000+ (Image)

1897 Empress Dowager Small Surcharge on 1st printing ½c. on 3ca. to 30c. on 24ca., mint large part o.g., bright colours, fine to very fine SG 37/46 £5,100 (Image)

1897 Empress Dowager Small Surcharge on 1st printing ½c. on 3ca. to 30c. on 24ca. used, few usual faults including very irregular perf. on 10c. and bend on 30c., fair to fine condition SG 37/46 £1,930 (Image)

1897 small figure on Dowager Empress (first printing), set of 10 values to 30c. on 24ca. rose-carmine, large part o.g, rough perfs as usually found, otherwise fine. SG 37-46 (Image)

1897 Empress Dowager second printing surcharged with large figures wide spaced set ½c. on 3ca. to 30c. on 24ca., mint large part o.g., fine condition, SG 57/65 (Image)

1897 Red Revenue 2c. on 3c. red Small figures surcharges mint large part o.g., fresh colour and gum, centered to top, very fine Chan 84 SG 93 £850 (Image)

1897 Red Revenue Large 1c. on 3c., mint large part o.g., fresh colour and gum, centered to right, very fine Chan 87 SG 88 £775 (Image)

1897 Red Revenue large figures surcharge 2c. on 3c. deep red vertical pair mint mounted/unmounted (upper example is mounted, lower example unmounted), slightly oxidised and few shortish perfs on top nevertheless a desirable item, SG 89 £1,600+ (Image)

1897 Red Revenue 4c. on 3c. 'large surcharge', mint large part o.g., fresh colour and gum, Chan 89 SG 90 £2,500 (Image)

1897 Red Revenue large figures surcharge $1 on 3c. deep red unused no gum, well centred, slightly oxidised and with light thinning on the upper left corner, a scarce stamp, SG 91 £8,000 (Image)

1897 I.C.P. 50c. error of colour "deep green", unmounted o.g., toned gum as usually encountered, fresh colour, a rare stamp of only 240 exist, Chan 100a SG 104b £3,500 (Image)

1898 'Chinese Imperial Post', wmk set of 12 values to $5. deep green and salmon. Large part o.g. $2 roughly perforated at right, otherwise fine and fresh appearance. SG 108-19 (Image)

1901 B.R.A. (British Railway Administration) 5c. black overprint on China ½c. brown 'Captain Twining' cover from Tientsin to Tongku cancelled by Tientsin unframed circle cancel in violet, along side gutter margin pair of India 3p. C.E.F. overprint, cancelled by trisected double circle with vertical bars 'F.P.O. No. 4/ 20 AP 01' cds, on reverse also 'F.P.O. No. 4/ 20 AP 01' cds, an attractive cover, very fine SG BR133 and C1 (Image)