1878-1883 1ca green, selection of 26 used and unused, different issues, shades, Settings and cliches, neatly identified on album pages, various pmks, few minor faults noted, mostly fine-v.f. A splendid group, (Cat No. 1/7) (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1878 1ca green, thin and opaque paper, Setting V, clich‚ 15, red pmk and blue seal, well centered, nice shades, v.f., cat. $875 (Cat No. 1,7) (Image)

Cat. $875, Est.US$250

1878 1ca green, thin and opaque paper, the former clich‚ 21, lower right box showing horizontal line break, the latter setting IV, fine-v.f., cat. $875 (Cat No. 1,7) (Image)

Cat. $875, Est.US$500

1878 1ca green, cliche 23, large "proof dot", used and unused, the latter without gum, plus 1ca rough perfs, fine-v.f., cat. $1600 (Cat No. 1,7) (Image)

Cat. $1600, Est.US$500

1878 1ca green, cliche 2, unused without gum, also opaque paper, cliche 6, h.r., fresh, v.f., cat. $1400 (Cat No. 1,7) (Image)

Cat. $1400, Est.US$500

1878 1ca green, cliche 17, unused h.r., also opaque paper used, with blue seal, fine-v.f., cat. $1200 (Cat No. 1,7) (Image)

Cat. $1200, Est.US$500

1878 1ca green, thin and opaque paper, two of last, unused with gum, various cliches, one with faint crease, cat. $2075 (Cat No. 1,7) (Image)

Cat. $2075, Est.US$750

1878 1ca green, two distinct shades, unused with or without gum, fine-v.f., cat. $1450 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1450, Est.US$500

1878 1ca green, cliche 3, all frame-lines straight and no "proof dots", also 1ca yellowish green, cliche 10, similar to cliche 3, but poorly impressed, with some "weak spots", both used, fine-v.f., cat. $800 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $800, Est.US$300

1878 1ca green, cliche 16, bottom frame-line broken, large "proof dot", h.r., v.f., cat. $725 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $725, Est.US$500

1878 1ca green, setting IV, serif repaired and "one proof dot", h.r., v.f., cat. $725 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $725, Est.US$250

1878 1ca green, cliche 4, no "proof dots", used and unused, deep shades, fresh and v.f., cat. $1125 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1125, Est.US$500

1878 1ca green, cliche 18, two distinct shades, with and without dot in the left tablet, unused without gum, one with irregular perforations, fine-v.f., cat. $1450 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1450, Est.US$500

1878 1ca green, cliche 18, two distinct shades, used, different pmks, one showing constant break in baseline, fine-v.f., cat. $800 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $800, Est.US$250

1878 1ca green, cliche 16, three used examples, various shades, one with rounded corner upper left corner perf., otherwise fine-v.f., cat. $1200 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1200, Est.US$300

1878 1ca green, cliche 1, three used examples, various shades, two slightly thinned, one with shorter perfs, fine appearance, cat. $1200 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1200, Est.US$300

1878 1ca green, setting II, used, v.f., cat. $400 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $400, Est.US$250

1878 1ca green, three distinct shades, used, various pmks, some shorter perforations, mostly v.f., cat. $1200 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1200, Est.US$500

1878-1883 3ca brown red, collection of 204 used and unused singles, Thin Paper, Wide Margins, Rough Perforations, all four issues represented, with different settings and cliches identified on pages, varieties and better postmarks noted, early and late printings and much more. Truly an outstanding presentation, some extremely rare stamps included, mixed condition, with occasional minor flaws possible, generally fine or better (Cat No. 2,5,8) (Image)

Est.US$30,000

1878 3ca brown red, faint red cancel, fresh and fine, cat. $400 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $400, Est.US$250

1878 3ca brown red, no bar in "H" of "China" (Chan 2c), cliche 25, h.r., usual perforation, faint gum crease, fine, cat. $1100 (Cat No. 2var) (Image)

Cat. $1100, Est.US$500

1878 3ca brown red, broken inner horizontal line at upper left (Chan 2b), cliche 24, h.r., fresh and v.f., cat. $1100 (Cat No. 2var) (Image)

Cat. $1100, Est.US$500

1878 3ca brown red, cliche 4 "broken claw" variety, Customs Newchwang Oct 14, 1880 cds, fine, cat. $400 (Cat No. 2var) (Image)

Cat. $400, Est.US$250

1878-83 5ca orange, orange yellow, yellow, chrome yellow, collection of 41 used and unused singles, Thin Paper, Rough Perforations, three different issues represented, with different settings and cliches identified on pages, varieties and better postmarks noted, early and late printings and much more. Truly an outstanding presentation, some extremely rare stamps included, mixed condition, with occasional minor flaws possible, mostly fine or better (Cat No. 3,6,9var) (Image)

Est.US$10,000

1878 5ca orange, 5ca yellow, three each from Cliche 6 and Cliche 16, showing small and large dots, distinct colors and different blue seal pmks, also red "Customs" and black "Customs Newchwang" cds, fine-v.f. (Cat No. 3,9,9var) (Image)

Est.US$1,500