1883 5can wide space, large margins and well centered, thin paper, blue chop cancel, also clear Hong Kong 1883 (transit or arrival postmark), minute flaws, otherwise v.f., rare (Cat No. 6) (Image)

Est.$2,000

1897 Dowagers, second printing (Shanghai) 1c-24c complete set of nine, never hinged and post office fresh, incredibly rich and striking colors, few natural gum creases and offsets, fine-v.f. set, remarkable quality (catalogued as hinged) cat. $20275 (Cat No. 16n-24n) (Image)

Cat. $20275, Est.$10,000

1900 (12 Feb) cover from Shanghai to London, franked with 10c Coiling Dragon, used in combination with French Post Office 25c "Chine" added to pay for further transmission to England, fine (Image)

Est.$150

1901 (12 Apr) red band cover from Peking to Germany, attractively franked with 1/2c, 1c and 2c Coiling Dragons, also German Reichspost 3pf, 5pf and 10pf, canceled by Peking Deutsche Post, as well as Japanese Post Offices In China 1s, 1 1/2s and 2s, plus 25c "Chine" French Offices in China, v.f., with Domitz (18.06.01) arrival pmk on back (Image)

Est.$250

1901 (30 July) postal card with stamps of German, Russian, French and C.E.F. adhesives, also China 2c Coiling Dragon, plus France and Ceylon, tied by postmarks from their prospective post offices, also Colombo, with "K.D.Feldpoststation No.9" and boxed "S.B. Ostas.Exped.6. Infant.-Regmt", fine (Image)

Est.$200

1903 commercial postcard from Peking to Paris, franked with a combination of Coiling Dragon 1/2c (2) 1c and 2c, tied by oval departure datestamps, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai, where 10c "Chine" was added for further transmission to France, fine (Image)

Est.$150

1903 (21 Oct) picture postcard franked with India C.E.F. 1c red tied by F.P.O. No.4, used in combination with Italy 1c, Russian Offices in China as well as Japanese Post Offices in China, all tied by their prospective postmarks, addressed to Lyon (Image)

Est.$200

1903 (16 Aug) picture postcard franked with China 1c Coiling Dragon, used in combination with German Offices in China 5c, tied by Tientsin Deutsche Post cds, boxed "S.B. Pstas.Bestz. Brigade II Bat. 1 Inf. Regmts" in violet, addressed to Munich, with arrival pmk (Image)

Est.$200

1906 (12 Nov) 1c stationery card additionally franked with Russian, French, Japanese offices in China adhesives, also 2c Hong Kong, all canceled in Tientsin, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$150

1908 (24 Jan) picture postcard franked with China 1/2c Coiling Dragon and 1/2c Postage Due, used in combination with stamps of German, Russian, French, Japanese, India C.E.F., also Italy and Austria 5h (total of nine stamps), each canceled by their prospective Post Office cancels (Peking) on both sides, addressed to Tientsin, fine (Image)

Est.$150

1912 Dr.Sun Yat-sen, complete set, mostly l.h., occasional perf. toning, generally fine-v.f., cat. $1493 (Cat No. 178-89) (Image)

Cat. $1493, Est.$750

1954 Silo Bridge, imperforate singles from the souvenir sheets, used, v.f., unusual (Cat No. 1095a) (Image)

Est.$150

1967 unfolded strips of five and additional single, mostly untarnished and fresh, n.h., v.f., cat. $4825 (Cat No. 938,943a,948a) (Image)

Cat. $4825, Est.$2,500

1895 (23 July) 20c rose pink, overprinted Postage Due and affixed by oval datestamp on locally addressed red-band cover, Kewiang Local Post datestamp repeated on back, fine (Image)

Est.$250

1897 (29 Sep) registered cover from Kyoto to USA, franked with 5sen and 10sen, tied by cds, with Yokohama transit and New York arrival datestamps, fine (Image)

Est.$150

1920 registered cover from Nagasaki to Hong Kong, franked with block of 4x5sen, tied by cds, forwarded to the War Department in Washington, DC, later to the Philippines, via "Seattle Victoria Seaplane Mail" (boxed cachet), with Chicago transit and Manila arrival pmks, some cover wear, otherwise fine, well traveled cover (Image)

Est.$250

1935 Mt. Fuji sheetlet of 20, n.h., usual natural gum wrinkles, v.f. (catalogued as hinged) cat. $700 (Cat No. 222a) (Image)

Cat. $700, Est.$450

1948-49 Beauty and Flying Geese, sheetlets of five, n.h., usual gum wrinkles, v.f. (Cat No. 422a,479a) (Image)

Est.$300

1945-2014 Republic of China collection, virtually complete in four albums, with early issues, Taiwan, including all of the rare "Flying Geese" sets, Election set of four and souvenir sheet, Tax Reform perf. and imperf. sets, 1952-54 Chiang perf. and imperf., 1953 set and booklet, Silo Bridge set and booklet, all other souvenir sheets, regular issues and commemoratives, Air Post, modern issues with special sheetlets, booklets, etc., all n.h., fresh, fine-v.f. A nice opportunity to obtain the complete collection of Republic of China Taiwan (Image)

Est.$20,000

1946-47 Liberated Areas, selection of 31 used and unused, some better items, mixed condition, fine

Est.$500

1951-54 collection of 15 covers and cards, plus letters from the Chinese Volunteers and Korean People's Army fieldpost, various usages and unit markings, mixed condition, interesting lot (Image)

Est.$500

1924-79 stock of hundreds of singles and sets in a large stock book, with early issues, violet and black handstamps, 1932-55 commemoratives, some large multiples, many better items, many n.h., fine-v.f., Mi. Euro 19,000

Est.$5,000

1970-71 two U.S. FDCs and two letters headed "Malacanan Palace, Manila", signed (two each) by Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos (Image)

Est.$200

1900 (14 June) red band cover franked with Russian 14k carmine & blue, tied by Urga cds, with boxed "Dunfuyu Peking" in red, scarce usage, exceptional quality (Image)

Est.$2,500

1957 (20 Feb) illustrated envelope attractively franked on back with three imperf. adhesives, used from Pyongyang to Poland, with departure and Warszawa arrival postmarks (Image)

Est.$150