1894-98 10k dark blue, Shanghai cds, v.f., with Romeko certificate, cat. $1300 (Cat No. 11) (Image)

Cat. $1300, Est.US$1,000

1918 (1 Oct) cover from a Lt. C.A. Bauers in Harbin to Mrs Bauers in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, paying 45k with perf. and imperf. Imperial Arms, tied by cds, repeated below, sent via Changchun, China, with I.J.P.O. Changchun and Yokohama transit pmks, "Examined by Censor" tape applied in the United States (partly covering the 15k adhesive), some cover wear, otherwise fine and unusual private correspondence from an American officer in Harbin, China to his family in Wisconsin (Image)

Est.US$150

1920 (20 Feb) American Red Cross POW card, used privately from Nikolsk-Ussuriysk to Peking, China, paying 2r foreign letter rate (5x20k and 1r), with departure cds below and Russian language "Pekin" 26 Feb 20 arrival pmk (Image)

Est.US$150

1903 (6 Mar) registered cover from Port Arthur to Seattle, Washington, franked on back with horizontal strip of 3x7k dark blue, tied by departure cds, with Yokohama and Nagasaki transit and Apr 9, 1903 arrival pmks, with "Port Arthur 296" registry label on front, fine cover, ex-Robbins (Image)

Est.US$200

1903 (18 Sep) 7k stationery entire envelope, additionally franked on back with 7k dark blue, registered from Port Arthur to Shanghai, with Chefoo transit and "Shanghai Registered Oct 5" arrival pmks (Image)

Est.US$250