1958 Kuan Han-ching imperforate M/S SG 1762a, no gum as issued, Cat £325.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1961 World Table Tennis Championships M/S SG 1971a, CTO with a very fine strike of the impressive 48mm Championships cds in red, Cat £450. [The cds is dated '1961.4.5' which is the American style for 5th April 1961, which was the First Day of Issue]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1967-68 Poems of Mao Tse-tung 8f Huichang SG 2376 + 5y on commercial piece, Cat £225.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

1972 Merchant Shipping SG 2485-8, unmounted, Cat £180. (Qty 4)

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

1973 Giant Pandas 4f to 43f SG 2498-2503, unmounted, Cat £120. (Qty 6)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

MANCHURIA: 1927 Thor Ibsen merchant cover to Denmark with 'VIA SIBERIA' cachet in violet on face and overprinted Junks 5c & 10c pair tied 'HARBIN' cds.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Batch of unused cards of views at Amoy, Chefoo, Chinkiang, Hankow x2, Kading, Peking x6 & Swatow, all with a Coiled Dragon with or without vertical overprint tied to the face by various bilingual datestamps, seven with Undivided Backs, a few have been addressed, some light discolouration on the backs. (Qty 13)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Coiled Dragon frankings 1) Undivided Back uncaptioned temple to GB with 4c tied by Peking & British PO in Shanghai cds, creased; 2) & 3) Divided Backs Chas Gammon 'In a Chinese Village' (group of local children) and Tabuqueiria Filipina 'Chinese ploughing the ground' (peasants with buffalo) both to USA with 2c green pair & Japanese PO in Shanghai transits; 4) Undivided Back CH 'Shanghai - Soochon creek' (terrific view of boats approaching the pier) to Wales with 1c only & two other stamps removed; also two 1921 cards to Japan each with Junks ½c x3; and Peter Nissen (Hamburg) Undivided Back 'Gruss aus Shanghai' with rounded corners but unused. (Qty 7)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$180

Scenes of Canton x4, Peking, Shanghai x2 & 'The great Iron Bridge on the Yellow River (Pehan Railway)' (very unusual for having a row of Chinese characters), five with Undivided Backs, all postally used to GB x6 or Australia x2 with Hong Kong KEVII frankings tied by British PO cds of Canton x2, Shanghai x4 or Hong Kong x2 (Qty 8)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Batch with interesting subjects including Chinese activities & culture, 'The Indian Temple and its Community' 'Wo Chaw from River', ' New Post Office' (superb unused) etc, three with caption errors of Ribeiro 'The pig in the crate and the surne driver...' (no idea what it's supposed to be!), C Pieris (Kowloon) 'HMS Tamar Reeliving Ship...' (naval reincarnation of a very ugly warship!) and AH & Co 'Married Cuarter Kennedy road...', four with Undivided Backs, some blemishes but generally fine to very fine used with KEVII frankings or unused. (Qty 19)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1902 French Undivided Back artist cards of scenes in Canton, Nanking or Peking, used in France. Beautiful cards. (Qty 3)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1902 JM (Paris) Undivided Back artist card 'CHINE/LA COIFFURE/DE L'ANTIQUITE/A NOS JOURS' by Paul Dufresne being a series of hairstyles for fashionable women plus three dudes for good measure, unused. A really beautiful card.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1904 Alterocca Undivided Back artist card 'The Emperor of China gives andience [sic; for 'audience'] to the Foreign Ministers, soiled on the reverse, to GB with Hong Kong 4c tied by British PO in 'SHANGHAI' cds. An evocative image of both European imperialism & obsequiousness.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1904 A Faugeron Undivided Back of '...Pao-Ki, Ministre/plenipotentiaire de l'Emperor de Chine' in his magnificent robes, from Paris to Chile "Via Lisbonne-Magellan" (Straits), small corner crease. A terrific portrait of power, and a fine usage to an unusual destination.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1910 Bernard & Mohonval (Hankow) sepia PPC 'An open air restaurant', to Belgium with French 'HAN-KEOU-CHINE/ ...' cds & 'BRUGES' arrival cds.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1952 colourful propaganda PPCs on quite flimsy stock featuring deliriously happy children doing all manner of Western activities and ethnic minorities struggling to crack a smile, three feature Chairman Mao, two with ink messages otherwise unused. Very early PRC emissions. (Qty 19)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Amoy: Mee Cheung (Amoy) Undivided Backs 'Chinese wells' of women & children drawing water & doing washing, 'Street scene' with three well-dressed women, 'Kulangsu Temple' and 'Memorial Arch, and Divided Back 'The Masonic Hall and Recreation Ground, Kulangsoo, Amoy', very fine to superb unused. (Qty 5)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$175

Macao: Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store (Hong Kong) 'Pig Market' showing bamboo cages in which the animals were brought to market, 'Rickshaw on the Praya' the equivalent of today's taxi stand with rickshaws & their attendants waiting for customers, 'Central City and Harbour' with a large sampan in the foreground, 'Praya' with a row of shops with Chinese signage, and 'Ruins of the old Cathedral' showing the steps and the impressive free-standing facade, fine to very fine unused. (Qty 5)

Grade A-/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Tientsin: Undivided Back ¾-view of 'IMPERIAL HOTEL' with rickshaws in the street (unused); Franz Scholz (Tientsin) Undivided Back of a smiling dwarf (very fine unused); and framed coloured views of 'Astor House hotel' & 'International Bridge' both used under cover, minor soiling (Qty 4)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Tientsin: c.1906 De Vinna (?) real photo card 'THE WAY THEY FIX ROADS IN TIENTSIN' of a pig-tailed overseer watching about 16 bare-footed men hauling a heavy concrete roller, unused. A fantastic social history card.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Nippon Yusen Kaisha shipping company artist PPCs of various Japanese traditional subjects & a couple of non-traditional ones, each also with various vignettes of SS 'Nikko Maru', one with a corner fault & a few with minor blemishes on the reverse, unused. Truly beautiful postcards. (Qty 8)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

Small box with collection of mostly unused Military types from the Occupation of China & WWII many with attractive watercolour illustrations, a few are used under cover & two - one with a scissor cut - are postally used, high propaganda content, some non-military types are used, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. (Qty 71)

Estimate AU$400

Group with Ursulines Missionaires (Bangkok) lovely photo of nuns & children at lunch, Siam Photo Studio 'BULLOCK CARTS, SOUTHERN SIAM', Y Ebata & Co 'Prachedi Klang Nam', J Antonio Undivided Back 'Wat Cheng', no publisher 'SIAMESE MAIDEN' (maybe 8 years old, looking into a magnificent ornate mirror), and three 1940s (?) cards (two with plain backs; proofs?) (Qty 8)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1940 airmail to Switzerland endorsed "via Singapore/KLM" with 'COMMONWEALTH' overprints 16c & 30c x2 tied 'CEBU/FEB/17/1941' duplex cancels, censored in Singapore with 'PASSED/FOR/TRANSMISSION' cachet where superscription crossed-out and manuscript "AV2" added in same red crayon, minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1928 lovely PPC of two elephants each with an elaborate cupola on its back, to GB with '10 Satang' on 28stg tied by 'PENANG' cds & boxed 'TRAIN LETTER' h/s in violet.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$60