1861 (20 Mar) FL from Kong-tschou to Paris, sent from a French Missionary, showing clear departure dateline and embossed Mission address, with red chops on back, minor surface tear, fine early cover from the leased Territory of Guangzhouwan, officially the Territoire de Kouang-Tcheou-Wan (a territory on the coast of Zhanjiang in China leased to France and administered by French Indochina. The capital of the territory was Fort-Bayard, present-day Zhanjiang) (Image)

Est.US$250

1862 (21 Jan) cover from Foochow Foo, via Hong Kong with 6c and 18c Queen Victoria canceled "B62" and sent to Ireland, with Hong Kong transits and Kinsale arrival pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and scarce usage from Foochow Foo (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1885-88 Small Dragon, perf. 12 1/2 1c and 3c, also 5c greenish yellow, h.r., last one small thin, others fine-v.f. (SG 10a,11,12a) cat. $950 (Cat No. 10,11,15) (Image)

Cat. $950, Est.US$250

1897 Dowager Surcharges, 2 1/2mm below Chinese Characters, 1/2c-30c complete set of nine, both 10c values used, others unused, part original gum, overall toning, 1/2c short perfs at bottom, good colors, 10c on 12c brown orange with closed tear at bottom, otherwise fine, extremely rare, cat. $12225 (Cat No. 37-46) (Image)

Cat. $12225, Est.US$3,000

1897 Dowager Surcharges, 1 1/2mm below Chinese Characters, 1/2c, 1c, 4c, 5c, 8c, 10c on 9ca green and 10c on 12ca brown orange, seven different, unused with original gum, overall toning, 5c on 5ca and 10c on 9ca creased, 10c on 12ca small thin, otherwise fine and scarce group of Dowagers, cat. $5090 (Cat No. 56,57,59-63) (Image)

Cat. $5090, Est.US$1,500

1897 Surcharges on Shanghai Printing, 1 1/2mm below Chinese Characters, 1/2c-10c seven different, also Redrawn Designs 1/2c and 2c, unused, l.h. or h.r., occasional faint toning, mostly fresh, fine-v.f., cat. $1540 (Cat No. 65-71,73-74) (Image)

Cat. $1540, Est.US$500

1897 (27 Jan) red-band cover franked with 2c I.C.P., tied by brown Pa-kua pmk, with large blue Peking dollar chop on back, plus Tientsin dollar chop on front, fine (Image)

Est.US$500

1897 1c on 3c red Revenue, n.h., post office fresh, fine (catalogued as hinged) cat. $525 (Cat No. 78) (Image)

Cat. $525, Est.US$500

1898 10c dark blue green (Chan 109), vertical pair, tied by Tientsin 1903 cds on printed cover to New York, sent via Siberia, where two singles of Russia 10k dark blue "Kitai" overprints (6) were added and tied by Nikolayevsk Priamur cds, with Warszawa transit and New York (9 June) arrival pmks on back, blue "via Siberia" handstamp in Cyrillic, v.f. (Cat No. 103) (Image)

Est.US$500

1899 Hotel Des Colonies Shanghai corner card cover to Hankow, franked with pair of 2c CIP Coiling Dragons, tied by Pa-kuas in black, with Shanghai Local Post Mar 20, 99 and large Hankow dollar cancel (24 Mar) on back, filing folds, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1901 Hong Kong 1c stationery card canceled Jy 24, 93 Hochow (Chongqing), sent via Hong Kong (26 July) to Dr.Bushnell in Peking, with red CUSTOMS TIENTSIN Aug 3 1893 transit, filing fold away from the markings, fine and extremely rare usage from Hochow with Tientsin Customs arrival (Dr. Bushnell was Robert Hart's personal physician. Sir Robert Hart served from 1863-1911 as Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service) (Image)

Est.US$500

1901 (25 Apr) picture postcard from Chefoo to Manila, franked with 4c C.I.P. Coiling Dragon, tied by Chefoo departure pmk, sent via Shanghai and Hong Kong, with 2c Queen Victoria added (5 May), Manila (May 10) arrival, fine combination franking to the Philippines (Image)

Est.US$200

1917 (20 Dec) "From Commercial Intelligence Branch, Board of Trade, London" to "His Britannic Majesty's Consul General, Kashgar, China" wrapper from London, with 1p George V tied by departure pmk, charged 2cents Postage Due on arrival in "Shufu" Kashgar, with Mar 29, 1918 arrival pmk, repeated alongside, unusual framed handstamp and transit pmk on back, fine and undoubtedly unique usage (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1922 cover franked on back with 1c, 3c and 6c G.P.O. Issue, used from Foochow, via Hong Kong (16 Feb) to France, redirected to Germany, showing the corner card address of Ling Ya-Kie, Fou Acheou, China (Cat No. 243-245) (Image)

Est.US$150

1938 $5 red & greenish black, imperforate cross-gutter sheet of 300, unused without gum as issued, each pane showing full imprint ("Engraved & Printed by Ching Hwa Book Co. Ltd" in English at bottom and Chinese at top) folded between stamps, v.f. While imperforate No.361 is printer's waste, complete sheets of 300 are rare (Cat No. 361var) (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1950 "Kinmen" 10c banknote, v.f., encased PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated (Image)

Est.US$150

1951 Geese, set of four, unused without gum as issued (never hinged), usual perforations, $10 creased, otherwise fine-v.f., cat. $2345 (Cat No. 1042-1045) (Image)

Cat. $2345, Est.US$1,000

1962 Emperors, left sheet margin blocks of 10, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., cat. $3700 (Cat No. 1355-58) (Image)

Cat. $3700, Est.US$1,500

1968 $1 views, se-tenants sheet of 50 (10 strips of five) and additional block of 20, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $280 (Cat No. 1560a) (Image)

Cat. $280, Est.US$150

1948 cover from Peiping to USA, franked with two sets of Map and additional franking on back, sent via Canton and Hong Kong, fine and scarce commercial usage (Image)

Est.US$250

1962 Mei Lan-Fang, complete set used (canceled to order), fine-v.f., cat. $340 (Cat No. 620-627) (Image)

Cat. $340, Est.US$200

1963 Mountains, complete set of 17, n.h., usual minor gum offsets, fine-v.f., cat. $1043 (Cat No. 716-31) (Image)

Cat. $1043, Est.US$500

1944 (19 Apr) registered Express native cover used within occupied Hopei Province, franked on back with Japanese Occupation of North China Full Value New Pekings and 1c HKM on watermarked paper (previously unrecorded), all tied by Potowchen pmks, Tientsin arrival on front, v.f. A major Occupation rarity (Cat No. 8M77,78) (Image)

Est.US$250

1897 (8 Apr) 1sen stationery card to a soldier in 2nd Company, 15 Rgt, Wei Hai Wei, with red Field Post Office and censor markings, fine usage during the Sino-Japanese War (Image)

Est.US$500

1911 (31 Dec) 4s stationery card from Peking to Berlin, with I.J.P.O. Peking departure, violet "I.J.P.O. Mukden-Changchun South Manchuria" datestamp below, fine and scarce usage via Mukden (during the Russo-Japanese War, Mukden became the site of the Battle of Mukden from February 19 to March 10, 1905. Involving more than 600,000 combatants, it was the largest modern-era battle ever fought in Asia before World War II. Following this Japanese victory, Mukden became one of the chief bases of Japanese expansion into southern Manchuria) (Image)

Est.US$500