AFGHANISTAN - 1880-81 two examples of the 1ab violet die A on a white paper (one stamp with second, doubled impression) on envelope with cut-out cancellations & tied by cross pen cancels in red ink. (Image1)

Est. £40-50
Reserve £35

AFGHANISTAN - 1907-08 1r green imperf tied to env by oval Batil Shod cancellation (this was the last imperf issue & the first to show Roman numerals). (Image1)

Est. £25-40
Reserve £20

ARMENIA - 1919 - 1922 COLLECTION of mint & used stamps on pages with values from the National and Soviet Republic, as well as some sets and values from the Transcaucasian Federation. Particularly rich range of 1919-20 with 'Z' handstamps (250+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £350-450
Reserve £280

CHINA - 1898 (22 Aug) Chinese 1c letter card to Huntley & Palmer, England (from the China Inland Mission at Chungking) bearing 1897 1c yellow & 2c orange stamps tied by the Chungking large 'dollar chop' cancellation, pair of Hong Kong 2c carmine stamps tied Shanhai cds, with Reading receiver cds alongside. Colourful & scarce. (Image1)

Est. £280-350
Reserve £230

CHINA - 1900 (17 Jly) env from Kiukiang, via the French PO at Shanghai, to Scotland bears a spectacular 7- stamp franking of the 1897 5c on 4ca, 1898 ½c (2), 1c & 2c (2) values tied by Kiukiang bi-lingual cds's with additional French PO 25c black/rose stamp tied at Shanghai, various transit and arrival date stamps on reverse. Impressive. (Image1)

Est. £280-350
Reserve £230

CHINA - 1901 (25 Oct) gruesome post card (prisoners in chains and neck yolks) sent to Belgium bearing Chinese 4c brown tied Shanghai cds with French PO 10c stamp tied alongside by Shang-Hai French Office cds with another strike and Belgian receiver date stamp alongside. (Image1)

Est. £45-60
Reserve £40

CHINA - 1903 (5 Aug) env from Tangsham to Stockport, England bearing China 10c green tied bilingual cds with Chinese transit cds's on reverse of Tangku, Tientsin, Newchwang then handed to the Russian PO in China where their 10k blue stamp was affixed and tied by No.13 Field Post Office / Priamur Dirstrict cds of 9 Aug 1903. Stockport arrival cds of SP 1 03. Very scarce. (Image1)

Est. £200-300
Reserve £160

CHINA - 1932 North-West Scientific Expedition set, SG 406/409, fine mint. Cat. £350 (2018) (Image1)

Est. £100-120
Reserve £80

CHINA - 1940 - 1949 SPECIALIST'S BETTER ITEMS chiefly mint items on stock pages, all identified, with scarcer overprints, blocks, varieties, perf & paper types, local provincial & Japanese Occupation overprints, surcharges etc. Ptsa US$3,650 (80 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £650-750
Reserve £525

CHINA - 1942 - 1945 SUN YAT-SEN ISSUES stock of 130 unused imperf & perf blocks 4, includes 1942-45 imperf vals to $100 (19 blocks), roulettes $50 (24 blocks) and perf vals to $50 (2 blocks). Very fine. (Image1)

Est. £160-200
Reserve £130

CHINA - 1950 - 2018 COLLECTION IN 4 STOCK BOOKS mixed never hinged mint & used to 1992, then comprehensive never hinged mint through to 2018 incl miniature sheets and booklets (2600+ stamps & 100+ miniature sheets, booklets) (Image1)

Est. £600-700
Reserve £500

CHINA - 1959-68 NEVER HINGED MINT RANGE ON CARDS incl. 1960 Hungarian and Railway Station sets, 1963 Hwangshan Landscapes range incl. 30f and 50f, 22f block of four, 1965 Chingkang Mountains both 10f and 52f, 1965 2nd National Games 22f corner block of twelve & a pair, 1967 18th Anniversary 'Sun' 8f pair, 1967-68 Poems 10f at desk block of four etc. S.T.C. (2018) £1595. (48 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £300-350
Reserve £240

CHINA - 1979 Great Wall miniature sheet, SG MS2865, never hinged mint. Cat £110 (Image1)

Est. £25-35
Reserve £20

CHINA - FASCINATING RANGES ON STOCKCARDS with mint and used issues incl. 1897 4c on 4ca surcharge double (cat. £18,000 if genuine), 1912 horizontal Provisional Neutrality overprint $2 mint (few short perfs, cat. £6000 if genuine), SG 186 used, 1946 Air $73 on 25c unlisted double overprint mint,  good Provinces ranges (most identified with Scott numbers, ex. M. Rogers), some Manchukuo surcharges incl. SG unlisted, three covers incl. 1941 with letter from Chunking in French with historical Japanese bombardment content & some notes about it etc, careful viewing advised as includes forgeries. (Qty) (Image1)

Est. £800-1,200
Reserve £65

CHINA - JAPANESE OCCUPATION MENGKIANG 1945 stamps with varieties of the local overprints such as doubled, inverted, transposed & shifted, mostly fine unused, ptsa US$1,650 (33 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £300-400
Reserve £240

CHINA - JAPANESE OCCUPATION 1941 range of very fine used stamps with better types of local overprint, including Mengkiang, Honan, Supei, Shantung & Shansi, several from the Lee Hill collection. Ptsa US$1,500 (11 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £300-400
Reserve £240

JAPAN - 1871 - 1872 DRAGON FORGERIES REFERENCE COLLECTION on pages, of the imperf 'Mon' and perf 'Sen' issues (200+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £350-450
Reserve £280

JAPAN - 1871 - 1914 COLLECTION on Scott album pages, note genuine 1871 48m imperf & perf, 1872 30s, 1874 2s, a good run of 1875 issues, and so on incl the usual forgeries (approx 150) (Image1)

Est. £700-900
Reserve £575

JAPAN - 1872 - 1875 FORGERIES REFERENCE COLLECTION. AN OUTSTANDING HIGHLY-SPECIALIZED COLLECTION of the Cherry Blossom stamps. Meticulously identified & presented on pages of mostly Wada Forgeries, also selections of forgeries by Spiro, Kamigata, Sanko, Mozo, Mihon, Bradshaw & Ramadan, modern Lithographic types. The extensive 'Wada' range with printings identified from the different plates, states & plate positions, plenty of sketches describing each plate position characteristic, photographs & images confirming each stamps identity. A unique & exceptional reference collection, includes 'The Wada Cherry Blossom Forgeries' by Tyler and Montgomery (2500+) (Image1)

Est. £4,000-5,000
Reserve £

JAPAN - 1872 - 1937 COLLECTION of mint & used stamps on pages, much 19th Century to 1884 Wedding set mint, 1896 Princes set mint, 1899-1908 vals to 8s, 10s, 15s & 25s mint, 1900 3s Weddings (x2) mint, 1905 3s Amalgamation (2, one mint), 1906 Military Review set, 1913 no wmk vals to 2s, 3s, 5s, 10s & 20s mint, 1914-25 wmk'd vals to 20s, 30s & 1y mint, 1915 Coronation set mint, 1919 Peace set mint, etc, etc. Chiefly fine (450+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £400-500
Reserve £325

JAPAN - 1875 BIRD ISSUE FORGERIES REFERENCE COLLECTION HIGHLY-SPECIALISED extensive collection identified by plate / state / paper / printing / plate position with 100 x 12s 'Bean Goose', 117 x 15s 'Pied Wagtail' & 108 x 45s 'Northern Goshawk' forgeries (325 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £550-700
Reserve £450

JAPAN - 1876 - 1980's DEALERS STOCK of chiefly used stamps on 50+ old fashioned stock cards, duplication (6500+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £270-350
Reserve £220

JAPAN - 1920 - 1965 MINT / NEVER HINGED COLLECTION on album pages, 1925 Phoenix set, 1937-40 definitivess, 1930s National Parks sets, 1946-47 definitive with perf. and imperf., many sport sets. Very fine (550+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £700-900
Reserve £575

JAPAN - 1929 - 1953 AIR POST COMPLETE NEVER HINGED MINT. A complete, never hinged mint collection of Air Post issues (40 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £450-550
Reserve £375

JAPAN - ANTARCTIC COVERS & POSTCARDS 1956 - 2003 COLLECTION annotated in two albums, special illustrated & cacheted covers with various JARE Expeditions cachets, bases, research & supply ships, etc, some signed, also a few stamps (approx 240 covers & other items) (Image1)

Est. £300-350
Reserve £240