PRC collection mostly CTO including 1960 Chrysanthemums, 1963 Landscapes, 1964 Peonies, 1965 Tsungyi Conference (**), 1965 People's Army, 1970s to 2005 part-sets plus 1997 and 2010 yearbooks, condition variable, inspection will reward. Weighs 9kg.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1192
Symbol: CTO
Presentation folders with text in English comprising 1961 Sacred Crane, 1962 Chinese Folk Dance, 1963 Children, Landscape of Hwangshan, and Butterflies, all CTO, condition variable with some aging or minor damage to folders. Scarce.
(5 folders) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1193
Symbol: **/*O
Collection in six stockbooks with Treaty Ports, Provincial issues through to PRC including 1963 Landscapes (ex 22f & 30f, 50f faults), also Taiwan 1886-2021, plus some Malaysia, Singapore, etc, condition variable. Weighs 13kg.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1194
Symbol: **OC
Collection in five albums on mostly hingeless pages, sparse in the earlies, noted 1963 Landscapes & Butterflies CTO, 1964 Peonies mint, 1965 People's Struggle, 1979 Galloping Horses & 1979 Camellias, 1979 Monkey King, plus M/Ss and FDCs, condition mostly fine. Weighs 10kg.
(100s) (Image1)
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1196
Symbol: G
Cat No: 88 (Scott 78
1897 Surcharges on Red Revenues 'one cent.' on 3c SG 88 (Scott 78), characteristic slightly irregular perfs, light bars cancels, Cat £275 (US$350). (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 80.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1197
Symbol: C
Cat No: 406-409
1932 North-West China Expedition 1c to 10c set SG 406-409 (Scott 307-310) tied to plain cover by '...4.5.33/PEIPING' cds with Martyrs 30c violet added on the reverse, registered with black & red/white R label to Sweden, signed on the flap by Swedish Expedition Leader "Sven Hedin", minor blemishes, Cat £350+ (US$360+) for used stamps off-cover. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1198
Symbol: **
Cat No: 475
1938-41 Sun Yat-sen Third Issue $5 deep green & scarlet SG 475 horizontal pair Imperforate Between Chan 383c, the central vignette slightly misplaced downwards, a few slightly uneven perfs at top, unmounted, Cat US$500 for a vertical pair (listed but unpriced as a horizontal pair). Status uncertain, so necessarily offered 'as is'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Postal History
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1199
Symbol: PS
1893 (April 28) local usage of Treaty Ports 'LOCAL POST NEWSPAPER WRAPPER/POSTAGE PAID ½ CENT' wrapper with colourless embossed 'SHANGHAI/LOCAL POST OFFICE' oval at upper-right, 'LOCAL POST/ SHANGHAI' cds cancel in blue on the face, 'SHANGHAI/B/AP 28/93/LOCAL POST' arrival backstamp also in blue, light folds & small closed tear at right. These were used in both Shanghai & Chefoo, with the respective embossed oval indicating the post office of issue. Very scarce used. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1200
Symbol: C
Cat No: D15 (Scott J9
1895 Amoy 'POSTAGE/DUE' Overprint on Herons 2c blue Type II SG D15 (Scott J9) tied by 'LOCAL POST OFFICE/AMOY' cds with circular 'PAID' handstamp below to plain philatelic cover with 'BARON GABRIEL DE GUNZBURG' handstamped address, Cat £250+ (US$200+) for used stamp. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1201
Symbol: C
1898 (Nov 14) small envelope to the "China Inland Mission, Shanghai" with Coiling Dragon 2c red with Vertical Pre-Printing Paper Fold tied by very fine to superb complete strike of the Wuhu 'Dollar Chop' large bilingual datestamp, very fine 'SHANGHAI/NO 17/98/LOCAL POST' arrival backstamp, minor edge fault at top not affecting the stamp or markings. Unusual and very attractive. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1202
Symbol: C
1901 (March 11) usage of 'Coolies bringing Guns into position' vignette view postcard published by the German Printery, Shanghai showing a heavy four-wheeled artillery piece being dragged & pushed by a group of around 20 men, to "Susa/Posen/East Prussia" endorsed "Freigegeben" [Passed] so presumably from a member of the German Expeditionery Corps for the Boxer Rebellion, with Coiling Dragon 1c orange tied by largely very fine strike of 'PAOTING' dollar chop cancel, a few minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1203
Symbol: C
1901 (Aug 26) PPC to Italy with lengthy message on the reverse and 'China' Overprint on Germania 10pf red tied by largely very fine strike of 'K.D. FELDPOSTEXPED./DES/OSTASIATISCHEN/EXPEDITIONSCORPS/b' cds, Milan arrival cds where redirected with black/yellow 'Al mittente ...' label and 'DESTINATAIRE INCONNU' (= unknown) handstamp, the new address written above in pencil and apparently successfully delivered, minor blemishes. German Expedition datestamps were usually used on Feldpost items to Germany (postage-free) hence they are scarce used on stamps, mail to other destinations requiring postage to be paid. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1204
Symbol: C
1906 (Aug 3) envelope to Vienna with Austria Franz Joseph Varnish Lines 5k green horizontal pair tied to the reverse by two largely fine strikes of the 'K.u.K. GESANDSCHAFTS/ WACHDETACHEMENT/PEKING' cds of the Austrian Legation Guards, a couple of very minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1205
Symbol: PS
1916 (Oct 28) WWI usage of Russian 3k Postal Card with 35mm Cyrillic POW cachet in violet, to a German engineer in Peking with 1k added, Cyrillic Peking cds of 3.11.16 and German 'PEKING/16.11/16/DEUTSCHE POST' cds, two filing holes at the base otherwise very fine. The message written in German from a POW who requests tobacco & old newspapers in German English or French & states papers from neutral territories (as was China) are permitted. Rare usage to China, enhanced by the Russian PO in Peking datestamp. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1206
Symbol: CO
1918 (May 29) large bank envelope (187x125mm) with wax seals on reverse endorsed for insured mail on the face, to Tientsin from the Russian Post Office at Kashgar, Sinkiang with unoverprinted Russia Arms 50k block of 10 (2x5) and 70k pair tied by fine to very fine strikes of the Cyrillic cds cancel with another very fine strike alongside, some paper 'cracking' & resultant faults clear of the stamps & markings. Kashgar is one of the western-most cities in China, located in Sinkiang Province near the border with present-day Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. For over 2,000 years, Kashgar was an important stopping-place on the Silk Road between China, the Middle East, and Europe. The Russian railway network across Siberia, Manchuria and Central Asia offered an expeditious service to and from Sinkiang. All Russian post offices in the province were closed in October 1920. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1207
Symbol: cx
1948 large-part parcel wrapper (235x160mm) registered to Switzerland with Sun Yat-sen $1000 red strip of 3, '5000' on $2 green block of 4 & block of 12 (6x2) and $50,000 marginal pair with imprint at top all tied by Peking cds cancels with red & black/white R label alongside, 'Zollamtlich/abgefertigt' handstamp in rosine at upper-right to indicate passed by Swiss Customs, minor bends & blemishes slightly affecting a few of the stamps. Scarce usage of these hyper-inflation high values. (Image1)
