1894 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress (1st ptg) set of 9 to 24ca rose-carmine, mint large part o.g., a few imperfections, a popular set SG16/24 Chan 22-30 (Image)

1897 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress, Mollendorf special printing on thick unwatermarked paper, set of 9 to 24ca. deep rose-red, mint large part o.g. showing typical streaky gum, fine and very scarce, Chan 22M-30M (Image)

1897 (Mar) large figure surcharge, spaced 2½mm on Dowager Empress (2nd printing), ½c. on 3ca. yellow, upper marginal vert pair, variety " imperf. horizontally", mint large part o.g., upper stamp thin patch which has caused a couple of tiny punctures, nevertheless a rare variety SG 57a Chan 56d (Image)

1897 (May) 2c. on 2ca. green, large figure surch spaced 1.5mm, on first printing, so called "Emerald Lady" used by part Shanghai 'dollar chop' in brown, minor creasing, toning and light marks from red band cover, otherwise a good example of this rarity Experts & Consultants cert.(2014) SG71 Chan 67 (Image)

1897 Red Revenue $1 on 3c. 'large surcharge', lightly cancelled, well centred, a faint crease at the upper left corner, a rare stamp Chan 90 SG 91 (Image)

1897 Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry printing, $2 orange and yellow, unused without gum, very fresh colour, a rare stamp SG 106 Chan 102 (Image)

1912 Provisional Neutrality, Republic of China opt 50c green, rather heavily hinged but a rare stamp of which only 87 were issued, part o.g. (Image)

1912 (Mar) set of 15 to $5 myrtle and salmon, with Shanghai Republican opt, mint part to large part o.g., fresh colours, SG 192/206 Chan 152-166 (Image)

1912 (Mar) $1 red and flesh with Shanghai Republican overprint type 38, fresh and well centred, large part o.g. (Image)

1932 North-West Scientific Expedition set of 4, in upper marginal blocks of 4 with centre line, mint unmounted o.g., fine and attractive SG406/409 Chan 329-332 (Image)

1938-41 Dr Sun Yat-sen, Die III set of six to $10 violet and green, full unmounted o.g; short perf to 2c, otherwise fine. SG 483-488, £300 (Image)

1949 Silver Yuan surcharges on revenues part set to $1 on $50 blue, surcharge type 159, unused without gum as issued, fine. SG 1286-1292, Chang S178-182 (Image)

1964 Peonies 2y. miniature sheet mint no gum as issued, fresh colour, a couple of faint blemish spots, a popular miniature sheet Chan S61M SG MS2199a £2,000 (Image)

1878-1941 mint and used old time collection arranged on album pages housed in an album including 1878-85 large dragons used 1ca. (3), 3 ca (3), 5ca. (6), duplicated range of small dragons and Dowager to 30ca., 1897 red revenue 1c.(2), 2c.(4), 4c., 1898-1910 duplicated coiling dragons with values up to $5; also local post including Shanghai, few Tibet and Nepal, very mixed condition careful inspection recommended (hundreds) | Video will be available on our YouTube Channel - https://tinyurl.com/f62y54j4

1878-1990 mint and used collection including 1878-83 large dragon 3ca. and 5ca. used, 1885-88 small dragon to 5ca. used, 1897 red revenue used 2c. smaller figures, 1c. and 2c., larger, duplicated coiling dragons with value up to $5, 1950 $200 Tien An Men 3rd print mint, 1950 $20,000 on $10,000 used, 1971 Commune of Paris 8f. mint, 1972 ships set mint, 1978 Arts and Crafts M/S mint, 1979 Camellias M/S mint, mixed condition (hundreds) | Video will be available on our YouTube Channel - https://tinyurl.com/f62y54j4

1970-1981 J and N series unmounted collection not complete but with better sets including 1970 Beijing Opera, 1971 Paris Commune, 1979 National emblems miniature sheet, generally fine | Video will be available on our YouTube Channel - https://tinyurl.com/f62y54j4

1932-1979 postal history selection including 1959 FDC 20f. 10th Ann. of founding PRC, 1964 Aerogramme to Japan bearing 1962 8f. folk dance, 1960 8f. gold fish and 1963 22f. monkeys, 1977 postcard to Sweden bearing 1971 8f. Paris commune and 1975 52f. children, mixed condition (7) (Image)

1897 selection including Dowager first issue with small figures 4c. on 4cds. used, Red revenue 2c. smaller Arabic figures used, 2c. Larger Arabic figures mint, slightly mixed condition (Image)

1915-16 selection of four covers from the same correspondence addressed to Ireland all franked with 10c. 'Junk' and showing on the reverse scarce "BUREAU AMBULANT N1 PEKING-MOUKDEN" cancel, mixed condition (4) | Video will be available on our YouTube Channel - https://tinyurl.com/f62y54j4 (Image)

1960-63 three different folders issued by the "China Philatelic Company" including the used set 1960 "Chrysanthemums", 1963 "The landscape of Hwangshan" and "Chinese Folk Dance", a fine and seldom offered lot (Image)

1961 26th World Table Tennis min sheet, fresh unused, only 30,000 issued (Image)

1962 Stage Art of Mei Lanfang miniature sheet, used by First Day Cancel with fresh colour and large part o.g. on the reverse, only 20,000 issued, fine and very scarce SG MS2044a Yang C94M (Image)

East China: Shantung 1946 Jiaodong Monument to Heroes of War against Japan, set of 5 to $20 violet, unused as issued, fine SG EC72/76 Yang EC85-EC89 (Image)

North China: 1946 Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Area 'Eagle' issue in 10c units, imperf set of 6 to 100 ($10) orange, all marginal and with large margins elsewhere, fine unused (Image)

1943 Sinkiang overprint on Dr. Sun Yat- sen Paicheng printing imperf. $50 blue, left marginal horizontal pair, unused without gum as issued, right stamp light bend and pair with a few stains from hinge remainder (just visible from face), a rare multiple despite imperfections, SG 246 Chan PS232 (Image)