1928-29, three complete sets, SG 21-24, 25-28, 29-32; most are MNH, a few lightly hinged, one low-value stamp without gum, very minor browning of gum on a few stamps. (Image)

1921-28, three complete sets, SG 39-42 MH, SG 43-46 (43-45 MNH, 46 MLH), SG 71-74 MH, very fine. (Image)

1929-33 Mint lightly hinged sets SG 75-78, 79-82, 117-120; very fresh and well-centered. (Image)

1933-45, Balance of collection between S.G. 121 and 260, mostly mint lightly hinged, very high catalogue value.

1933-34 China Szechwan Province, SG 1-3, 4-11, 12-23; a complete set off Szechwan issues, mixed MH and MNH, with most of the top values MNH. (Image)

Yunnan : 1933, Martyrs mint set, very fine. (Image)

1878-83 Large Dragon 3ca brown-red mint o.g. on thicker paper, 2 1/2mm spacing, rough perf., excellent colour, very fine. (Image)

1902 (6 Aug) Great Wall picture postcard to Baden Baden bearing 1ca Empress Dowager tied bilingual Kiaochow cds, in combination with Kiautschou 5pf for the overseas postage tied Tsingtau cds of same date, Lichtenthal arrival cds, late usage Maus card. (Image)

1903 (10/4) picture postcard to Baden Baden bearing mixed combination of Chinese issues with 1894 2c Dowager green and Coiling Dragon 2c red tied by very fine tombstone cancels in combination with 5pf Kiautschou tied Kiautschou Deutsche Post cds, Lichtenthal arrival cds at left, very fine 'Maus' card. (Image)

1898, Coiling Dragon 2c deep red, very fine horizontal strip of five used on 1900 cover to Germany, all ti3d by bilingual WEI HAI WEI circular date stamps of 20 Aug. With France 25c with red CHINE overprint, paying onward transmission tied by Shanghai cds. Envelope with a slight trim at left, but a very attractive and scarce combination usage. (Image)

1902 (24 Dec) Chungking postal stationery card used with two 2c Coiling Dragons tied by good to superb framed Chungking framed handstamps, cds at left of 8 Jan 03 overstruck with French Shang-Hai Chine cds, Chinese Shanghai cds below, both of 26 Jan. Message written from renowned Chinese travel writer Mrs Archibald Little. Very fine and attractive. (Image)

1903-1909, five letters and one postcard, addressed to Howard Richards, Director of the Boone College in Wuchang, franked with Imperial Post dragon issue 1 and 2 cents tied by bilingual Hankow, Shanghai, Ichang postmarks. Beautifully mounted on 4 pages with rich information.

1912, Revolution Sun Yat-Sen set Michel n° 124-135 mint *, fine condition. (Image)

1912 Commemoration of the Republic mint set, fine. (Image)

China 1913 London printing 20c Reaper, a bottom right corner marginal shoeing a spectacular plate crack which runs from top right of stamp, through the stamp and into bottom margin, a truly spectacular item, fresh hinged mint (Image)

1924 (23 May) Letter from Harbin to Vienna, bearing on back block of four and a single 5c rose mauve Junk series, all stamps tied by circular Harbin ds, endorsed “Via Russia, Registered” and carrying Harbin numbered reg. label on front; one stamp struck by Moscow transit pm (consignor’s note: “this kind of postmark was used when the OGPU (Soviet secret service) paid more attention to letters from China with Russian names”). (Image)

1930s envelope sent to Shortlands, British Solomon Islands franked on reverse three 1c on 3c Junks with indistinct cancel, plus an envelope from Canton to The Associated Plantation Ltd at Choiseul Bay, in British Solomon Islands with one stamp missing top right, plus German Kiautschou 1900s printed matter rate wrapper to Austria with tear at right well clear of stamp; a most unusual destination. (Image)

1933 Bank of Canton registered airmail cover to London franked Second Peking 50c., $1 and $2 tied native date stamps, blue Saigon - Marseille framed handstamp at left and backstamped Saigon Central (20 -1/ 33), a company arrival backstamp of 1 Feb.

1939 large air mail cover from Chungking to Rangoon, bearing SG 423, 426, 470, 472, tied by impressive large circular Chungking 30.10 1939, also on front is purple first flight cachet Chungking-Rangoon, Rangoon GPO receiver on back 31 Oct, very fine. (Image)

1941 Large sample bag (520x119.5mm) sent on 30/5/1941 from Shanghai to Sweden, franked with New York print $20 with Chung Hua 50c, $1 & $5 tied by the Shanghai roller. Very unusual, fine. (Image)

China 1941 Dr Sun Yat-sen short set to 50c., each with red SPECIMEN overprint and small punch hole, ex american Bank note archive, fresh mint never hinged. (Image)

1942-44 China Sinkiang SG195-213, three complete sets with red and black overprints, uncancelled, most without gum; very fine sets in very fresh colours. (Image)

1942 Provincial surcharges on 16c. Sun Yat-sen with red Kansu overprint unused without gum, with 1943 50c re-surcharge for comparison. (Image)

1878-1912 collection on album pages from 1878 Large dragon 1ca unused and 3ca and 5ca used, Small Dragons used, 1894 Empress Dowager set unused or used to 12ca, plus faded 14ca hinged mint, Small Surcharges unused or used with very fine 24ca cancelled very large part blue Customs Shanghai cds of JAN 2/ 1897 with straight edge at top, Large Surcharge set wide spacing mostly used, 1897 Red Revenues 1c and both 2c used, 4c top marginal cto with full gum and $1 hinged mint, 1897 ICP $1 hinged mint, CIP sets to $5 used. 1912 Republic Shanghai $5 hinged mint, 1912 Commemorating the Republic $2 and $5 hinged mint with slight creasing, 1913 London Printing $10 overprinted specimen, Postage Dues, Tibet set to 12a on 50c hinged mint plus 1913 Lions unused or used, Korea with six Small Dragons used part cds, plus some revenues. A good original intact collection. (Image)

1878-1939 collection in Timbres-Poste printed album with early issues used including 1878-83 Large Dragon 1ca, plus 3ca and 5ca (perf faults), 1885-88 Small Dragons 1ca, 3ca and 5ca, with 1894 Birthday set to 24ca. A range of 1897 surcharges mint and used to 10c, with 1897 Red Revenues surcharged 1c on 3c, 2c on 3c (both types) mint, 4c on 3c unused, 1898 Imperial Chinese Post mostly used to $1 ($5 unused) and Chinese Imperial Post to $2 used. From 1912 onwards we note the Republic $1 mint, 1923 definitives to $20 used, 1928 Assumption set mint, 1932 Expedition set used, then Postage Dues with 1904 opt set mint and set to 30c used. A fine section from the various Provinces follows, mostly mint, with Manchuria including the 1928/9 sets, Szechwan 1933/4 complete, Sinkiang with 1915/16 to $1, 1928 set, 1929 Unification and 1933 Memorial sets, Yunan with 1929, 1933 Memorial and Martyrs sets. Thereafter, Japanese Pos mostly used (1900 Wedding mint) and Russian POs, a very useful range of around 140 from Shanghai with 1866 12ca mint then a fine assembly of mint, some used, surcharges, perf types etc. Finally, Manchukuo with plenty of decent mint issues (1936 to 1y etc). A superb collection. (Image)