1932-33 Airmail 15c deep blue, vert pair tied to piece by Tihwa (Urumtsi) cds for 28.11.32, also by Tientsin arrival cancel for 3.12.21 (1932), piece also bears 3c blue-green (1st Peking ptg) tied by differing Tihwa cds for same day and transit cds (Hopei province) for 3.12.21, some creasing but good commercial usage of this rare stamp. SG 85 (Image)

BOXER REBELLION: 1901 German Hospital Ship, SMS Wittkind en route to China, Singapore card franked with Ceylon stamp cancelled with green handstamp reading "OSTAS. BESATZUNGS-BRIGADE ABLÖS.KMDO. 2. TRANSP. BATL", addressed to Germany, scarce usage (Image)

1878 1ca deep green, 3ca vermilion and 5ca yellow, 2½mm spacing on thin paper, odd shortish or lightly toned perf, first two used by light seal cancels, 5ca by part Customs cds. (Image)

1894 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress (1st printing), set of 9 to 24ca rose-carmine, 9ca a few tones, part to large part o.g. (cat £2250) (Image)

1897 New Currency Surcharges, Small figures 2c on 3ca mauve, horizontal pair, fresh large part og. Also 1c on 1ca dull green neatly cancelled with part 'Customs/Shanghae/FEB 19/1897' double-ring ds. Fine. SG 35, 34 (Image)

1897 (Jan) Small figure surch on Dowager Empress, set of 10 to 30c on 24ca rose-carmine, most a little toned, 30c on 24ca small corner bend, large part o.g. (cat £4500) (Image)

1897 New Currency Surcharges, Small figures (T13) all in vertical used pairs comprising ½c on 3ca, 1c on 1ca vermilion, 2c on 2ca green, 4c on ca, 5c on 5ca, 8c on 6ca, 30c on 24c, mostly good to fine with fresh appearance; also Large Surcharges (T14) 2c on 2ca dull yellow-green, 10c on 9ca emerald (thinned), good. SG 37/42, 46, 59, 63a (16) (Image)

1897 (Mar) Large figure surcharge, spaced 2½mm, on Dowager Empress first printing, 30c on 24ca rose-carmine, fine o.g., very scarce (Image)

1897 (Mar) large figure surcharge, spaced 2½mm on Dowager Empress (2nd printing) set of 9 to 30c on 24ca deep rose-red, fresh part to large part o.g. (Image)

1897 (May) large figure surcharge, spaced 1½mm on "Small Dragons", set of 3 to 5c on 5ca olive-yellow, 1c on 1ca rather heavily hinged, others a little toned, part to large part o.g. (cat £5100) (Image)

1897 (May) large figure surcharge, spaced 1½mm on Dowager original printing, 2c on 2ca green 'Emerald Lady', good used by part Shanghai dollar chop in brown, rare even in used condition, with 2009 CSS cert (Image)

1897 Revenue Surcharge, Large Figures, 1c on 3c, fresh large part og (hinge remainder). Fine. SG 88 (Image)

1897 (Jan) 2c on 3c deep red, large surcharge type 19, large part o.g. (Image)

1897 Revenue Surcharge, Large Figures, 2c on 3c, 4c on 3c and Small Figures 2c on 3c (centred to foot); all cancelled with 'Customs/Shanghae' double-ring ds. Generally fine. (3). SG 89, 90, 93 (Image)

1897 Revenue Surcharge, Large Figures, $1 on 3c, vertical pair, lightly cancelled with 'Customs/Ningpo' double-ring ds. Fine. SG 91 (Image)

1900-06 'Chinese Imperial Post', no wmk $5 myrtle and salmon, a couple of shortish perfs at upper left, used by neat part Chungking bilingual cds (cat £500) (Image)

1912 (Mar) 'Provisional Neutrality/Republic of China' 16c olive-green, fresh part o.g., rare as only 200 were issued (cat £4500) (Image)

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

1890-1950 mixed lot of album pages, includes presentation booklet with the 1936 40th Anniversary of Chinese Postal Service, study of the 1938-41 issues, many pages with regional overprints etc., a good hunting ground for varieties (Image)

1886-1913 mixed mint and used selection arranged on old printed album leaves including 1885-88 Small Dragon 1ca, 3ca, 5ca used, 1904 Postage Due overprints set to 10c in horizontal pairs used, and mainly mint local issues with Chefoo, Chungking, Foochow used, Hankow with used, Kewkiang with postage dues and Wuhu. Generally good to fine with many having very fresh appearance. (hundreds) (Image)

1928-1936 Mint commemorative issues hinged on album pages, many sets in blocks of 4, 1928 Assumption of Title set in imprint marginal blocks of four (1c with perf separation), 1929 Unification set to $1 with imprint blocks of the 1c (10) and 4c (4), 1932 Scientific Expedition set in blocks of four, 1933 Tan Yen-Kai set in blocks of four, 1936 New Life Movement set in blocks of 4, hinged on album pages, condition generally fine, inspection recommended (Image)

East China; Shandong 1946 (Nov) Mao Tse-tung set of 3 to $2 blue, inscribed "Shandong Postal Service", fine unused as issued (Image)

North China: 1949 (4 April) Parcel Post, Tianjin surch set of 4 to $5000 on $10,000,000 sage-green, fine used, one of the scarcest of the PRC regional parcel post issues (Image)

1948 (Oct) Parcels Post $500,000 on $5,000,000 grey-lilac, fine unused (Image)

North West China: 1949 (Oct) Mao $200 rose-carmine error of colour, in a block of 4 se-tenant with three $50 rose-carmine, fine unused as issued (Image)