1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper 3ca red SG 2, a few uneven perfs, partial chop cancel, Cat £250.

Grade B B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1885-88 Small Dragons group comprising 1ca used x7, 3ca mint (minor thin) & used x6 and 5ca used x4 plus a crude fake, various cancels including 'CUSTOMS/KUNMING' in red, also Large Dragons 3ca red (slightly trimmed perfs at top) plus a few 1894-97 Dowager Empress unoverprinted issues including 1ca & 3ca * and 9ca, 12ca x2 & 24ca used plus an apparently imperforate 3ca *, condition mixed. None are expertised; so offered strictly 'as is'. (Qty 30) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1897 Imperial Chinese Post ½c dull purple SG 96 complete pane of 20 with full margins at top & base and narrow inter-pane margins at left & right, second unit from left in top row with Large Colour Dot between 'CHINESE' and 'POST', top units with hinge remainders otherwise unmounted, a few blemishes on gum side, Cat £40+ for mounted.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1938-41 Sun Yat-sen Characters Watermark $20 ultramarine & purple Die III SG 500B complete sheet (10x5) with all margins (minor fault at L/L below one unit only) including 'PRINTED BY DAH TUNG BOOK CO.LTD. H.K.' imprint at base and Chinese characters imprint at top plus various guillotine guidelines and a reversed '20' at L/R which was apparently intended to have been trimmed off, some perf separation, a few adhesions & blemishes on gum side with minor gum thinning affecting one unit otherwise in margins only, Cat £1500+ for mounted.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1973 Giant Pandas set SG 2498-2503, unmounted, Cat £120. (Qty 6)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

1979 Great Wall set plus 2y Shanhaiguan M/S SG 2861-5, unmounted, Cat £118. (Qty 5)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

1981 Twelve Beauties of Jinling set plus 2y Baoyu & Daiyu M/S SG 3146-3158, unmounted, Cat £158. (Qty 13)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

1984 Beauties Wearing Flowers paintings set plus 2y Complete Scroll M/S SG 3300-3, unmounted, Cat £94. (Qty 4)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

TREATY PORTS MUNICIPAL POSTS: Group mostly mint including Amoy 1895 set (ex 2c Type I) and 1896 15c & 20c plus 'Half/Cent' on 5c used, Chefoo with various Smoke Tower issues plus 1896 Pictorial set, Chungking 1894 Pagoda set, Foochow 1895 set (the ½c used), Hankow 1893 2c 5c & 10c plus 1896 Pictorials set, Ichang 15ca Otter & 1m Pheasant (thinned) plus 3m Map used, Nanking Double-Lined Lettering 5c 10c & 20c and Single-Lined Lettering ½c to 4c all CTO, Shanghai with a range of 1866-89 Dragons, 1890s Arms, overprints, postage dues, etc, condition quite variable with some toning. Likely to include a number of reprints and/or fakes: none are expertised so offered strictly 'as is'. (Qty 150+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

MANCHURIA - NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCES: 1946-48 Sun Yat-sen re-engraved set SG 31-43 horizontal pairs, no gum as issued, a couple with minor blemishes, Cat £360+. The 'Kingdom' character (immediately to the left of the sun emblem at centre-top) on the re-engraved plates has a solid frame at left; on the original plates the character's outer frame has gaps at top-left & bottom-left. (Qty 26)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

JAPANESE POST OFFICES: 1914-25 Tazawa Definitives 20s claret, 25s olive, 30s chestnut, 50s chocolate and 1y green & chocolate SG 43-47 each overprinted with 'China' characters at base in black, all unused without gum, some uneven perforations, plus 1899-1908 Chrysanthemum Definitives Line Perf 11½x12 25s pale blue-green overprinted in red SG 16A * (discoloured gum), Cat £1380 for mint. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

JAPANESE OCCUPATION: Mint & used range of overprints mostly on Sun Yat-sen & Martyrs issues for Shanghai and for North China including Honan, Hopeh, Shansi, Shantung & Supeh, on exchange sheets identified by SG numbers, some duplication, condition generally fine to very fine. None are expertised so offered strictly 'as is'. (Qty 500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1935 New Year's Greetings 1½s Mount Fuji SG 280 sheetlet of 20, couple of minor bends in the margins, lightly hinged in margin only with the stamps unmounted, Cat £600 for mounted.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1939-56 National Parks selection including 1939 M/S, 1949 Yoshino-Kumano set & M/S, 1949 Fuji-Hakone M/S, 1950 Akan M/S, 1951 Towada M/S, 1952 Chubu-Sangaku imperf M/S, 1952 Bandai-Asahi imperf M/S, 1953 Shikotsu Toya imperf M/S, 1953 Ise-Shema imperf M/S, 1953 Unzen imperf M/S, 1954 Jo-Shin-Etsu Kogen imperf M/S, 1955 Chichibu-Tana imperf M/S, 1955 Rikuchu Kaigan imperf M/S and 1956 SaiKai imperf M/S, the stamps all **, the M/Ss either ** or no gum as issued, all M/Ss except 1939 accompanied by individual souvenir folders, condition generally fine to very fine, Cat £750+. (Qty 14 stamps; 14 M/Ss; 13 folders) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

PICTURE POSTCARDS: 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$80

PICTURE POSTCARDS: 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) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

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$120

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$120

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$50

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$50

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$50

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$260

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$80

Tientsin: 1906 (circa) 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$75

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$70