1948 Airmail cover franked GB! KGVI 6d (5), tied by 'Aust Army PO 214' cds, from Associated China Traders Tokyo, to Hong Kong. Rare Army PO use for business mail.

Estimate AU$50

Macau: 1948 Views original set 1a-5p (ex1p ultramarine), plus 1949 Fatima 8a. VF MNH/MLH, patchy colonial gum. SG ex 410-23 cat £1449. Rare set. (13). (P)

Estimate AU$500

Macao: 1937 Registered FFC to USA franked 'Portugal' 1a & 50a (6), plus Air opt 5a/6a & 15a, tied by 'Macau 28 IV 37' pmks, with pictorial flight cachet, reg & air h/s etc. To San Francisco, with various b/s & Unclaimed h/s, then apparently returned. SG 339, 354, 3261 & 364 cat £68 as loose stamps alone.

Estimate AU$100

1962 Mei Lan-Fang 3Y M/Sheet, 108x148mm. VF fresh MNH. SG MS2044a cat £18,000. Excellent quality printing & looks superb but sold strictly 'as is' -believed to be not genuine. (P)

Estimate AU$800

1968 Chairman Mao's Inscription to Japanese Worker 8f black & red, prepared for use but not issued for political reasons, with all stock being ordered destroyed. Superb fresh MNH. SG unlisted. CPSC 8c cat US$150,000 & undercatalogued. Excellent quality printing & it appears genuine, but obviously we have nothing to compare with for verification. Therefore, it is sold strictly 'as is' with no returns possible, so personal inspection before auction recomm- ended. Great PRC rarity. Previously sold in auction 323 for $49,000 but the buyer failed to pay, so now being reoffered. (P)

Estimate AU$20,000

1946 Airmail CNC surch $73/25c orange, perf 14, but forged opt. VF fresh MNH, typical irregular gum. SG 819 cat £1500 for genuine. Useful reference. Negative BPA photo cert.

Estimate AU$50

1950 Occupation of South Korea double circle opt 20w brown, opt in red. VF MNH, right marginal. SG 2, Mi 2. (P)

Estimate AU$100

Japanese Occupation Issues - The British Colonies 1942-45 Priced catalogue for British East Asia inc Postal Stationery by Peter Singer. 190 pgs 1995 Edition. Some loose pages, o/w VG.

Estimate AU$50

Japan - Prefectures: Collection 1990-2007 on leaves in 2 binders MNH, an attractive seldom offered collection of 49 diff prefectures from Aichi to Yamanasi. Some small selections, others more extensive. SG cat approx £3000 = A$5000+, FV Yen 139,080 = A$1580. An opportunity to acquire collection seldom offered in Australia at a bargain price. (1700, 19 M/S or sheetlets)

Estimate AU$1,000

Japan: Substantial high FV collection on leaves in 4 binders with some earlies but strength from 1970-2015, mostly VF MNH. Extensive with many modern Japanese pop culture icons featuring good thematic content notably over 400 M/S & sheetlets. Cat val approx £7500 = A$13,000, FV alone Y377,000 = A$4300+. All diff. (1930+, 400+ M/S & sheetlets).

Estimate AU$3,000

1899-1900 issue ½a black, clear impression, imperf on good quality native paper, & pin perf on poor quality paper. Superb UN as issued, marginal imperf 4 margins. SG 22-23 cat £99. (2).

Estimate AU$50