1973 Definitives (Flowers and Fruits), complete set of imperforate horizontal strips of three, n.h., v.f. (Cat No. 198-201var) (Image)

Est.US$300

1973 Definitives (Flowers and Fruits), complete set of imperforate horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (Cat No. 198-201var) (Image)

Est.US$200

1837 (15 June) FL (commercial contents) from Canton to London, endorsed inside "p.Bencoolen, via St. Helena", boxed "Forwarded by Joa.W.Alsop, Jr." and "Liverpool Ship Letter" handstamps on back, endorsed "pr.St.Andrews" on front and ms "3/2" due rating, with London arrival (18 DE 1837), fine and unusual routing taking 6 months to arrive via Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, spectacular cover (Image)

Est.US$750

1839 (10 May) FL from Canton to London, endorsed "Per Premier" (private ship), landed via "Swanage Ship Letter" boxed handstamp in red, with 17 October, 1839 arrival pmk (170 days in transit), charged '1/5" (d), fine letter from China, with the scarce red "Swanage Ship Letter" marking (Image)

Est.US$500

1869 (2 Sep) FL from Shanghai to France, with "Shang-Hai Bau Francais" departure cds, oval "T.Sandri & Co. Tien-Tsin China" merchant's cachet, charged "96" in blue crayon, small piece of address portion missing, horizontal filing fold, fine cover (Image)

Est.US$250

1885 5c bister brown, h.r., good color, fine, cat. $700 (Cat No. 12a) (Image)

Cat. $700, Est.US$250

1890 large cover with three separate bilingual "Legation of the United States of America to China" handstamps, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1895 1/2c Chefoo stationery card to England, canceled Local Post Chefoo 23 Jan 95, sent via Shanghai, where pair of 2c Hong Kong Queen Victoria adhesives were added for external transmission, with Colne Mar 1, 95 arrival on back (Image)

Est.US$150

1897 (15 Dec) Japanese stationery 3sn card used from Woosung, with large dollar departure pmk, Shanghai transit alongside, addressed to Germany, sent via Yokohama to Germany, with several due markings and Osterode arrival, filing fold, rare (Image)

Est.US$500

1897 large official cover with four handstamps "Kaiserlich Deutsche Gesandschaft in Peking" struck in violet, also another large cover with similar "Kaiserlich Deutsche Gesandschaft in China" handstamps (Image)

Est.US$250

1897 large official cover with three handstamps in oval "Legation des Pays Bas en Chine", struck in violet within a corresponding Chinese handstamp, also another cover with similar oval in blue, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1899 (25 Feb) German 3pf stationery wrapper to I.M. Customs Woosung, Shanghai, China, additionally franked with Austria 1kr gray, tied by "Schiffsbrief" handstamp, with Lindau Bodensee departure cds, Shanghai dollar dater and scarce "Woosung" arrival dollar cancel on back, each of the daters missing "25" in "the 25th year of Emperor Kuang Hsu", fine (Image)

Est.US$500

1899 (21 Nov) picture postcard ("Gruss aus Peking") to Germany, franked with 1/2c (2) 1c and 2c CIP Coiling Dragons, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai, where 10c "Chine" was added for further transmission to Niederaula, arriving 2/1/00, minor faults, otherwise fine and colorful combination (Image)

Est.US$150

1900 red band cover with various directional handstamps, including Min-Shin boxed cachet, sent from Canton to Siam, fine and very rare (Image)

Est.US$500

1902 official mail, large envelope from the Magistrate of Laichow to the German Viceroy of Kiauchau, delivered by Yizhan courier to Kiaochow, from there placed into the Chinese Post, with 4c franking, canceled by 5 Oct 02 cds, fine and rare (Image)

Est.US$300

1907 (10 May) 1c stationery card from Tsen Tscheou to Paris, additionally franked with 1c and 2c CIP Coiling Dragon adhesives, tied by native cancels, with Shanghai and Hankow pmks, with French Post Office Shanghai departure (17 May), framed "Compagnie Imperiale Des Chemins de Fer Chinois" and "Ligne de Kaifong/Honan Fou" handstamps, endorsed "Via Siberia" in blue crayon, fine and scarce card (Image)

Est.US$500

1913 (24 Feb) picture postcard (Hall of Classics, Peking) to England, franking with single 4c CIP Coiling Dragon, tied by Peking departure pmk, with oval South Manchurian Railway IJPO Moukden Changchun datestamp alongside, fine and interesting routing (Image)

Est.US$250

1913 cover to Turku, Finland, franked on back with a combination of issues, 1c orange (2) and 3c plus 5c, tied by Hankow departure pmks, with Moukden and Harbin transits, arriving in Finland on 18.II.13, fine cover (Image)

Est.US$200

1916 folded circular from Apostolic Vicariate in Kweiyang to Peking, franked with 3c Junk, departure pmk below, red oval "Passed by Kweiyang Censor", fine and rare usage (Image)

Est.US$250

1917 (30 Oct) native cover from Fung Hsien, franked with 3c Junk, various transits including "Tangshan Ku", Chengchow, Siaoyi, etc., also censor cachet "Censored by Censor Tai Yuanfu" (warlord), fine and rare cover (Image)

Est.US$250

1918 (July) 1c stationery postal card, additionally franked with 1/2c Junk, sent by a German POW in Hai Tien to Berlin, bilingual framed "Correspondance des Prisonniers de Guerre" and Peking departure cds, oval "Internerungslager HAITIEN" at bottom, "Passed by Censor 490", fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1919 (10 Aug) cover to USA, franked with 10c Junk, with rectangular "Chikhom" in red, also cds, with Canton transit on back, fine cover from the Chas. Chin correspondence, early usage of the pmk (Image)

Est.US$500

1923 red-band cover addressed entirely in Chinese, sent from Kwantung (8 Oct) to Phnom Penh (French Indochina), franked on back with strip of 3x3c and 1c Junk, paying 10c rate, fine (Image)

Est.US$500

1923 surcharged in red on first Peking printing 2 Cts on 3c blue-green, surcharge inverted error, deep bright color, well centered, very fine and fresh with original customary flat and dried gum, apparently n.h., with 2009 Pascal Scheller certificate. It is believed that there are less than 20 examples known of this error (According to contemporary reports (Theodore Sidall), only 13 of these stamps exist and were acquired at Wanhsien, a small port about half way between Chungking and Ichang, in July, 1924, by a Dr. A. Germain, the medical officer on the French gunboat "Balny." He applied 2 of the stamps to separate covers which he mailed to himself locally and sold 10 unused examples to Theodore Champion, French stamp dealer, who then sold a block of four and a single to M.D. Chow, two singles to Bush and one each to Hinds and Hawkins). One of the "Four Treasures of the Republic" (Chan 280a)(China Stamp Society Catalogue327b,$250,000) (catalogued as hinged) cat. $175000 (Cat No. 247a) (Image)

Cat. $175000, Est.US$75,000

1942-45 Dr.Sun Pacheng Issue, perforate set of 9, also $4, $20, $30, $40 (two different), $50 horizontal pairs. imperf. between, $20, $30 and $40 vertical strips of three imperforate horizontally, $5 and $30 imperf. at right, plus $40 block of four imperf. between (yielding two vertical pairs), unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$1,000