1905, PERIM ISLAND Postcard "The Oriental Hotel" bearing India 1 A carmine tied by "ADEN 31/JA/05" c.d.s. to Vienna with arrival mark, message "we arrived today and are leaving soon to Djibouti", tiny corner crease, fine and very scarce

2004, SAPOA Joint Stamp Issue s/s, mint never hinged souvenir sheet, withdrawn before issue

"BATUM 1" on 1918 postcard "Gymnase des filles" with attractive 20 Para rose and 10 Para green franking to Constantinople with arrival mark Istanbul on reverse and on front, tiny toned, light boxed Istanbul censor mark, cancellation rarity of Batum, an attractive showpiece (Coles-Walker no.1, Type B2)

1919, 10 R on 1 K orange and 10 R on 3 K red-brown overprinted, six imperf and four different mint perf stamps, fine study group, few signed Bühler a.o.

1935, 50 years Kongo imperforated proofs, complete mint never hinged, very fine

3 d deep blue, good to wide margins and rich colour, tied to folded letter in very attractive appearance, addressed to Halifax, backside YARMOUTH SE 13 1858 in red, v.f., signed Pfenninger and certificate Hunziker

$ 2 Jubilee violet and $ 4 bright violet each handstamped "SPECIMEN", mint, fine pair (SG 137s,139s, £ 925)

Set of ten stamps up to $1, mint never hinged, 2 C missing, very fine

1857-1859, QV 4 d dull rose used, with complete to wide margins around and fresh colour, watermark star, white paper, central thin and repaired with top left and part of the lower corners added, RPS certificate (SG 4)

Red Revenue 1, 2 und 4 C, each neatly cancelled with dollar chop postmark, fine

Two CIP 1 C ochre clear cancelled on postcard, additional Hong Kong QV 2 C green, printed matter rate, tied by "SHANGHAI C - DE/2/01" c.d.s. and black oneliner "From Steamers Letters" to Belgium with additional 5 C green postage due because of too much text treated as a postcard and thus insufficiently franked, a very scarce mixed franking card, showpiece

1912, Provisional Neutrality Hankow, Nanking and Changsha, 16 c olive-green, large part original gum, small hinge remainder, very fresh and fine, only 200 stamps recorded as being issued (Chan 147, SG 187, £4500)

1912, $ 5.00 deep green & salmon, Nanking Issue, slightly re-distributed original gum, position 35, wonderful fresh colours, fine. A remarkably rare example of the 5-Dollar nanking issue overprint, this is the rarest example of the neutrality overprints with only 52 examples sold, Holcombe certificate (Sc.145; Chan 151)

1 C red postal stationery card used uprated with CIP ½ C brown in PUOLY, tied by red private mark, additional Germany 5 Pf green tied by PEKING DEUTSCHE POST 27/4/02 c.d.s., addressed to Neumarkt Germany and sent back with red crayon "Zurück", arrival mark PEKING DEUTSCHE POST 17/7/02, fine and unusual

1898, 10 Pf german postal stationery card tied by "TSINTANFORT 29/3/98" written in Tsingtau 28/3/98 with full message on reverse, addressed to Shanghai, this cancellation was in use only two month, very fine, signed Beckhaus and Hauenstein

National Science Conference, miniature sheet m.n.h., v.f. (Yang J25M)

Study Science from Childhood, souvenir sheet m.n.h., v.f. (Yang T41M)

8 f Golden Monkey m.n.h., v.f. (Yang T234)

1980, Mail transport, complete xf mint never hinged sheet set with all margins (60 sets per sheet), due to size slight folded vertical and horizontal in perforation, hard to find as complete sheets (T49 sheets)

1949, commercial cover with vertical strip of four China North East Province overprinted 10c on $44 red clear cancelled (4.sep.1950) and with arrival mark on reverse, some crease, a very scarce franking of three star issue