1903 (3 Apr) legal size registered cover from Tientsin to England, franked with 10c and 30c Chinese Imperial Post, tied by departure cds, sent via the Russian Post Office in Inkou, where single and strip of three of 10c dark blue "Kitai" were added, tied by "No.13 Priamur" transit markings, handstamped in Cyrillic "Registered via Siberia", and "Inkou" Registry label at left, oval "Registered" (29 Apr) applied on arrival in England, additional "Newchong" (7 Apr) and partial arrival markings on back, cover with filing folds away from the stamps, some staining, still fine commercial combination cover (Image)

Est.$1,500

1904 (22 Jan) registered cover from Shanghai to Germany, franked with pairs of 10c/6c Dowager and Chinese Imperial Post Coiling Dragons 5c salmon and 5c rose, tied by departure cds, with "Shang-Hai Chine" forwarding pmk below, faint Leipzig arrival and wax seals on back (Image)

Est.$1,200

1909 (Aug) picture postcard from Edmonton, Canada, franked on picture side with 1c green (KEVII), addressed to "French Troops" Peking, China and showing oval "Shanghhaikwan I.J.T.O." Nov.2, 1909 arrival datestamp (on both sides), fine (Image)

Est.$350

1888 cover from the Campario correspondence, with letter datelined "Dien-bien-phou February 6, 1888", with "Lao-Kai 25 Fevr 88" and corresponding "Corps Exp're Annan-Tonkin" alongside, addressed to France, with "Ba-Hoa", "Than-Quan", "Ha-Noi" and "Corr.D.Arm. Ligne N Paq. Fr. No.5" transits, also 22 Apr 88 arrival pmk on back (Dien Bien Phu became famous in 1954, when the Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries) (Image)

Est.$500

1892 (9 Sep) cover posted on board of steamship of the "Messageries Fluviales de Cochinchione" (steamship along the Mekong River, Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam) to France, attractively franked with 5x5c green French Colonies General Issue, tied by "Vapeur No.2 Cochinchine", with transit postmarks of "MyTho Cochinchine" (10 Sep), "Saigon-Central Cochinchine" and Carcassonne arrival pmk on back (Image)

Est.$500

1907 red-band (Chinese correspondence) cover from My Tho to Pnom Penh, with "My Tho Cochinchine" departure pmk on back and charged Postage Due on arrival in Cambodia, with 20c Colonies General adhesive added and tied by cds, some toning, rare usage (Image)

Est.$200

1871 48m brown, Native Laid Paper, complete sheet of 40, unused without gum as issued, margins all around, four positional pin holes, mostly between stamps, fine and rare complete sheet of Japan No.1 (catalogued as singles) (Sakura 1,800,000Y $17,130) cat. $9000 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $9000, Est.$5,000

1871 48m brown, Plate I, wove paper, block of four and horizontal pair, tied by boxed Kensazumi (Inspected) Tokyo cancel on piece, fine (catalogued as singles) cat. $1800 (Cat No. 1b) (Image)

Cat. $1800, Est.$500

1871 48m brown, Plate II, Native Laid Paper, block of four, positions 25-26,33-34, showing variety "blind dragon" (pos.25), unused without gum as issued, v.f. (catalogued as singles) cat. $1300 (Cat No. 1c) (Image)

Cat. $1300, Est.$500

1871 100m blue, Native Laid Paper, complete sheet of 40, unused without gum as issued, margins all around to just cut in at right, four positional pin holes, mostly between stamps, fine and rare complete sheet of Japan No.1 (catalogued as singles) (Sakura 1,720,000Y $16,390) cat. $9000 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $9000, Est.$5,000

1871 100m blue, Plate I, wove paper, canceled by fancy Utsunomiya grids, good color, v.f., cat. $350 (Cat No. 2a) (Image)

Cat. $350, Est.$150

1871 100m blue, Plate II, top sheet margin single, canceled on piece by two strikes of single circle postmaster's seals, v.f., with 2005 Florian Eichhorn opinion ("probably variant of Matsumoto postmaster seal") cat. $550 (Cat No. 2b) (Image)

Cat. $550, Est.$250

1871 200m vermilion, clear printing (early period), block of four, unused without gum as issued, positions 10-11/18-19, showing constant varieties ("missing fingers" and "bald dragon"), diagonal creases, still a v.f. block (catalogued as singles) cat. $1400 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $1400, Est.$500

1871 200m vermilion, two vertical pairs, one showing earliest printing, first postmark of Japan cancels, the second canceled on piece Kiwana Kensazumi, fine, cat. $1300 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $1300, Est.$500

1871 200m vermilion, clear printing (early period), two blocks of four, used, black & red cancels, positions 11-12/19-20, 27-28,35-36, showing constant varieties ("missing point" in position 36, etc.), small thin and margin tear in one of the blocks, otherwise fine and attractive (catalogued as singles) cat. $2600 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $2600, Est.$750

1871 200m vermillion, wove paper, two unused examples, one re-engraved, fine-v.f., cat. $1000 (Cat No. 3a) (Image)

Cat. $1000, Est.$500

1871 200m vermilion, Plate II, horizontal pair, positions 21-22, canceled on piece, irregular margins at bottom to just touching in places, fine and scarce, cat. $4000 (Cat No. 3b) (Image)

Cat. $4000, Est.$1,000

1871 200m vermilion, Plate II, position 36 (variety "Ten Ochi" missing dot), used on native cover, canceled Nagoya Kensazumi, red chops on reverse, some cover faults and discolorations, rare (Cat No. 3b) (Image)

Est.$1,000

1871 500m blue green, Laid Paper, unused without gum as issued, v.f., cat. $575 (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Cat. $575, Est.$200

1871 500m blue green, tied by framed departure cancel on coverfront from Boshu Sehito Post Office to Tokyo, with boxed arrival, fine (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Est.$500

1871 500m blue green, Laid Paper, 500m yellow green, wove paper, both unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f., cat. $1300 (Cat No. 4,4d) (Image)

Cat. $1300, Est.$500

1871 500m blue green, Laid Paper, 500m yellow green, wove paper, unused without gum as issued, the latter touching at bottom, showing portion of adjoining stamp at left, cat. $1300 (Cat No. 4,4d) (Image)

Cat. $1300, Est.$400

1871 500m green, Native Laid Paper, vertical pair, canceled Saikyo-Ken, v.f. (catalogued as used singles) cat. $2800 (Cat No. 4b) (Image)

Cat. $2800, Est.$1,000

1871 500m blue green, laid paper, Plate II, block of four, unused without gum as issued, small scissors cut between stamps at right, black spot at upper left, fine and scarce multiple (catalogued as singles) cat. $3000 (Cat No. 4e) (Image)

Cat. $3000, Est.$750

1872 1s blue, 2s vermilion and 5s yellow green, used on back of native cover, registered from Yokohama, with red markings and framed chop ("Afternoon Dispatch"), overall cover wear and faults, fine appearing three color combination cover (Cat No. 6,7,8) (Image)

Est.$1,500