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China 1897 (Aug) Tokyo Tsukiji type foundry printing, 50c deep green error of colour, SG104b. A fine quality example with large part original gum ...

China 1913 London Waterlow printing, 1c blue vertical pair with interpane margin at left, error imperforation between, SGD334a. A fresh quality min...

China 1897 (Jan) small figure surcharges on Dowager Empress first printing, set of 10 to 30c on 24ca rose-carmine, SG37/46. A fine used set despite...

China 1878 5ca Orange 'Candarins', thin paper 2½mm spacing, SG3. A fine mint example with small part original gum. A pleasing example of the first ...

China 1897 (May) large figure surcharges spaced 1½mm on 'Small Dragons', set of 3 to 5c on 5ca olive-yellow, SG66/68. A fine quality mint set with ...

China 1897 (Jan) "Red Revenue" large surcharges $1 on 3c deep red, 'Large' surcharge type 20, SG91. A fine mint example with large part original gu...

China 1912 (Mar) Shanghai Commercial Press Republican overprint, set of 15 to $5 myrtle and salmon, SG192/206. A fine and very fresh mint set with ...

China 1897 "Red Revenue" large surcharge $1 on 3c deep red, SG91. A fresh quality mint example with part original gum. A scarce and popular stamp....

China 1913 London printing ½c sepia, horizontal pair imperforate between, SG268a. A fine mint pair with large part original gum. Some light gum ton...

China 1949 (Apr) Hankow Gold Yuan surcharges on 'Transport' revenue stamps, set of 11 to $5,000,000 on $20 red-brown, SG1183/93. Fine and fresh unu...

China 1932-33 Sinkiang Airmail provisionals set of 4 to 30c deep brownish purple, SG83/6. A fine quality mint set. The 5c rosy mauve and 15c deep b...

China Taiwan 1946-48 $100 on $20 scarlet, SG73, Sun Yat-sen seventh issue. A fine unused example and scarce as only 1,200 such stamps were surcharg...

China People's Republic Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Area: 1938 (Feb) 'Full White Sun' 5c brown, SGNC5A. First printing on newsprint, upper right cor...

China 1912 Commemorating the Revolution Sun Yat-sen set of 12 to $5 slate, SG242/53. A fine quality mint set other than a few gum bends which are f...

China 1949 (12 May) Yunnan province silver yuan surcharges, set of 11 to $1.20 on $100,000 sage-green, including 4c on $20 and 12c on $200 chocolat...

China People's Republic North China: Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Area 1947 $500 on $20 green Fuping surcharge, SGNC59. A fine lightly used example. ...

China 1944 (East China: Central Jiangsu) (Oct) (-) deep blue with magenta overprint, (-) reddish brown with magenta overprint and (-) red-orange wi...

China 1949 (Jan) $100 on $50 dark blue type II, Chung Ming printing, SG1146a. A lower right corner block of 4 with sheet number '039'. Very fine ot...

China Taiwan 1951 (19 July) Whistling Swans silver yuan surcharges, set of 4 to $50 on (-) blue-green, SG129/32. A fine and fresh unused set. A sca...

China 1968 People's Republic of China General Issues Directives of Mao Tse-tung, se- tenant strip of five, SG2397a. Unmounted mint with full origi...

China 1899 (9 Jan) Shanghai Wei Hai-Wei Courier Post: 5c emerald, horizontal pair imperforate between, SG4b. A fresh unused pair without gum. A few...

China Taiwan 1947 Sun Yat-sen 'Palm trees', 30c grey and $7 50 orange, prepared for use but not issued, without surcharge. Fine and fresh unused ex...

China 1895 (Shanghai) Chingkiang Local Post Postage Dues, overprint 2½mm spacing, SGD23c/29a. Short set of 6 to 6c plum, each with overprint in bot...

China 1897 60th Birthday of the Dowager Empress "Mollendorf" special printing on thicker unwatermarked paper set of 9 to 24ca deep rose-red, SG16/2...