1898/1909, Coiling Dragon 4 c. brown tied by black oval dater "PEKING" on postal stationery card 1 c. via Shanghai in combination franking French PO 10 c. tied by cds. "SHANGHAI 22.01.01" to Germany with arrival mark, fine

1932, Sven Hedin Expedition 1 c.-10 c., complete set tied by cds. "PEIPING 19 2 33" to a registered envelope to Stockholm, with adjacent red registration label, on reverse 20 c. and 25 c. tied by a further strike, cover signed on the back flap by Sven Hedin himself and send to his sister Alma, also a complete set used, very fine

Incoming Mail: 1899, Crown/Eagle 5 pfg. with four other stamps from Bavaria, Wurttemberg, Austria and Switzerland each with postmark "KONSTANZ 27.2.99" on cover with framed "Bodenschiffspost" via London and Hong Kong and on reverse large Canton dollar chop circular datestamp of 1.APR.99 to Wuchow with arrival mark "IMPERIAL POST OFFICE WUCHOW 2.APR.1899", fine

1878/2012, mostly used collection from Mi.-Nos. 1-3 on three album pages, plus PR China in bags etc.

1878/88(ca.), unused and used collection from Large Dragon 3C. used, furthermore two values Red Revenue, People's Republic Mi.-No. 534-45 used, 1126-31 unused, as well as postage stamps, Manchuria, slightly different condition

1880/2000 (ca.), Imperial China, Republic, PRC and Taiwan, comprehensive used and unused balance on stockpages/album pages, from a Large Dragon 1ca. green unused, also incl. a basic collection of Taiwan in three Lighthouse hingeless binders 1945/1989.

1900/90 (ca.), stockbook with duplicates of unused and used stamps, postal stationery and covers incl. some Taiwan, including nine values from the 1963 landscape issue, plus stamps and souvenir sheets from the 1990 vintage mint and used in the album of preprinted pages

1900, China Coiling Dragon 10c. dark green (2) tied by cds. "HANKOW 12 JAN 00" to reverse of a registered envelope to Lyon, France, Chinese cds. "SHANGHAI" on transit, then passed on to the French Offices in Shanghai with 50c. carmine on rose applied on front, tied by cds. "SHANGHAI 19 JANV. 00", further strike along, arrival cds. "LYON RHONE 24 FEV. 00"; very fine and scarce mixed franking

1915, Postcard 1 c. green with cds. "KIRIN" as POW card 1918 to Germany with adjacent diamond shaped "CENSORED" and circle "PASSED BY CENSOR 490", corners a bit round, fine and scarce (Han12)

1911, Coiling dragon 3 p. on 1 c. – 2 r. on 2 $, unused with freh original gum, very fine; a rare set in this condition.

1911, Coiling dragon 3 p. on 1 c. – 12 a. on 50 c. and 2 r. on 2 $, unused with original gum, fine/very fine

1911, 50 unused and used values, including 2 pieces 2 R., plus 4 values China with Tibetan postmarks.

1899, Chrysantheme 1s. brown and 2s. green, each as pair tied by cds. "PORT-ARTHUR 20.09.09" to postcards via Chefoo to Tsingtau, China, the card with 1s. underfranked thus taxed, fine

1925, Emperor Yoshihito, 1½s. - 20s., mint never hinged, complete set in blocks of four, fresh, all but one with sheet margins, 20s. small tear on the selvage, fine

1939, National Parks 1s.-20s., complete set in blocks of four with corner sheet margins, a few unobstrusive gum bends, fresh colors, mint never hinged, very fine

1872/1949 (ca.), small lot of better stamps in stockbook, several with opinon resp. Certificate Eichhorn BPP, little mixed condition.

1872/1999 (ca.), unused and used collection, collected in both conditions, housed in 9 Leuchtturm SF albums, some good  values without gum, later years mostly mnh. Included are Mi. 161-69 unused, 170 unused, 144-47 (2), 180-83, 475 in sheet, Bl. A28, Bl.5, etc.etc

1873/1989, unused/mint and used collection with better values, also national park souvenir sheets as well as souvenir sheet 9, small part Ryukyu, mostly good condition

1876/1923 (ca.), about 3500 stamps in stockbook, with about 1900 values Koban alone; many different cancellations including fiscal ones.

1946/80 (ca.) unused/mint never hinged and used stock of over a thousand stamps, most loose in boxes and bags as well as an album, occasional covers, various condition.

1948/2011, mint, in the beginning somewhat unused and used collection, from 1960 in the main numbers mint never hinged to a very large extent cpl.

1920, Scouts Fund overprint 2s. - 1b. unused with original gum, fine, signed A. Brun

1920, Scouts Fund overprint 2s. - 1t. unused with original gum, fine

MARABOE CRASH: 1935, King Prajadhipok 10 s. and  25 s. tied by cds. "BANGKOKG 13. 7. 35" to an airmail envelope to Sweden via the Batavia-Amsterdam air route, crashed on 17th July in transit on the take-off runway in Bushire, where only 23 kg of the badly damaged mail could be recovered and later embarked in the ´Rietvink`; with accompanaying forwarding envelope "Correspondance détériorée et retardée par suite catastrophe avion-transporteur ligne néerlandaise Amsterdam-Bandoeng", front cds. "GRAVENHAGE -2. VIII 5" and reverse arrival cds. "STOCKHOLM 3 8. 35"; exceptional Siamese origin for this very unusual crash flight (Nierinck 350717)

1985, Thaipex '85 imperforated souvenir sheet, mint never hinged, fine