1878 thin paper, 2½mm spacing 1ca green, 3ca brown-red and 5ca orange, each fine used by part Peking seal in blue. (Image)

1878 5ca orange, 2½mm spacing on thin paper, lower left corner marginal block of 4 with vibrant colour, very fine o.g. with lower pair unmounted o.g., a rare multiple so fine (Image)

1883 thicker paper, 2½mm spacing, clean-cut perf 1ca green, 3ca brown-red and 5ca chrome-yellow, each used by part Peking seal in blue, 5ca light bend and a couple of short perfs (Image)

1894 60th Birthday of Dowager Empress 1ca. reddish orange, vert. pair variety "imperf. between", neatly cancelled by two Shanghai seals (Chang 6-II) in blue, fine, attractive and rare, with 1994 APS cert, Chan 22b $12,000 (Image)

1894 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress, first printing, 9ca dull green, lower left marginal block of four, showing error INVERTED CLICHE and variety IMPERFORATE VERTICALLY between lower (tete-beche) pair and margin, fine large part o.g; some minor creasing, a very spectacular and striking exhibition piece, unique in this combination and highly desirable thus. SG 22da,var (Image)

1897 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress, 3ca yellow from the unissued second printing, large part o.g., very scarce (Image)

1897 Small Surcharge on Dowager 1st printing 2c. on 2ca. green horizontal pair, variety "imperforate vertically" mint large part o.g., some patchy gum toning but this barely visible from face, a rare and seldom offered variety SG39a Chan 39g (Image)

1897 (Mar) large figure surcharge, spaced 2½mm on Dowager Empress (2nd printing) set of 9 to 30c on 24ca deep rose-red, some toning or other small imperfections, part to large part o.g. (cat £6500) (Image)

1897 (Jan) 1c on 3c deep red, surch type 18, large part o.g. (Image)

1897 'large' surch 2c on 3c deep red block of six, l/l stamp light bend, otherwise superb, well centred and exceptionally fresh, unmounted o.g., a gem! (Image)

1897 (Jan) 2c on 3c deep red, surch type 19, c.t.o. used by bold part Customs cds in brown (Image)

1897 Red Revenue 4 cents on 3c deep red large surcharge type 19, block of twenty (5X4), fresh o.g; with some light hinge remainders with the rest of the piece unmounted, an attractive and very rare multiple of this iconic issue. SG 90 (Image)

1897 'Red Revenue' $1 on 3c deep red, large surch type 20, very fine used by part Customs cds, a scarce and popular stamp (Image)

1897 (Aug) 'Imperial Chinese Post' $1 deep and pale red, $2 orange and yellow and $5 yellow-green and rose, $2 a trace of toning and a couple of short perfs, each used by part to large part 'dollar chop' (cat £7650) a rare and attractive trio (Image)

1897 Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry ptg, inscribed 'Imperial Chinese Post' $5 yellow-green and rose, horiz pair with small part sheet margin at right, well centred with good perfs, small part o.g. (Image)

1912 (Dec) "Commemorating the Republic", Yuan Shih-kai set of 12 to $5 slate, large part o.g. (Image)

1934 $3 red/white booklet containing Sun Yat-sen and Martyrs issues, some rusting around staple (as almost always), fine and complete, very scarce (Chan 17)

1980-2010 (c) Large accumulation of First Day Covers mainly from the 1980s and 1990s, vast majority unaddressed, few addressed to Germany, some better included, also many with presentation stationery cards with stamps cancelled inside etc. Viewing recommended.

1937 to 1977 mainly mint accumulation on leaves and in packets, including 1949 Liberated Areas, Manchukuo, 1951 30th Anniv. of Communist Party, 1971 50th Anniv. of Chinese Communist Party, 1979 30th Anniv. People's Republic mini-sheet, etc. Condition mainly fine (hundreds) (Image)

Duplicated mint and used ex dealer's stock arranged on stockcards including Sinkiang, Ki-Hei, China Taiwan and Szechwan, generally fine (hundreds) (Image)

Early to modern, large accumulation of commercial mail, FDCs, stationery covers and cards, mainly from the 1940s onwards, 1959 20f deep carmine 10th Anniversary of People's Republic (5th issue) on commercial cover to Berlin, 1901 Japanese stationery card with French, German, and Russian adhesives cancelled Shanhaikuan German cds, Japanese Central China 1943 Return of Shanghai Foreign Concessions FDC 1-8-43, and a little Macau. Condition mainly good to fine, careful viewing will reward. (hundreds)

1890s-1930s mint and used assortment of values and local issues on stockcards with duplication, we note: Shanghai local post, Chinese Post Offices in Tibet, array of Yat-sen issues (various types and opts), generally fair to fine condition, a lot for the retailer. (hundreds) (Image)

1948 Parcel Post $500 to $20,000, set of six, unused without gum as issued, all apart from the $10,000 with sheet margin at right, a fine and scarce set SG P78/83 Chan NEP1-NEP6 (Image)

East China, Huainan Border Area:1943 (Dec) surch as type EC56 $3 on $1 on (-) blue (Warships), horiz pair tied to small piece of newspaper by cds for 1945.4.5, right stamp with defect at upper left. An iconic rarity from the civil war period, with 2006 CSS cert (Image)

North West China-Yili: 1949 (Feb) $500 deep violet (Miners), tete-beche pair with excellent margins, fine unused, the inverted stamp occurs in position 16 within the sheet of 20 (Image)